The variable `complement_count` is assigned a value which is again overwritten in the next statement. Fix this by removing the first value assigning statement This issue was reported by Coverity Scan. Report: CID 1600790: (#1 of 1): Unused value (UNUSED_VALUE) assigned_value: Assigning value from length to complement_count here, but that stored value is overwritten before it can be used. Signed-off-by: Everest K.C. <everestkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- V1 -> V2: - Removed Fixes tag drivers/staging/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c b/drivers/staging/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c index 1da263676f2a..e19e18892468 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c +++ b/drivers/staging/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c @@ -759,7 +759,6 @@ static int ni_usb_write(gpib_board_t *board, uint8_t *buffer, size_t length, if (!out_data) return -ENOMEM; out_data[i++] = 0x0d; - complement_count = length; complement_count = length - 1; complement_count = ~complement_count; out_data[i++] = complement_count & 0xff; -- 2.43.0