The test for NULL of the return variable of functions was changed from (ret == NULL) to !ret to match the standard. Coccinelle was used with semantic patch: @@ expression e; identifier id, f; statement S; @@ f(...) { <+... id = \(kmalloc\|devm_kzalloc\|kmalloc_array\|devm_ioremap \|usb_alloc_urb\|alloc_netdev\|dev_alloc_skb\) (...) ... when any when != id = e + if (!id) - if (\(NULL == id\|id == NULL\)) S ...+> } Signed-off-by: Elise Lennion <elise.lennion@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_ops_linux.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_ops_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_ops_linux.c index 34198fe..e2dbe1b 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_ops_linux.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_ops_linux.c @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static int usbctrl_vendorreq(struct adapter *adapt, u8 request, u16 value, u16 i /* Acquire IO memory for vendorreq */ pIo_buf = kmalloc(MAX_USB_IO_CTL_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC); - if (pIo_buf == NULL) { + if (!pIo_buf) { DBG_88E("[%s] pIo_buf == NULL\n", __func__); status = -ENOMEM; goto release_mutex; -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel