This patch solves the following checkpatch issue: CHECK: Comparison to NULL could be written "skb" + if (skb != NULL) { Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.c b/net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.c index 64beb0b..2878d8c 100644 --- a/net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.c +++ b/net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.c @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static int dgram_ioctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, unsigned long arg) amount = 0; spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock); skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue); - if (skb != NULL) { + if (skb) { /* We will only return the amount * of this packet since that is all * that will be read. -- 2.2.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wpan" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html