linux-kernel - [PATCH] afs: remove redundant assignment to variable ret

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Date:   Wed, 27 May 2020 13:06:13 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] afs: remove redundant assignment to variable ret

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

The variable ret is being assigned a value that is never read. The
assignment is redundant and can be removed.

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

diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index d1e1caa23c8b..5608665ccb71 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -579,7 +579,6 @@ static int afs_do_lookup_one(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = -ENOENT;
 	if (!cookie.found) {
 		_leave(" = -ENOENT [not found]");
 		return -ENOENT;
-- 
2.25.1