From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable rc 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> --- drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c index 1354c141d614..87ac8ac0f72a 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c @@ -4877,7 +4877,7 @@ lpfc_request_firmware_upgrade_store(struct device *dev, struct Scsi_Host *shost = class_to_shost(dev); struct lpfc_vport *vport = (struct lpfc_vport *)shost->hostdata; struct lpfc_hba *phba = vport->phba; - int val = 0, rc = -EINVAL; + int val = 0, rc; /* Sanity check on user data */ if (!isdigit(buf[0])) -- 2.25.1