From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable allow 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/bpf/cgroup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c index a1dedba4c174..9f35928bab0a 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c @@ -1133,11 +1133,11 @@ int __cgroup_bpf_check_dev_permission(short dev_type, u32 major, u32 minor, struct bpf_cgroup_dev_ctx ctx = { .access_type = (access << 16) | dev_type, .major = major, .minor = minor, }; - int allow = 1; + int allow; rcu_read_lock(); cgrp = task_dfl_cgroup(current); allow = BPF_PROG_RUN_ARRAY_CG(cgrp->bpf.effective[type], &ctx, bpf_prog_run); -- 2.32.0