linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] efi/capsule-loader: superfluous assignment

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Date:   Sun, 23 Feb 2020 21:54:35 +0100
From:   Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] efi/capsule-loader: superfluous assignment

In efi_capsule_write() the value 0 assigned to ret is never used.

Identified with cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c
index d3067cbd5114..4dde8edd53b6 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static ssize_t efi_capsule_submit_update(struct capsule_info *cap_info)
 static ssize_t efi_capsule_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buff,
 				 size_t count, loff_t *offp)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 	struct capsule_info *cap_info = file->private_data;
 	struct page *page;
 	void *kbuff = NULL;
--
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