From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable ret is being initialized with a value that is never read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac802154/iface.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac802154/iface.c b/net/mac802154/iface.c index 1cf5ac09edcb..323d3d2d986f 100644 --- a/net/mac802154/iface.c +++ b/net/mac802154/iface.c @@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ ieee802154_if_add(struct ieee802154_local *local, const char *name, { struct net_device *ndev = NULL; struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata = NULL; - int ret = -ENOMEM; + int ret; ASSERT_RTNL(); -- 2.32.0