From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable status is being initialized with a value that is never read and it is being updated later with a new value. The initialization is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c index bb7c529d7d16..1909d728a536 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int asus_wmi_evaluate_method_agfn(const struct acpi_buffer args) struct acpi_buffer input; u64 phys_addr; u32 retval; - u32 status = -1; + u32 status; /* * Copy to dma capable address otherwise memory corruption occurs as -- 2.25.1