From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable res 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/libsas/sas_expander.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c index ab671cdd4cfb..b7d1b1ea185d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ int sas_ex_phy_discover(struct domain_device *dev, int single) static int sas_expander_discover(struct domain_device *dev) { struct expander_device *ex = &dev->ex_dev; - int res = -ENOMEM; + int res; ex->ex_phy = kcalloc(ex->num_phys, sizeof(*ex->ex_phy), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ex->ex_phy) -- 2.27.0