It looks like a typo to assign a return code to a variable which is not used. Found due to a compiler warning: net/nfc/netlink.c: In function ‘nfc_genl_activate_target’: net/nfc/netlink.c:903:6: warning: variable ‘rc’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] int rc; ^~ Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/nfc/netlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c index 03f3d5c7beb8..03be522127ec 100644 --- a/net/nfc/netlink.c +++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c @@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ static int nfc_genl_activate_target(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) rc = nfc_activate_target(dev, target_idx, protocol); nfc_put_device(dev); - return 0; + return rc; } static int nfc_genl_dep_link_up(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) -- 2.11.0