[PATCH] tracing: Remove unused ret assignment in tracing_set_tracer()

From: Wayen.Yan

Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 00:21:39 EST


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.

Signed-off-by: Wayen.Yan <win847@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 6eb4d3097a..58f81b36b7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5018,7 +5018,6 @@ 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) {
--
2.51.0