linux-kernel - [PATCH linu-next V2] mm/fault: fix comparing pointer to 0

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Date:   Sun, 18 Sep 2022 15:29:12 +0000
From:   cgel.zte@...il.com
To:     richard.henderson@...aro.org
Cc:     ink@...assic.park.msu.ru, mattst88@...il.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, zhengqi.arch@...edance.com,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, hannes@...xchg.org, catalin.marinas@....com,
        peterx@...hat.com, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Xu Panda <xu.panda@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH linu-next V2] mm/fault: fix comparing pointer to 0

From: Xu Panda <xu.panda@....com.cn>

Do not use assignment in if condition,
and comparing pointer whith NULL instead of comparing pointer to 0.

Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Xu Panda <xu.panda@....com.cn>
---
 arch/alpha/mm/fault.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c b/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c
index ef427a6bdd1a..bb3fe2949313 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ do_page_fault(unsigned long address, unsigned long
mmcsr,

  no_context:
        /* Are we prepared to handle this fault as an exception?  */
-       if ((fixup = search_exception_tables(regs->pc)) != 0) {
+       fixup = search_exception_tables(regs->pc);
+       if (fixup != NULL) {
                unsigned long newpc;
                newpc = fixup_exception(dpf_reg, fixup, regs->pc);
                regs->pc = newpc;
-- 
2.15.2