--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c~sysctl-remove-redundant-ret-assignment +++ a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -1053,7 +1053,6 @@ static int sysctl_follow_link(struct ctl struct ctl_dir *dir; int ret; - ret = 0; spin_lock(&sysctl_lock); root = (*pentry)->data; set = lookup_header_set(root);