From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable core_waiters 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> --- fs/coredump.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c index a6b3c196cdef..2f79f8f7bd56 100644 --- a/fs/coredump.c +++ b/fs/coredump.c @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int zap_threads(struct task_struct *tsk, static int coredump_wait(int exit_code, struct core_state *core_state) { struct task_struct *tsk = current; - int core_waiters = -EBUSY; + int core_waiters; init_completion(&core_state->startup); core_state->dumper.task = tsk; -- 2.32.0