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. Clean up the incorrectly indented following declaration of variable code and move to the same line as the declaration of variable ret. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/riscv/kernel/perf_event.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/perf_event.c index c835f0362d94..cf3e2ac9bbb2 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ static int riscv_map_cache_decode(u64 config, unsigned int *type, static int riscv_map_cache_event(u64 config) { unsigned int type, op, result; - int err = -ENOENT; - int code; + int err, code; err = riscv_map_cache_decode(config, &type, &op, &result); if (!riscv_pmu->cache_events || err) -- 2.33.1