Masami, want to ack this? -- Steve On Mon, 27 Dec 2021 13:53:08 +0100 Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There is no need to initialize ret with 0, as all the early error branches > simply return constant values, and the default path always reaches > ret = kern_path(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path), which will reset ret > before the initial value was ever used. > > Remove this unneeded initialization and keep the code succinct. > > Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 1 - > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c > index 5921951a0d5c..9da10c5efdce 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c > @@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ static int __trace_uprobe_create(int argc, const char **argv) > bool is_return = false; > int i, ret; > > - ret = 0; > ref_ctr_offset = 0; > > switch (argv[0][0]) {