In spidev_read() and spidev_write(), the variable status 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. Signed-off-by: Jay Fang <f.fangjian@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spidev.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c index 455e99c..859910e 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static ssize_t spidev_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *f_pos) { struct spidev_data *spidev; - ssize_t status = 0; + ssize_t status; /* chipselect only toggles at start or end of operation */ if (count > bufsiz) @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ spidev_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *f_pos) { struct spidev_data *spidev; - ssize_t status = 0; + ssize_t status; unsigned long missing; /* chipselect only toggles at start or end of operation */ -- 2.7.4