On 20.01.2017 19:23, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:25:48 +0100
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> The script "checkpatch.pl" pointed information out like the following.
>
> Comparison to NULL could be written …
That's maybe ok for new code / if the code has to be touched anyway ...
but for existing code, this sounds very much like unnecessary code-churn
to me (e.g. it hides more important information with "git blame").
Thomas
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 19 +++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> index cfc7699d05df..3122998f6a32 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static unsigned long do_h_register_vpa(struct kvm_vcpu
> *vcpu,
>
> /* convert logical addr to kernel addr and read length */
> va = kvmppc_pin_guest_page(kvm, vpa, &nb);
> - if (va == NULL)
> + if (!va)
> return H_PARAMETER;
> if (subfunc == H_VPA_REG_VPA)
> len = be16_to_cpu(((struct reg_vpa *)va)->length.hword);
> @@ -1591,8 +1591,7 @@ static struct kvmppc_vcore *kvmppc_vcore_create(struct
> kvm *kvm, int core)
> struct kvmppc_vcore *vcore;
>
> vcore = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvmppc_vcore), GFP_KERNEL);
> -
> - if (vcore == NULL)
> + if (!vcore)
> return NULL;
>
> spin_lock_init(&vcore->lock);
> @@ -2221,7 +2220,7 @@ static void collect_piggybacks(struct core_info *cip,
> int target_threads)
> prepare_threads(pvc);
> if (!pvc->n_runnable) {
> list_del_init(&pvc->preempt_list);
> - if (pvc->runner == NULL) {
> + if (!pvc->runner) {
> pvc->vcore_state = VCORE_INACTIVE;
> kvmppc_core_end_stolen(pvc);
> }
> @@ -2287,7 +2286,7 @@ static void post_guest_process(struct kvmppc_vcore *vc,
> bool is_master)
> } else {
> vc->vcore_state = VCORE_INACTIVE;
> }
> - if (vc->n_runnable > 0 && vc->runner == NULL) {
> + if (vc->n_runnable > 0 && !vc->runner) {
> /* make sure there's a candidate runner awake */
> i = -1;
> vcpu = next_runnable_thread(vc, &i);
> @@ -2786,7 +2785,7 @@ static int kvmppc_run_vcpu(struct kvm_run *kvm_run,
> struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> while (vcpu->arch.state == KVMPPC_VCPU_RUNNABLE &&
> !signal_pending(current)) {
> - if (vc->vcore_state == VCORE_PREEMPT && vc->runner == NULL)
> + if (vc->vcore_state == VCORE_PREEMPT && !vc->runner)
> kvmppc_vcore_end_preempt(vc);
>
> if (vc->vcore_state != VCORE_INACTIVE) {
> @@ -2833,7 +2832,7 @@ static int kvmppc_run_vcpu(struct kvm_run *kvm_run,
> struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> vc->vcore_state == VCORE_PIGGYBACK))
> kvmppc_wait_for_exec(vc, vcpu, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
>
> - if (vc->vcore_state == VCORE_PREEMPT && vc->runner == NULL)
> + if (vc->vcore_state == VCORE_PREEMPT && !vc->runner)
> kvmppc_vcore_end_preempt(vc);
>
> if (vcpu->arch.state == KVMPPC_VCPU_RUNNABLE) {
> @@ -3203,7 +3202,7 @@ void kvmppc_alloc_host_rm_ops(void)
> int size;
>
> /* Not the first time here ? */
> - if (kvmppc_host_rm_ops_hv != NULL)
> + if (kvmppc_host_rm_ops_hv)
> return;
>
> ops = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvmppc_host_rm_ops), GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -3430,10 +3429,10 @@ static int kvmppc_set_passthru_irq(struct kvm *kvm,
> int host_irq, int guest_gsi)
> mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
>
> pimap = kvm->arch.pimap;
> - if (pimap == NULL) {
> + if (!pimap) {
> /* First call, allocate structure to hold IRQ map */
> pimap = kvmppc_alloc_pimap();
> - if (pimap == NULL) {
> + if (!pimap) {
> mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
>
