linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] module: use ZERO_OR_NULL

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Date:	Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:34:00 +0400
From:	Dmitry Antipov <dmitry.antipov@...aro.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty.russell@...aro.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org, patches@...aro.org,
	Dmitry Antipov <dmitry.antipov@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] module: use ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR allocation pointer checking

Use ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR allocation pointer checking where allocation
function may return ZERO_SIZE_PTR.
---
 kernel/module.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 2c93276..ae438db 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2322,14 +2322,14 @@ static void dynamic_debug_remove(struct _ddebug *debug)
 
 void * __weak module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-	return size == 0 ? NULL : vmalloc_exec(size);
+	return vmalloc_exec(size);
 }
 
 static void *module_alloc_update_bounds(unsigned long size)
 {
 	void *ret = module_alloc(size);
 
-	if (ret) {
+	if (likely(!ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(ret))) {
 		mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
 		/* Update module bounds. */
 		if ((unsigned long)ret < module_addr_min)
@@ -2638,7 +2638,7 @@ static int move_module(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 	 * leak.
 	 */
 	kmemleak_not_leak(ptr);
-	if (!ptr)
+	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(ptr)))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	memset(ptr, 0, mod->core_size);
@@ -2652,7 +2652,7 @@ static int move_module(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 	 * after the module is initialized.
 	 */
 	kmemleak_ignore(ptr);
-	if (!ptr && mod->init_size) {
+	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(ptr))) {
 		module_free(mod, mod->module_core);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-- 
1.7.7.6

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