From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The pointer err_str is being initialized with a value that is never read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c index 54f4feb604d8..358a2db38d23 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c @@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ int iwpm_send_hello(u8 nl_client, int iwpm_pid, u16 abi_version) { struct sk_buff *skb = NULL; struct nlmsghdr *nlh; - const char *err_str = ""; + const char *err_str; int ret = -EINVAL; skb = iwpm_create_nlmsg(RDMA_NL_IWPM_HELLO, &nlh, nl_client); -- 2.32.0