linux-kernel - [PATCH] NTB: ntb_transport: remove redundant assignment to rc

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Date:   Sun, 18 Aug 2019 19:53:49 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Allen Hubbe <allenbh@...il.com>, linux-ntb@...glegroups.com
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] NTB: ntb_transport: remove redundant assignment to rc

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

Variable rc is initialized to a value that is never read and it
is re-assigned later. The initialization is redundant and can be
removed.

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

diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
index 40c90ca10729..00a5d5764993 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static int ntb_transport_bus_match(struct device *dev,
 static int ntb_transport_bus_probe(struct device *dev)
 {
 	const struct ntb_transport_client *client;
-	int rc = -EINVAL;
+	int rc;
 
 	get_device(dev);
 
-- 
2.20.1