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> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 12:49 PM
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> Cc: Justin Sanders <justin@coraid.com>; Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 54/61] aoe: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL
> over manual NULL check
>
> Prefer using IS_ERR_OR_NULL() over using IS_ERR() and a manual NULL
> check.
>
> Change generated with coccinelle.
>
> To: Justin Sanders <justin@coraid.com>
> To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de>
> ---
> drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> index
> a4744a30a8af4ff05113f3234021eec728265b4f..b31e539a66433a0a5d6e81117a32
> d12735ffc1bc 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> @@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ aoe_ktstart(struct ktstate *k)
>
> init_completion(&k->rendez);
> task = kthread_run(kthread, k, "%s", k->name);
> - if (task == NULL || IS_ERR(task))
> + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(task))
> return -ENOMEM;
> k->task = task;
> wait_for_completion(&k->rendez); /* allow kthread to start */
>
> --
> 2.43.0
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>