From: Daniel Starke <daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx> The variable 'ret' is not used before assignment from gsm_activate_mux(). Still it gets initialized to zero at declaration. Fix this as remarked in the link below by moving the declaration to the first assignment. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b42bc4d1-cc9d-d115-c981-aaa053bdc59f@xxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Daniel Starke <daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/n_gsm.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) v4 -> v5: No changes. Please note that I cannot response to emails until August 7th. Felix Haase will take over from our side for questions regarding this patch series or the n_gsm. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230426080315.7595-3-daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx/ diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c index 66edcf65a4dd..ebb71957f783 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c +++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c @@ -3277,7 +3277,6 @@ static void gsm_copy_config_values(struct gsm_mux *gsm, static int gsm_config(struct gsm_mux *gsm, struct gsm_config *c) { - int ret = 0; int need_close = 0; int need_restart = 0; @@ -3356,7 +3355,7 @@ static int gsm_config(struct gsm_mux *gsm, struct gsm_config *c) * and removing from the mux array */ if (gsm->dead) { - ret = gsm_activate_mux(gsm); + int ret = gsm_activate_mux(gsm); if (ret) return ret; if (gsm->initiator) -- 2.34.1