From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/memblock.c: remove redundant assignment to variable max_addr The variable max_addr is being initialized with a value that is never read and it is being updated later with a new value. The initialization is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200228235003.112718-1-colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memblock.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/memblock.c~mm-memblock-remove-redundant-assignment-to-variable-max_addr +++ a/mm/memblock.c @@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ static phys_addr_t __init_memblock __fin void __init memblock_enforce_memory_limit(phys_addr_t limit) { - phys_addr_t max_addr = PHYS_ADDR_MAX; + phys_addr_t max_addr; if (!limit) return; _