!x is more normal for kzalloc failure in the kernel. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression x; statement S1, S2; @@ x = kzalloc(...); if ( - x == NULL + !x ) S1 else S2 // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lclient/lcommon_cl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lclient/lcommon_cl.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lclient/lcommon_cl.c --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lclient/lcommon_cl.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lclient/lcommon_cl.c @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct lu_device *ccc_device_alloc(const int rc; vdv = kzalloc(sizeof(*vdv), GFP_NOFS); - if (vdv == NULL) + if (!vdv) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); lud = &vdv->cdv_cl.cd_lu_dev; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in