linux-kernel - [tip: timers/core] posix-timers: Remove redundant initialization of variable ret

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Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:07:11 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Colin Ian King" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: timers/core] posix-timers: Remove redundant initialization of
 variable ret

The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     1dae37c7e41d9a75a615ba7b0480acc2e04094d4
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/1dae37c7e41d9a75a615ba7b0480acc2e04094d4
Author:        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:01:47 +01:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:02:11 +02:00

posix-timers: Remove redundant initialization of variable ret

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.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210721120147.109570-1-colin.king@canonical.com

---
 kernel/time/posix-timers.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index dd5697d..3913222 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void posixtimer_rearm(struct kernel_siginfo *info)
 int posix_timer_event(struct k_itimer *timr, int si_private)
 {
 	enum pid_type type;
-	int ret = -1;
+	int ret;
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: if ->sigq is queued we can race with
 	 * dequeue_signal()->posixtimer_rearm().