From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable err 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> --- fs/ntfs3/index.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c index 0daca9adc54c..b1175542d854 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c @@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ int indx_find_raw(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni, static int indx_create_allocate(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni, CLST *vbn) { - int err = -ENOMEM; + int err; struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi = ni->mi.sbi; struct ATTRIB *bitmap; struct ATTRIB *alloc; -- 2.32.0