From: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c: unneeded variable: "status" fix below issue reported by coccicheck fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c:4410:5-11: Unneeded variable: "status". Return "0" on line 4428 We can not change return type of ocfs2_downconvert_thread as its registered as callback of kthread_create. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190702183237.GA13975@hari-Inspiron-1545 Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Changwei Ge <gechangwei@xxxxxxx> Cc: Gang He <ghe@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Jun Piao <piaojun@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c~fs-ocfs2-dlmglue-unneeded-variable-status +++ a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c @@ -4407,7 +4407,6 @@ static int ocfs2_downconvert_thread_shou static int ocfs2_downconvert_thread(void *arg) { - int status = 0; struct ocfs2_super *osb = arg; /* only quit once we've been asked to stop and there is no more @@ -4425,7 +4424,7 @@ static int ocfs2_downconvert_thread(void } osb->dc_task = NULL; - return status; + return 0; } void ocfs2_wake_downconvert_thread(struct ocfs2_super *osb) _