From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable err is being assigned a value that is never read, the same error number is being returned at the error return path via label err1. Clean up the code by removing the assignment. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nft_cmp.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_cmp.c b/net/netfilter/nft_cmp.c index 00e563a72d3d..acbabffefebb 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nft_cmp.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_cmp.c @@ -268,10 +268,8 @@ nft_cmp_select_ops(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, const struct nlattr * const tb[]) if (err < 0) return ERR_PTR(err); - if (desc.type != NFT_DATA_VALUE) { - err = -EINVAL; + if (desc.type != NFT_DATA_VALUE) goto err1; - } if (desc.len <= sizeof(u32) && (op == NFT_CMP_EQ || op == NFT_CMP_NEQ)) return &nft_cmp_fast_ops; -- 2.29.2