[VOL-3285] Resolving statis code analysis warnings

Change-Id: Iaddaae92c649fd27ce0a63f1786af594667c9e8e
diff --git a/internal/bbsim/packetHandlers/packet_tags.go b/internal/bbsim/packetHandlers/packet_tags.go
index ebcb96c..e028adb 100644
--- a/internal/bbsim/packetHandlers/packet_tags.go
+++ b/internal/bbsim/packetHandlers/packet_tags.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+
 	"github.com/google/gopacket"
 	"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
 )
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
 		}
 
 		buffer := gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer()
-		gopacket.SerializeLayers(
+		_ = gopacket.SerializeLayers(
 			buffer,
 			gopacket.SerializeOptions{
 				FixLengths: false,
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@
 			EthernetType: layer.Type,
 		}
 		buffer := gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer()
-		gopacket.SerializeLayers(buffer, gopacket.SerializeOptions{},
+		_ = gopacket.SerializeLayers(buffer, gopacket.SerializeOptions{},
 			ethernetLayer,
 			gopacket.Payload(layer.Payload),
 		)
@@ -120,9 +121,8 @@
 }
 
 func getDot1QLayer(pkt gopacket.Packet) (*layers.Dot1Q, error) {
-	dot1q := &layers.Dot1Q{}
 	if dot1qLayer := pkt.Layer(layers.LayerTypeDot1Q); dot1qLayer != nil {
-		dot1q = dot1qLayer.(*layers.Dot1Q)
+		dot1q := dot1qLayer.(*layers.Dot1Q)
 		return dot1q, nil
 	}
 	return nil, errors.New("no-dot1q-layer-in-packet")