Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: replace comparison to NULL by bool

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sat Apr 10 2021 - 08:08:34 EST




On Sat, 10 Apr 2021, Mitali Borkar wrote:

> Fixed Comparison to NULL can be written as '!...' by replacing it with
> simpler form i.e boolean expression. This makes code more readable alternative.
> Reported by checkpatch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mitali Borkar <mitaliborkar810@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c
> index 65eac33aaa5b..476875125e87 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c
> @@ -269,12 +269,12 @@ static void MakeTSEntry(struct ts_common_info *pTsCommonInfo, u8 *Addr,
> {
> u8 count;
>
> - if (pTsCommonInfo == NULL)
> + if (!pTsCommonInfo)
> return;
>
> memcpy(pTsCommonInfo->Addr, Addr, 6);
>
> - if (pTSPEC != NULL)
> + if (pTSPEC)
> memcpy((u8 *)(&(pTsCommonInfo->TSpec)), (u8 *)pTSPEC,
> sizeof(union tspec_body));
>
> @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ bool GetTs(struct rtllib_device *ieee, struct ts_common_info **ppTS,
> }
>
> *ppTS = SearchAdmitTRStream(ieee, Addr, UP, TxRxSelect);
> - if (*ppTS != NULL)
> + if (ppTS)

You lost a * here.

julia

> return true;
>
> if (!bAddNewTs) {
> --
> 2.30.2
>
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