Variable retval is being assigned a value that is never read, it is being re-assigned a new value in both paths of a following if statement. Remove the assignment. Cleans up clang-scan warning: kernel/trace/rv/rv.c:293:2: warning: Value stored to 'retval' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] retval = count; Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/rv/rv.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c b/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c index 7e9061828c24..2f68e93fff0b 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c +++ b/kernel/trace/rv/rv.c @@ -290,8 +290,6 @@ static ssize_t monitor_enable_write_data(struct file *filp, const char __user *u if (retval) return retval; - retval = count; - mutex_lock(&rv_interface_lock); if (val) -- 2.30.2