Re: [PATCH 17/61] module: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check

Aaron Tomlin
2026-03-11T16:14:51Z

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On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 12:48:43PM +0100, Philipp Hahn wrote:
> Prefer using IS_ERR_OR_NULL() over using IS_ERR() and a manual NULL
> check.
>
> Change generated with coccinelle.
>
> To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> To: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
> To: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>
> To: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
> To: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
> Cc: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de>
> ---
> kernel/module/main.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
> index c3ce106c70af165e2dc1a3c79f5a074a5c3e3d34..7f62f0620dcd75960e431f7af3d1cadf4cc41e4b 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/main.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/main.c
> @@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info)
> case SHN_UNDEF:
> ksym = resolve_symbol_wait(mod, info, name);
> /* Ok if resolved. */
> - if (ksym && !IS_ERR(ksym)) {
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ksym)) {
> sym[i].st_value = kernel_symbol_value(ksym);
> break;
> }
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>

Hi Philipp,

Thank you.

Have you considered other users of IS_ERR() in kernel/module/main.c too?

Perhaps it might be best to prepare a clean up for each applicable
subsystem in isolation.

Kind regards,
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Aaron Tomlin

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