From a20b08de862c2983eac183b7560ad678acb58608 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wayen.Yan" Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:52:57 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Remove unused ret assignment in tracing_set_tracer() In tracing_set_tracer(), the assignment 'ret = 0' following the __tracing_resize_ring_buffer() error check is a dead store. After this point, all subsequent code paths either return with a constant value (-EINVAL, 0, -EBUSY) or reassign ret before reading it (tracing_arm_snapshot_locked, tracer_init). Remove the unnecessary assignment. No functional change. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/6a2a37c4.f0a9eb5a.2fc603.7724@mx.google.com Signed-off-by: Wayen.Yan Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 1146b83b711a..299f5ab630b9 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -5015,7 +5015,6 @@ int tracing_set_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, const char *buf) RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS); if (ret < 0) return ret; - ret = 0; } list_for_each_entry(t, &tr->tracers, list) {