assoc_array: remove global variable

The associative array code creates unnecessary and potentially
problematic global variable 'status'.  Remove it since never used.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>