linux-kernel - [PATCH] ALSA: hdsp: remove redundant assignment to variable err

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Message-Id: <20200208222006.37376-1-colin.king@canonical.com>
Date:   Sat,  8 Feb 2020 22:20:06 +0000
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: hdsp: remove redundant assignment to variable err

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

Variable err is being assigned with a value that is never read, it is
assigned a new value in the next statement. The assignment is redundant
and can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c
index cc06f0a1a7e4..227aece17e39 100644
--- a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c
+++ b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c
@@ -3353,7 +3353,8 @@ snd_hdsp_proc_read(struct snd_info_entry *entry, struct snd_info_buffer *buffer)
 				return;
 			}
 		} else {
-			int err = -EINVAL;
+			int err;
+
 			err = hdsp_request_fw_loader(hdsp);
 			if (err < 0) {
 				snd_iprintf(buffer,
-- 
2.25.0