linux-kernel - RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] net: ixgbevf: Remove redundant initialization of variable ret

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Date:   Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:26:20 +0000
From:   "G, GurucharanX" <gurucharanx.g@...el.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] net: ixgbevf: Remove redundant
 initialization of variable ret_val



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org> On Behalf Of Colin
> King
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2021 5:21 PM
> To: Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>; Nguyen, Anthony L
> <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>; David S . Miller <davem@...emloft.net>;
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] net: ixgbevf: Remove redundant initialization
> of variable ret_val
> 
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable ret_val 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>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Tested-by: Gurucharan G <gurucharanx.g@...el.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)