The variable idx is being initialized with a value that is never read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c index 145722f80c9b..f5dd799ddb9e 100644 --- a/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static int arc_pmu_add(struct perf_event *event, int flags) { struct arc_pmu_cpu *pmu_cpu = this_cpu_ptr(&arc_pmu_cpu); struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw; - int idx = hwc->idx; + int idx; idx = ffz(pmu_cpu->used_mask[0]); if (idx == arc_pmu->n_counters) -- 2.33.1