linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 7/7] staging: rtl8723bs: use !ptr instead of ptr == NULL

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Message-ID: <20260124231557.18189-8-tehsiu.huang@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:15:57 -0800
From: Michael Huang <tehsiu.huang@...il.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Huang <tehsiu.huang@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 7/7] staging: rtl8723bs: use !ptr instead of ptr == NULL

Simplify pointer null checks by using the "!ptr" convention instead of
the more verbose "ptr == NULL" comparison.

Signed-off-by: Michael Huang <tehsiu.huang@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
index 4ba4f85be02d..884fcce50d9c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
@@ -5994,8 +5994,7 @@ u8 run_in_thread_hdl(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pbuf)
 {
 	struct RunInThread_param *p;
 
-
-	if (pbuf == NULL)
+	if (!pbuf)
 		return H2C_PARAMETERS_ERROR;
 	p = (struct RunInThread_param *)pbuf;
 
-- 
2.43.0