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/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_ccmp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_ccmp.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_ccmp.c index bc45cf0..ed2e06f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_ccmp.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_ccmp.c @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void *rtllib_ccmp_init(int key_idx) struct rtllib_ccmp_data *priv; priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_ATOMIC); - if (priv == NULL) + if (!priv) goto fail; priv->key_idx = key_idx; -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel