From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752297AbdHRQEN (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:04:13 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-f179.google.com ([209.85.220.179]:38740 "EHLO mail-qk0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750846AbdHRQEM (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:04:12 -0400 Message-ID: <1503072249.4719.22.camel@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] lockd: Adjust 61 checks for null pointers From: Jeff Layton To: Trond Myklebust , "colin.king@canonical.com" , "bfields@fieldses.org" , hch , "linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" , "elfring@users.sourceforge.net" , bcodding redhat , "anna.schumaker@netapp.com" Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org" Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:04:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1503071631.44656.4.camel@primarydata.com> References: <1503071631.44656.4.camel@primarydata.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.24.5 (3.24.5-1.fc26) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2017-08-18 at 15:53 +0000, Trond Myklebust wrote: > On Thu, 2017-08-17 at 16:34 +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > > From: Markus Elfring > > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:00:18 +0200 > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > > > The script “checkpatch.pl” pointed information out like the > > following. > > > > Comparison to NULL could be written … > > > > Thus fix the affected source code places. > > > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring > > --- > > fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c | 12 ++++++------ > > fs/lockd/clntlock.c | 10 +++++----- > > fs/lockd/clntproc.c | 12 ++++++------ > > fs/lockd/clntxdr.c | 12 ++++++------ > > fs/lockd/host.c | 22 +++++++++++----------- > > fs/lockd/mon.c | 16 ++++++++-------- > > fs/lockd/svc.c | 4 ++-- > > fs/lockd/svc4proc.c | 6 +++--- > > fs/lockd/svclock.c | 14 +++++++------- > > fs/lockd/svcproc.c | 6 +++--- > > fs/lockd/svcshare.c | 2 +- > > fs/lockd/svcsubs.c | 3 +-- > > 12 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c b/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c > > index c349fc0f9b80..ec6473d194fd 100644 > > --- a/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c > > +++ b/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c > > @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int decode_netobj(struct xdr_stream *xdr, > > __be32 *p; > > > > p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 4); > > - if (unlikely(p == NULL)) > > + if (unlikely(!p)) > > Oh STOP with the checkpatch wankfest! > :) To elaborate: these kinds of patches are particularly unwelcome. In particular, these sorts of changes make it difficult to backport later patches to earlier kernels. If you're doing meaningful work in these areas of code, then feel free to change the style at the same time. If not though, it's best to leave them alone. Cheers, -- Jeff Layton