linux-kernel - [PATCH] loop: remove redundant assignment to err

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Date:   Mon,  2 Dec 2019 16:54:08 +0000
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] loop: remove redundant assignment to err

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

The variable err is being assigned with a value that is never
read and it is being updated later with a new value.  The assignment
is redundant and can be removed.

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

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 739b372a5112..30f187786dae 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -2006,7 +2006,6 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
 		goto out_free_dev;
 	i = err;
 
-	err = -ENOMEM;
 	lo->tag_set.ops = &loop_mq_ops;
 	lo->tag_set.nr_hw_queues = 1;
 	lo->tag_set.queue_depth = 128;
-- 
2.24.0