linux-kernel - [PATCH] rpc: remove redundant initialization of variable status

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Date:   Sun, 13 Jun 2021 15:06:52 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     "J . Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
        Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
        Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rpc: remove redundant initialization of variable status

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

The variable status is being initialized with 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>
---
 net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 6dff64374bfe..a81be45f40d9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ static int gss_proxy_save_rsc(struct cache_detail *cd,
 	long long ctxh;
 	struct gss_api_mech *gm = NULL;
 	time64_t expiry;
-	int status = -EINVAL;
+	int status;
 
 	memset(&rsci, 0, sizeof(rsci));
 	/* context handle */
-- 
2.31.1