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_wep.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_wep.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_wep.c index b3343a5..f5a1bc5 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_wep.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_crypt_wep.c @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static void *prism2_wep_init(int keyidx) struct prism2_wep_data *priv; priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_ATOMIC); - if (priv == NULL) + if (!priv) goto fail; priv->key_idx = keyidx; -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel