On Sat, 18 Feb 2017, simran singhal wrote:

> This patch corrects check generated by checkpatch.pl by

There is not much information in the first line.  Use the imperative:

Replace comparisons to NULL by ...

> replacing comparison to null statements with equivalent
> statements in the form of "!x".

Actually, they are expressions.  An expression returns a value.  A
statement is performed for its side effects only.

julia

> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimr...@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_BAProc.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_BAProc.c 
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_BAProc.c
> index 20260af..bdbd21c 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_BAProc.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_BAProc.c
> @@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *rtllib_ADDBA(struct rtllib_device 
> *ieee, u8 *Dst,
>       netdev_dbg(ieee->dev, "%s(): frame(%d) sentd to: %pM, ieee->dev:%p\n",
>                  __func__, type, Dst, ieee->dev);
>
> -     if (pBA == NULL) {
> +     if (!pBA) {
>               netdev_warn(ieee->dev, "pBA is NULL\n");
>               return NULL;
>       }
>       skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + sizeof(struct rtllib_hdr_3addr));
> -     if (skb == NULL)
> +     if (!skb)
>               return NULL;
>
>       memset(skb->data, 0, sizeof(struct rtllib_hdr_3addr));
> @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *rtllib_DELBA(struct rtllib_device 
> *ieee, u8 *dst,
>       DelbaParamSet.field.TID = pBA->BaParamSet.field.TID;
>
>       skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + sizeof(struct rtllib_hdr_3addr));
> -     if (skb == NULL)
> +     if (!skb)
>               return NULL;
>
>       skb_reserve(skb, ieee->tx_headroom);
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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