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([2401:4900:88f7:997:22aa:2a67:7f83:6413]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 98e67ed59e1d1-3660228d9a0sm24319a91.10.2026.05.06.12.02.12 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 06 May 2026 12:02:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Mohammed Sohail To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nikolayof23@gmail.com, Mohammed Sohail Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: simplify NULL pointer checks Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 00:32:01 +0530 Message-ID: <20260506190201.75571-1-mohd.sohail.biz@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Replace ptr =3D=3D NULL with !ptr in rtw_recv.h and ioctl_cfg80211.c. Improves readability and follows kernel coding style. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Mohammed Sohail --- v2: - Use real name in Signed-off-by as requested by reviewer --- drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h | 8 ++++---- drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h b/drivers/staging= /rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h index 8e45871f07f0..9c32d480a20a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ s32 rtw_recv_entry(union recv_frame *precv_frame); static inline u8 *get_rxmem(union recv_frame *precvframe) { /* always return rx_head... */ - if (precvframe =3D=3D NULL) + if (!precvframe) return NULL; =20 return precvframe->u.hdr.rx_head; @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static inline u8 *recvframe_pull(union recv_frame *prec= vframe, signed int sz) /* used for extract sz bytes from rx_data, update rx_data and return the = updated rx_data to the caller */ =20 =20 - if (precvframe =3D=3D NULL) + if (!precvframe) return NULL; =20 =20 @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static inline u8 *recvframe_put(union recv_frame *precv= frame, signed int sz) /* after putting, rx_tail must be still larger than rx_end. */ unsigned char *prev_rx_tail; =20 - if (precvframe =3D=3D NULL) + if (!precvframe) return NULL; =20 prev_rx_tail =3D precvframe->u.hdr.rx_tail; @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static inline u8 *recvframe_pull_tail(union recv_frame = *precvframe, signed int s /* used for extract sz bytes from rx_end, update rx_end and return the up= dated rx_end to the caller */ /* after pulling, rx_end must be still larger than rx_data. */ =20 - if (precvframe =3D=3D NULL) + if (!precvframe) return NULL; =20 precvframe->u.hdr.rx_tail -=3D sz; diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/st= aging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c index fd3bae31b0ed..8ae3adecafd9 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c @@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ static int cfg80211_rtw_dump_station(struct wiphy *wi= phy, spin_lock_bh(&pstapriv->asoc_list_lock); psta =3D rtw_sta_info_get_by_idx(idx, pstapriv); spin_unlock_bh(&pstapriv->asoc_list_lock); - if (psta =3D=3D NULL) { + if (!psta) { ret =3D -ENOENT; goto exit; } --=20 2.43.0