Some functions like kmalloc/kzalloc return NULL on failure. When NULL represents failure, !x is commonly used. This was done using Coccinelle: @@ expression *e; identifier l1; @@ e = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|devm_kzalloc\)(...); ... - e == NULL + !e Signed-off-by: Simran Singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c index 29f36cca3972..5c27c11f006a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static int wpa_set_encryption(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *param, wep_key_len = wep_key_len <= 5 ? 5 : 13; wep_total_len = wep_key_len + FIELD_OFFSET(struct ndis_802_11_wep, KeyMaterial); pwep = kzalloc(wep_total_len, GFP_KERNEL); - if (pwep == NULL) { + if (!pwep) { RT_TRACE(_module_rtl871x_ioctl_os_c, _drv_err_, (" wpa_set_encryption: pwep allocate fail !!!\n")); goto exit; } @@ -2137,7 +2137,7 @@ static int rtw_wx_set_enc_ext(struct net_device *dev, param_len = sizeof(struct ieee_param) + pext->key_len; param = kzalloc(param_len, GFP_KERNEL); - if (param == NULL) + if (!param) return -1; param->cmd = IEEE_CMD_SET_ENCRYPTION; @@ -3491,7 +3491,7 @@ static int rtw_set_encryption(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *param, wep_key_len = wep_key_len <= 5 ? 5 : 13; wep_total_len = wep_key_len + FIELD_OFFSET(struct ndis_802_11_wep, KeyMaterial); pwep = kzalloc(wep_total_len, GFP_KERNEL); - if (pwep == NULL) { + if (!pwep) { DBG_871X(" r871x_set_encryption: pwep allocate fail !!!\n"); goto exit; } -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel