Some functions like kmalloc/kzalloc return NULL on failure. When NULL represents failure, !x is commonly used. This was done using Coccinelle: @@ expression *e; identifier l1; @@ e = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|devm_kzalloc\)(...); ... - e == NULL + !e Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx> --- --This is my contribution to the netfilter project of Outreachy Round 14. net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c index 68eda920..c39f16c 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static int nfnl_err_add(struct list_head *list, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err) struct nfnl_err *nfnl_err; nfnl_err = kmalloc(sizeof(struct nfnl_err), GFP_KERNEL); - if (nfnl_err == NULL) + if (!nfnl_err) return -ENOMEM; nfnl_err->nlh = nlh; -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
