linux-kernel - [for-linus][PATCH 6/7] ftrace: Remove redundant initialization of variable ret

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Date:   Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:55:00 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 6/7] ftrace: Remove redundant initialization of variable ret

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

The variable ret is being initialized with a value that is never
read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and
can be removed.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210721120915.122278-1-colin.king@canonical.com

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 4fbcf560dd03..7b180f61e6d3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -7545,7 +7545,7 @@ int ftrace_is_dead(void)
  */
 int register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 {
-	int ret = -1;
+	int ret;
 
 	ftrace_ops_init(ops);
 
-- 
2.30.2