linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: ccp: remove redundant assignment to variable ret

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Message-ID: <20200626060755.GB20811@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:07:55 +1000
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: ccp: remove redundant assignment to variable ret

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 11:12:29AM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable ret 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/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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