} else {
                ae_slice->ctx_mask_assigned = 0;
        }
-       ae_slice->regions = kzalloc(sizeof(*(ae_slice->regions)), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!(ae_slice->regions))
+       ae_slice->regions = kzalloc(sizeof(*ae_slice->regions), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!ae_slice->regions)
                return -ENOMEM;
-       ae_slice->page = kzalloc(sizeof(*(ae_slice->page)), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!(ae_slice->page))
+       ae_slice->page = kzalloc(sizeof(*ae_slice->page), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!ae_slice->page)
                goto out_err;
        page = ae_slice->page;
        page->encap_page = encap_image->page;
                pr_err("QAT: Memory scope for init_mem error\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
-       str = qat_uclo_get_string(&(obj_handle->str_table), init_mem->sym_name);
+       str = qat_uclo_get_string(&obj_handle->str_table, init_mem->sym_name);
        if (!str) {
                pr_err("QAT: AE name assigned in uof init table is NULL\n");
                return -EINVAL;
                pr_err("QAT: Parse num for AE number failed\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
-       if (!test_bit(*ae, (unsigned long *)&(handle->hal_handle->ae_mask))) {
+       if (!test_bit(*ae, (unsigned long *)&handle->hal_handle->ae_mask)) {
                pr_err("QAT: ae %d to be init is fused off\n", *ae);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
                                      ICP_QAT_UCLO_MAX_LMEM_REG, &ae))
                return -EINVAL;
        if (qat_uclo_create_batch_init_list(handle, init_mem, ae,
-                                           &(obj_handle->lm_init_tab[ae])))
+                                           &obj_handle->lm_init_tab[ae]))
                return -EINVAL;
        return 0;
 }
        if (qat_uclo_fetch_initmem_ae(handle, init_mem, ustore_size, &ae))
                return -EINVAL;
        if (qat_uclo_create_batch_init_list(handle, init_mem, ae,
-                                           &(obj_handle->umem_init_tab[ae])))
+                                           &obj_handle->umem_init_tab[ae]))
                return -EINVAL;
        /* set the highest ustore address referenced */
        uaddr = (init_mem->addr + init_mem->num_in_bytes) >> 0x2;
        page = image->page;
 
        for (ae = 0; ae <= handle->hal_handle->ae_max_num; ae++) {
-               if (!test_bit(ae, (unsigned long *)&(uof_image->ae_assigned)))
+               if (!test_bit(ae, (unsigned long *)&uof_image->ae_assigned))
                        continue;
                ustore_size = obj_handle->ae_data[ae].eff_ustore_size;
                patt_pos = page->beg_addr_p + page->micro_words_num;
 
        for (i = 0; i < obj_hdr->num_chunks; i++) {
                if ((cur < (void *)&chunk_hdr[i]) &&
-                   !(strncmp(chunk_hdr[i].chunk_id, chunk_id,
-                             ICP_QAT_UOF_OBJID_LEN))) {
+                   !strncmp(chunk_hdr[i].chunk_id, chunk_id,
+                            ICP_QAT_UOF_OBJID_LEN)) {
                        return &chunk_hdr[i];
                }
        }
        file_chunk = (struct icp_qat_uof_filechunkhdr *)
                (buf + sizeof(struct icp_qat_uof_filehdr));
        for (i = 0; i < file_hdr->num_chunks; i++) {
-               if (!(strncmp(file_chunk->chunk_id, chunk_id,
-                             ICP_QAT_UOF_OBJID_LEN))) {
+               if (!strncmp(file_chunk->chunk_id, chunk_id,
+                            ICP_QAT_UOF_OBJID_LEN)) {
                        chunk = buf + file_chunk->offset;
                        if (file_chunk->checksum != qat_uclo_calc_str_checksum(
                                (char *)chunk, file_chunk->size))
        struct icp_qat_uclo_objhandle *obj_handle = handle->obj_handle;
 
        for (ae = 0; ae <= max_ae; ae++) {
-               if (!test_bit(ae, (unsigned long *)
-                             &(handle->hal_handle->ae_mask)))
+               if (!test_bit(ae,
+                             (unsigned long *)&handle->hal_handle->ae_mask))
                        continue;
                for (i = 0; i < obj_handle->uimage_num; i++) {
                        if (!test_bit(ae, (unsigned long *)
-                       &(obj_handle->ae_uimage[i].img_ptr->ae_assigned)))
+                       &obj_handle->ae_uimage[i].img_ptr->ae_assigned))
                                continue;
                        mflag = 1;
                        if (qat_uclo_init_ae_data(obj_handle, ae, i))
 
        for (ae = 0; ae <= handle->hal_handle->ae_max_num; ae++) {
                if (!test_bit(ae,
-                             (unsigned long *)&(handle->hal_handle->ae_mask)))
+                             (unsigned long *)&handle->hal_handle->ae_mask))
                        continue;
-               ae_data = &(obj_handle->ae_data[ae]);
+               ae_data = &obj_handle->ae_data[ae];
                for (s = 0; s < ae_data->slice_num && s < ICP_QAT_UCLO_MAX_CTX;
                     s++) {
-                       if (!(obj_handle->ae_data[ae].ae_slices[s].encap_image))
+                       if (!obj_handle->ae_data[ae].ae_slices[s].encap_image)
                                continue;
                        uof_image = ae_data->ae_slices[s].encap_image->img_ptr;
                        if (qat_hal_set_ae_ctx_mode(handle, ae,
                return -EINVAL;
        }
        obj_handle->ustore_phy_size = ICP_QAT_UCLO_MAX_USTORE;
-       if (!(obj_handle->obj_hdr->file_buff) ||
-           !(qat_uclo_map_str_table(obj_handle->obj_hdr, ICP_QAT_UOF_STRT,
-                                    &(obj_handle->str_table)))) {
+       if (!obj_handle->obj_hdr->file_buff ||
+           !qat_uclo_map_str_table(obj_handle->obj_hdr, ICP_QAT_UOF_STRT,
+                                   &obj_handle->str_table)) {
                pr_err("QAT: uof doesn't have effective images\n");
                goto out_err;
        }
                goto out_check_uof_aemask_err;
        }
        qat_uclo_init_uword_num(handle);
-       qat_uclo_map_initmem_table(&(obj_handle->encap_uof_obj),
-                                  &(obj_handle->init_mem_tab));
+       qat_uclo_map_initmem_table(&obj_handle->encap_uof_obj,
+                                  &obj_handle->init_mem_tab);
        if (qat_uclo_set_ae_mode(handle))
                goto out_check_uof_aemask_err;
        return 0;
        /* load the default page and set assigned CTX PC
         * to the entrypoint address */
        for (ae = 0; ae <= handle->hal_handle->ae_max_num; ae++) {
-               if (!test_bit(ae, (unsigned long *)&(image->ae_assigned)))
+               if (!test_bit(ae, (unsigned long *)&image->ae_assigned))
                        continue;
                /* find the slice to which this image is assigned */
                for (s = 0; s < obj_handle->ae_data[ae].slice_num; s++) {
        if (qat_uclo_init_globals(handle))
                return -EINVAL;
        for (i = 0; i < obj_handle->uimage_num; i++) {
-               if (!(obj_handle->ae_uimage[i].img_ptr))
+               if (!obj_handle->ae_uimage[i].img_ptr)
                        return -EINVAL;
-               if (qat_uclo_init_ustore(handle, &(obj_handle->ae_uimage[i])))
+               if (qat_uclo_init_ustore(handle, &obj_handle->ae_uimage[i]))
                        return -EINVAL;
                qat_uclo_wr_uimage_pages(handle,
                                         obj_handle->ae_uimage[i].img_ptr);