From 7d3118016787b5c05da94b3bcdb96c9d6ff82c44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Ian King Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:28:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] net: rtnetlink: remove redundant assignment to variable err 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- 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 d6f4f4a9e8ba3..2269199c58910 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)) -- 2.30.2