From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:15:21 +0200 The script "checkpatch.pl" pointed information out like the following. ERROR: do not use assignment in if condition Thus fix the affected source code place. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/snsc.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/snsc.c b/drivers/char/snsc.c index 6aa32679fd58..f551a625686a 100644 --- a/drivers/char/snsc.c +++ b/drivers/char/snsc.c @@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ scdrv_init(void) /* initialize sysctl device data fields */ scd->scd_nasid = cnodeid_to_nasid(cnode); - if (!(salbuf = kmalloc(SCDRV_BUFSZ, GFP_KERNEL))) { + salbuf = kmalloc(SCDRV_BUFSZ, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!salbuf) { printk("%s: failed to allocate driver buffer" "(%s%s)\n", __func__, SYSCTL_BASENAME, devname); -- 2.14.2 -- 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