The variable num is being assigned a value that is never read, it is being re-assigned a value in both paths of the following if statement. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang-scan warning: lib/oid_registry.c:149:3: warning: Value stored to 'num' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] num = 0; Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- lib/oid_registry.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/oid_registry.c b/lib/oid_registry.c index e592d48b1974..fe6705cfd780 100644 --- a/lib/oid_registry.c +++ b/lib/oid_registry.c @@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ int sprint_oid(const void *data, size_t datasize, char *buffer, size_t bufsize) bufsize -= count; while (v < end) { - num = 0; n = *v++; if (!(n & 0x80)) { num = n; -- 2.33.1