!x is more normal for kzalloc failure in the kernel.
The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
(
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
// <smpl>
@@
expression x;
statement S1, S2;
@@
x = kzalloc(...);
if (
- x == NULL
+ !x
) S1 else S2
// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall(a)lip6.fr>
---
drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fid/fid_request.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fid/fid_request.c
b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fid/fid_request.c
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fid/fid_request.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fid/fid_request.c
@@ -498,11 +498,11 @@ int client_fid_init(struct obd_device *o
int rc;
cli->cl_seq = kzalloc(sizeof(*cli->cl_seq), GFP_NOFS);
- if (cli->cl_seq == NULL)
+ if (!cli->cl_seq)
return -ENOMEM;
prefix = kzalloc(MAX_OBD_NAME + 5, GFP_NOFS);
- if (prefix == NULL) {
+ if (!prefix) {
rc = -ENOMEM;
goto out_free_seq;
}