From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54944C55185 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:28:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 272F720714 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:28:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726126AbgDYL2T (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Apr 2020 07:28:19 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:56087 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726050AbgDYL2S (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Apr 2020 07:28:18 -0400 Received: from 1.general.cking.uk.vpn ([10.172.193.212] helo=localhost) by youngberry.canonical.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jSIyl-0002iM-4Y; Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:28:15 +0000 From: Colin King To: "David S . Miller" , netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] net: rtnetlink: remove redundant assignment to variable err Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:28:14 +0100 Message-Id: <20200425112814.137857-1-colin.king@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Colin Ian King The variable err is being initializeed with a value that is never read and it is being updated later with a new value. The initialization is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index d6f4f4a9e8ba..2269199c5891 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -3997,8 +3997,8 @@ static int rtnl_fdb_del(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct ndmsg *ndm; struct nlattr *tb[NDA_MAX+1]; struct net_device *dev; - int err = -EINVAL; __u8 *addr; + int err; u16 vid; if (!netlink_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) -- 2.25.1