fbmem: remove redundant assignment to err

Started by Colin King on Jun 24, 2019 · 2 messages from 2 authors · Last reply Jul 23, 2019

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From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

Variable err is initialized to a value that is never read and it
is re-assigned later.  The initialization is redundant and can
be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index dd1a708df1a7..ae044a1325ca 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -1987,7 +1987,7 @@ int fb_new_modelist(struct fb_info *info)
 	struct list_head *pos, *n;
 	struct fb_modelist *modelist;
 	struct fb_videomode *m, mode;
-	int err = 1;
+	int err;
 
 	list_for_each_safe(pos, n, &info->modelist) {
 		modelist = list_entry(pos, struct fb_modelist, list);
-- 
2.20.1
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On 6/25/19 12:37 AM, Colin King wrote:
From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

Variable err is initialized to a value that is never read and it
is re-assigned later.  The initialization is redundant and can
be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
Patch queued for v5.4, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics
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