!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/fid/fid_request.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fid/fid_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fid/fid_request.c --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fid/fid_request.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fid/fid_request.c @@ -498,11 +498,11 @@ int client_fid_init(struct obd_device *o int rc; cli->cl_seq = kzalloc(sizeof(*cli->cl_seq), GFP_NOFS); - if (cli->cl_seq == NULL) + if (!cli->cl_seq) return -ENOMEM; prefix = kzalloc(MAX_OBD_NAME + 5, GFP_NOFS); - if (prefix == NULL) { + if (!prefix) { rc = -ENOMEM; goto out_free_seq; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in
