The variable u8 **rx_p, is a pointer-to-pointer and hence the check should be "if (!*rx_p)" and not "if (!rx_p)". In the earlier version, checkpatch.pl gave the following check, which was incorrect: CHECK: Comparison to NULL could be written "!rx_p" + if (*rx_p == NULL) { Signed-off-by: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v3: - Replaced "if (!rx_p)" with "if (!*rx_p)" - Changes are made on the original code drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c index 20b878d..1920dc60 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int sca3000_read_data(struct sca3000_state *st, } }; *rx_p = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); - if (*rx_p == NULL) { + if (!*rx_p) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto error_ret; } -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html