linux-kernel - [PATCH][V2] autofs: remove redundant assignment to variable err

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Date:   Sun,  1 Sep 2019 16:35:53 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>, autofs@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][V2] autofs: remove redundant assignment to variable err

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

Variable err is being assigned a value that is never read and
is being re-assigned a little later on. The assignment is redundant
and hence can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---

V2: Fix spelling mistake "Unused"

---
 fs/autofs/dev-ioctl.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/autofs/dev-ioctl.c b/fs/autofs/dev-ioctl.c
index a3cdb0036c5d..65d84b4d4464 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/dev-ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/dev-ioctl.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static int autofs_dev_ioctl_requester(struct file *fp,
 	struct autofs_info *ino;
 	struct path path;
 	dev_t devid;
-	int err = -ENOENT;
+	int err;
 
 	/* param->path has been checked in validate_dev_ioctl() */
 
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