From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> variable err is assigned -ENOMEM followed by an error return path via label err_udev that does not access the variable and returns with the -ENOMEM error return code. The assignment to err is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c index 69c5b5ee2169..2455d1448a7e 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c @@ -276,10 +276,8 @@ static int qedi_alloc_uio_rings(struct qedi_ctx *qedi) } udev = kzalloc(sizeof(*udev), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!udev) { - rc = -ENOMEM; + if (!udev) goto err_udev; - } udev->uio_dev = -1; -- 2.30.2