Re: [PATCH 2/2] ethernet: lpc_eth: Use NULL to compare with pointer-typed value rather than 0

From: zhong jiang
Date: Sat Aug 18 2018 - 01:59:41 EST


On 2018/8/17 23:29, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> Hi zhong jiang,
>
> On 08/17/2018 04:18 PM, zhong jiang wrote:
>> We should use NULL to compare with pointer-typed value rather than 0.
>> The issue is detected with the help of Coccinelle.
>> ---
>> drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
>> index 08381ef..04d9e62 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
>> @@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ static int lpc_eth_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> "IRAM not big enough for net buffers, using SDRAM instead.\n");
>> }
>>
>> - if (pldat->dma_buff_base_v == 0) {
>> + if (pldat->dma_buff_base_v == NULL) {
> That's a valid finding, but please use a common 0 and NULL comparison in form of
>
> if (!pldat->dma_buff_base_v)
>
> To the change above please feel free to add my
>
> Acked-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@xxxxxxxxx>
Thanks, Will do in v2
>> ret = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
>> if (ret)
>> goto err_out_free_irq;
>>
>
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