From 87e3dbc27c025b3168922c29b06775f8a8cfbce6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Somya Anand Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:34:08 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Staging: gdm72xx: use !x instead of x == NULL Functions like devm_kzalloc, kmalloc_array, devm_ioremap, usb_alloc_urb, alloc_netdev return NULL as a return value on failure. Generally, When NULL represents failure, !x is commonly used. This patch cleans up the tests on the results of these functions, thereby using !x instead of x == NULL or NULL == x. This is done via following coccinelle script: @prob_7@ identifier x; statement S; @@ ( x = devm_kzalloc(...); | x = usb_alloc_urb(...); | x = kmalloc_array(...); | x = devm_ioremap(...); | x = alloc_netdev(...); ) ... - if(NULL == x) + if(!x) S Further we have used isomorphism characteristics of coccinelle to indicate x == NULL and NULL == x are equivalent. This is done via following iso script. Expression @ is_null @ expression X; @@ X == NULL <=> NULL == X Signed-off-by: Somya Anand Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c index 32fe93bcb0e6..61d168e82011 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c +++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c @@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ int register_wimax_device(struct phy_dev *phy_dev, struct device *pdev) dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*nic), "wm%d", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, ether_setup); - if (dev == NULL) { + if (!dev) { pr_err("alloc_etherdev failed\n"); return -ENOMEM; } -- 2.39.5