The variable possible_uV being assigned a value that is never read, the control flow via the following goto statement takes a path where the variable is not accessed. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan build warning: drivers/regulator/core.c:3935:3: warning: Value stored to 'possible_uV' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/regulator/core.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c index a968dabb48f5..17c98c5fa45f 100644 --- a/drivers/regulator/core.c +++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c @@ -3932,7 +3932,6 @@ static int regulator_get_optimal_voltage(struct regulator_dev *rdev, if (ret < 0) return ret; - possible_uV = desired_min_uV; done = true; goto finish; -- 2.39.2