Since an if tests the numeric value of an expression, certain coding shortcuts can be used. The most obvious one is writing if (expression) instead of if (expression != 0) Since our case is a bitwise expression, it's more natural and clear to use the ``if (expression)`` shortcut. Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c b/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c index dbbe6b8e3ceb..f2413da14b1d 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c @@ -988,8 +988,7 @@ static unsigned int s3c24xx_serial_tx_empty(struct uart_port *port) u32 ufcon = rd_regl(port, S3C2410_UFCON); if (ufcon & S3C2410_UFCON_FIFOMODE) { - if ((ufstat & info->tx_fifomask) != 0 || - (ufstat & info->tx_fifofull)) + if ((ufstat & info->tx_fifomask) || (ufstat & info->tx_fifofull)) return 0; return 1; -- 2.43.0.472.g3155946c3a-goog