On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 11:27:44PM +0000, Colin King wrote: > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > The variable error is initialized to 0 and is set to 1 this > value is never read as it is on an immediate return path. The > only read of error is to check it is 0 and this check is always > true at that point of the code. The variable is redundant and > can be removed. > > Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c | 4 +--- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c b/drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c > index 093afd67a664..19753611e7b0 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c > @@ -643,7 +643,6 @@ static void iuu_uart_read_callback(struct urb *urb) > struct iuu_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port); > unsigned long flags; > int status = urb->status; > - int error = 0; > int len = 0; > unsigned char *data = urb->transfer_buffer; > priv->poll++; > @@ -660,12 +659,11 @@ static void iuu_uart_read_callback(struct urb *urb) > if (urb->actual_length > 1) { > dev_dbg(&port->dev, "%s - urb->actual_length = %i\n", __func__, > urb->actual_length); > - error = 1; > return; Heh, I guess the author at some point intended not return here, but who knows. The rest of this function is about as esoteric. > } > /* if len > 0 call readbuf */ > > - if (len > 0 && error == 0) { > + if (len > 0) { > dev_dbg(&port->dev, "%s - call read buf - len to read is %i\n", > __func__, len); > status = iuu_read_buf(port, len); Now applied, thanks. Johan