!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/fld/fld_cache.c | 2 +- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int fld_client_add_target(struct lu_clie fld->lcf_name, name, tar->ft_idx); target = kzalloc(sizeof(*target), GFP_NOFS); - if (target == NULL) + if (!target) return -ENOMEM; spin_lock(&fld->lcf_lock); diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_cache.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_cache.c --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_cache.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_cache.c @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct fld_cache *fld_cache_init(const c LASSERT(cache_threshold < cache_size); cache = kzalloc(sizeof(*cache), GFP_NOFS); - if (cache == NULL) + if (!cache) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->fci_entries_head); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in