Re: [PATCH 09/10] staging: ks7010: remove zero comparison

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On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 10:22:24AM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 03:49:22PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 01:37:11PM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> > > Comparison, equal to zero, is redundant
> > > 
> > > 'if (foo == 0)'  is equal to  'if (!foo)'
> > > 
> > > Typical kernel coding style is to use the shorter form.
> > > 
> > > Remove unnecessary zero comparison.
> > 
> > Not exactly.  If you're talking about the number zero then == 0 and != 0
> > are good style.  "if (size == 0) ".  Other times we're talking about
> > error codes or whatever and not the number zero so it should be
> > "if (ret) ".  Also for strcmp() functions, please use != 0 and == 0.
> > 
> > 	if (strcmp(foo, bar) != 0)  <-- read this as "foo != bar"
> > 	if (strcmp(foo, bar) == 0)  <-- read this as "foo == bar"
> > 	if (strcmp(foo, bar) < 0)  <-- read this as "foo < bar"
> > 
> > regards,
> > dan carpenter
> > 
> > 
> 
> What is best for flags please?
> 
> -       if (dwrq->flags == 0) {
> +       if (!dwrq->flags) {

The second one.

regards,
dan carpenter

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