From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 08:44:38 +0200 The script "checkpatch.pl" can point out that assignments should usually not be performed within condition checks. Thus move the assignment for one local variable to a separate statement in this function. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/fb/ramgt215.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/fb/ramgt215.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/fb/ramgt215.c index cb50539..edbe8e4 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/fb/ramgt215.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/fb/ramgt215.c @@ -940,7 +940,8 @@ gt215_ram_new(struct nvkm_fb *fb, struct nvkm_ram **pram) struct gt215_ram *ram; int ret, i; - if (!(ram = kzalloc(sizeof(*ram), GFP_KERNEL))) + ram = kzalloc(sizeof(*ram), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!ram) return -ENOMEM; *pram = &ram->base; -- 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