The return value of alauda_get_media_status() hasn't been checked since the driver's inception back in 2005. If nothing have gone wrong/been detected until this point, it's probably safe to just remove the variable. Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c: In function ‘alauda_check_media’: drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c:456:6: warning: variable ‘rc’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] 456 | int rc; | ^~ Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Daniel Drake <dsd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: usb-storage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c b/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c index ddab2cd3d2e75..20b857e97e60c 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c @@ -453,9 +453,8 @@ static int alauda_check_media(struct us_data *us) { struct alauda_info *info = (struct alauda_info *) us->extra; unsigned char status[2]; - int rc; - rc = alauda_get_media_status(us, status); + alauda_get_media_status(us, status); /* Check for no media or door open */ if ((status[0] & 0x80) || ((status[0] & 0x1F) == 0x10) -- 2.25.1