linux-kernel - [PATCH] block: Remove redundant initialization of variable ret

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Date:   Fri, 26 Nov 2021 23:06:52 +0000
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...glemail.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] block: 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.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
---
 block/bdev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 886a08a045a6..26eefa5de6ca 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ static void blkdev_flush_mapping(struct block_device *bdev)
 static int blkdev_get_whole(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (disk->fops->open) {
 		ret = disk->fops->open(bdev, mode);
-- 
2.33.1