linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] [media] xc2028: Adjust two null pointer checks in load_all

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Date:   Sat, 9 Sep 2017 22:32:11 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] [media] xc2028: Adjust two null pointer checks in
 load_all_firmwares()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 21:48:58 +0200
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The script “checkpatch.pl” pointed information out like the following.

Comparison to NULL could be written !…

Thus fix the affected source code places.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c b/drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
index 7353f25f9e7d..90efe11aa0a8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
+++ b/drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c
@@ -335,5 +335,5 @@ static int load_all_firmwares(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 		   priv->firm_version >> 8, priv->firm_version & 0xff);
 
 	priv->firm = kcalloc(n_array, sizeof(*priv->firm), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (priv->firm == NULL) {
+	if (!priv->firm) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
@@ -384,5 +384,5 @@ static int load_all_firmwares(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 		}
 
 		priv->firm[n].ptr = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (priv->firm[n].ptr == NULL) {
+		if (!priv->firm[n].ptr) {
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.14.1