linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] - [9/15] - remove defconfig ptr comparisons to 0

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Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:38:05 +1100
From:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>, nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] - [9/15] - remove defconfig ptr comparisons to 0 - fs/nfsd

On Tuesday November 13, joe@...ches.com wrote:
> Remove defconfig ptr comparison to 0
> 
> Remove sparse warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
> index d019918..07b38cf 100644
> --- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
> +++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
> @@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
>  	 * flushing the data to disk is handled separately below.
>  	 */
>  
> -	if (file->f_op->fsync == 0) {/* COMMIT3 cannot work */
> +	if (!file->f_op->fsync) {/* COMMIT3 cannot work */
>  	       stable = 2;
>  	       *stablep = 2; /* FILE_SYNC */
>  	}
> 

Personally, I would much rather these were changed to "== NULL".
Different people have different preferences on whether to use
    ! foo
or
    foo == NULL

and the person who wrote that code is presumably showing a preference
for the later.  Changing it from "== 0" to "== NULL" is clearly a
valuable improvement.  Changing from "== 0" to "! " is a stylistic
change that should not be made lightly.

I personally often use and prefer the explicit comparison to NULL.

NeilBrown
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