From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 08:56:03 +0200 The script "checkpatch.pl" can point out that assignments should usually not be performed within condition checks. Thus move an assignment for a local variable to a separate statement in this function. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/atm/nicstar.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/atm/nicstar.c b/drivers/atm/nicstar.c index 04f5781..c7296b5 100644 --- a/drivers/atm/nicstar.c +++ b/drivers/atm/nicstar.c @@ -2023,7 +2023,8 @@ static void dequeue_rx(ns_dev * card, ns_rsqe * rsqe) cell = skb->data; for (i = ns_rsqe_cellcount(rsqe); i; i--) { - if ((sb = dev_alloc_skb(NS_SMSKBSIZE)) == NULL) { + sb = dev_alloc_skb(NS_SMSKBSIZE); + if (!sb) { printk ("nicstar%d: Can't allocate buffers for aal0.\n", card->index); -- 2.10.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html