From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable ret is being initialized with a value that is never read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c index e6fb3e6e1ffc..baa9463bcf76 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c @@ -7544,7 +7544,7 @@ int ftrace_is_dead(void) */ int register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops) { - int ret = -1; + int ret; ftrace_ops_init(ops); -- 2.31.1