!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/lmv/lmv_intent.c | 2 +- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ repeat_fid2path: if (remote_gf == NULL) { remote_gf_size = sizeof(*remote_gf) + PATH_MAX; remote_gf = kzalloc(remote_gf_size, GFP_NOFS); - if (remote_gf == NULL) { + if (!remote_gf) { rc = -ENOMEM; goto out_fid2path; } @@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ static int lmv_statfs(const struct lu_en return rc; temp = kzalloc(sizeof(*temp), GFP_NOFS); - if (temp == NULL) + if (!temp) return -ENOMEM; for (i = 0; i < lmv->desc.ld_tgt_count; i++) { @@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ lmv_enqueue_remote(struct obd_export *ex } rdata = kzalloc(sizeof(*rdata), GFP_NOFS); - if (rdata == NULL) { + if (!rdata) { rc = -ENOMEM; goto out; } diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_intent.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_intent.c --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_intent.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_intent.c @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int lmv_intent_remote(struct obd_ } op_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*op_data), GFP_NOFS); - if (op_data == NULL) { + if (!op_data) { rc = -ENOMEM; goto out; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in