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: Bhaktipriya Shridhar <bhaktipriya96@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
u8 *palloc_buf, *pIo_buf;
palloc_buf = kmalloc((u32)len + 16, GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (palloc_buf == NULL)
+ if (!palloc_buf)
return -ENOMEM;
pIo_buf = palloc_buf + 16 - ((addr_t)(palloc_buf) & 0x0f);
if (requesttype == 0x01) {