From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable result 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") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/direct.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c index a57e7c72c7f4..bb63e2b93ff7 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/direct.c +++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter) struct inode *inode = mapping->host; struct nfs_direct_req *dreq; struct nfs_lock_context *l_ctx; - ssize_t result = -EINVAL, requested; + ssize_t result, requested; size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter); nfs_add_stats(mapping->host, NFSIOS_DIRECTREADBYTES, count); -- 2.25.1