On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 04:47:20PM +0100, Colin Ian King wrote: > Variable ret is being ininitialized with a value that is never read. > The ininitializtion is redundant and can be removed. Move the variable > to the scope it is required. > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c > index 675d877a67b2..d5a142ef9876 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c > +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c > @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static void dvb_media_device_free(struct dvb_device *dvbdev) > static int dvb_create_tsout_entity(struct dvb_device *dvbdev, > const char *name, int npads) > { > - int i, ret = 0; > + int i; It's better when "ret" has function scope. Otherwise in the future when someone adds a "ret" you're going to end up with two "ret" variables. regards, dan carpenter