Variable err_count is just being incremented and it's never used anywhere else. The variable and the increment are redundant so remove it. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c b/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c index b2f980409d0b..33b35788bd0b 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c @@ -1956,7 +1956,6 @@ static int ftdi_elan_synchronize(struct usb_ftdi *ftdi) int long_stop = 10; int retry_on_timeout = 5; int retry_on_empty = 10; - int err_count = 0; retval = ftdi_elan_flush_input_fifo(ftdi); if (retval) return retval; @@ -2051,7 +2050,6 @@ static int ftdi_elan_synchronize(struct usb_ftdi *ftdi) continue; } } else { - err_count += 1; dev_err(&ftdi->udev->dev, "error = %d\n", retval); if (read_stop-- > 0) { -- 2.37.3