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>
        struct usb_device       *pusbd;
 
        pdvobjpriv = kzalloc(sizeof(*pdvobjpriv), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (pdvobjpriv == NULL)
+       if (!pdvobjpriv)
                return NULL;
 
        pdvobjpriv->pusbintf = usb_intf;