linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: remove redundant assignment to variable err

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Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:48:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: remove redundant assignment to variable err

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:35:09 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable err is being initialized with a value that is never read and
> it is being updated later with a new value. The initialization is redundant
> and can be removed.  Also re-order variable declarations in reverse
> Christmas tree ordering.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied.