The variable delta is being initialized with a value that is never read. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/boot/string.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/string.c b/arch/x86/boot/string.c index 1c8541ae3b3a..c23f3b9c84fe 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/string.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/string.c @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int strcmp(const char *str1, const char *str2) { const unsigned char *s1 = (const unsigned char *)str1; const unsigned char *s2 = (const unsigned char *)str2; - int delta = 0; + int delta; while (*s1 || *s2) { delta = *s1 - *s2; -- 2.39.2