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>
                if (wep_key_len > 0) {
                        wep_key_len = wep_key_len <= 5 ? 5 : 13;
                        pwep = kzalloc(sizeof(*pwep), GFP_ATOMIC);
-                       if (pwep == NULL)
+                       if (!pwep)
                                return -ENOMEM;
                        pwep->KeyLength = wep_key_len;
                        pwep->Length = wep_key_len +
 
        param_len = sizeof(struct ieee_param) + pext->key_len;
        param = kzalloc(param_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
-       if (param == NULL)
+       if (!param)
                return -ENOMEM;
        param->cmd = IEEE_CMD_SET_ENCRYPTION;
        eth_broadcast_addr(param->sta_addr);