linux-kernel - [PATCH][next] lkdtm: remove redundant initialization of ret

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jun 2019 10:43:11 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][next] lkdtm: remove redundant initialization of ret

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

The variable ret is being initialized with the value -EINVAL however
this value is never read and ret is being re-assigned later on. Hence
the initialization is redundant and can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c
index bba093224813..92df35fdeab0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int __init lkdtm_module_init(void)
 {
 	struct crashpoint *crashpoint = NULL;
 	const struct crashtype *crashtype = NULL;
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	int ret;
 	int i;
 
 	/* Neither or both of these need to be set */
-- 
2.20.1