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/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
index 34aac3e..4836182 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ static int ir_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
ir = get_ir_device_by_adapter(adap);
if (ir == NULL) {
ir = kzalloc(sizeof(struct IR), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (ir == NULL) {
+ if (!ir) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_no_ir;
}
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ static int ir_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
/* Set up a struct IR_tx instance */
tx = kzalloc(sizeof(struct IR_tx), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (tx == NULL) {
+ if (!tx) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_put_xx;
}
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ static int ir_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
/* Set up a struct IR_rx instance */
rx = kzalloc(sizeof(struct IR_rx), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (rx == NULL) {
+ if (!rx) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_put_xx;
}
--
2.7.4
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