linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] [media] cx24116: Delete an unnecessary variable initialisation in cx24116

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Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2017 09:21:07 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] [media] cx24116: Delete an unnecessary variable
 initialisation in cx24116_writeregN()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:10:38 +0200

The variable "ret" will eventually be set to an appropriate value
a bit later. Thus omit the explicit initialisation at the beginning.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c
index 69c156443b50..54f09a5a5075 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int cx24116_writereg(struct cx24116_state *state, int reg, int data)
 static int cx24116_writeregN(struct cx24116_state *state, int reg,
 			     const u8 *data, u16 len)
 {
-	int ret = -EREMOTEIO;
+	int ret;
 	struct i2c_msg msg;
 	u8 *buf;
 
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