The variable forkRet is not used after commit 25f8781 https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt/commit/25f8781#diff-d2023c1ac4f688aa20... Signed-off-by: Radostin Stoyanov <rstoyanov1(a)gmail.com&gt; --- src/util/virfile.c | 10 ---------- 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/util/virfile.c b/src/util/virfile.c index 523241f64f..a2c4cebb56 100644 --- a/src/util/virfile.c +++ b/src/util/virfile.c @@ -2117,7 +2117,6 @@ virFileAccessibleAs(const char *path, int mode, { pid_t pid = 0; int status, ret = 0; - int forkRet = 0; gid_t *groups; int ngroups; @@ -2152,15 +2151,6 @@ virFileAccessibleAs(const char *path, int mode, return 0; } - /* child. - * Return positive value here. Parent - * will change it to negative one. */ - - if (forkRet < 0) { - ret = errno; - goto childerror; - } - if (virSetUIDGID(uid, gid, groups, ngroups) < 0) { ret = errno; goto childerror; -- 2.17.1