linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 146/264] hwrng: core - rewrite better comparison to NULL

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Message-Id: <20220623164348.196072004@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:42:19 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 146/264] hwrng: core - rewrite better comparison to NULL

From: Corentin LABBE <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>

commit 2a971e3b248775f808950bdc0ac75f12a2853eff upstream.

This patch fix the checkpatch warning "Comparison to NULL could be written "!ptr"

Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/core.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -439,8 +439,7 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
 	int err = -EINVAL;
 	struct hwrng *old_rng, *tmp;
 
-	if (rng->name == NULL ||
-	    (rng->data_read == NULL && rng->read == NULL))
+	if (!rng->name || (!rng->data_read && !rng->read))
 		goto out;
 
 	mutex_lock(&rng_mutex);