fs/char_dev.c: remove pointless assignment from __register_chrdev_reg…

…ion() At one place we assign major number we found to ret. That assignment is then never used and actually doesn't make any sense given how the code is currently structured (the assignment comes from pre-git times). Just remove it. Coverity id: 1226852. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]> Cc: Alexander Viro <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
josf · Dec 11, 2014 · e2ab879 · e2ab879
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diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
 			goto out;
 		}
 		major = i;
-		ret = major;
 	}
 
 	cd->major = major;