Variable err is being assigned a value that is not read, the assignment is redundant and so is the variable. Remove it. Cleans up clang scan warning: net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c:64:7: warning: Although the value stored to 'err' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'err' [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c b/net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c index 79d43548279c..97edf461bc72 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c +++ b/net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c @@ -56,12 +56,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *esp6_gro_receive(struct list_head *head, __be32 seq; __be32 spi; int nhoff; - int err; if (!pskb_pull(skb, offset)) return NULL; - if ((err = xfrm_parse_spi(skb, IPPROTO_ESP, &spi, &seq)) != 0) + if (xfrm_parse_spi(skb, IPPROTO_ESP, &spi, &seq) != 0) goto out; xo = xfrm_offload(skb); -- 2.37.3