The variable ret is being assigned a value that is never read.  If the
for-loop is entered then ret is immediately re-assigned a new value.  If
the for-loop is not executed ret is never read.  The assignment is
redundant and can be removed.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211230134557.83633-1-colin.i.king@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
 
 
        data_len -= 3;
 
-       ret = 0;
-
        for (i = 2; i < oid_len; i++) {
                ret = asn1_encode_oid_digit(&d, &data_len, oid[i]);
                if (ret < 0)