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* [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: simplify NULL pointer comparisons in rtw_recv.h
@ 2026-04-30 20:12 Abhai Kollara
  2026-04-30 20:27 ` Luka Gejak
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Abhai Kollara @ 2026-04-30 20:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gregkh; +Cc: hansg, straube.linux, linux-staging, linux-kernel, Abhai Kollara

Fix checkpatch.pl warnings regarding explicit comparisons to NULL.
The kernel coding style prefers the shorter if (!ptr) idiom over
if (ptr == NULL). Clean up the inline functions in rtw_recv.h to
match this standard.

Signed-off-by: Abhai Kollara <abhai@protonmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 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 == NULL)
+	if (!precvframe)
 		return NULL;
 
 	return precvframe->u.hdr.rx_head;
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static inline u8 *recvframe_pull(union recv_frame *precvframe, signed int sz)
 	/* used for extract sz bytes from rx_data, update rx_data and return the updated rx_data to the caller */
 
 
-	if (precvframe == NULL)
+	if (!precvframe)
 		return NULL;
 
 
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static inline u8 *recvframe_put(union recv_frame *precvframe, signed int sz)
 	/* after putting, rx_tail must be still larger than rx_end. */
 	unsigned char *prev_rx_tail;
 
-	if (precvframe == NULL)
+	if (!precvframe)
 		return NULL;
 
 	prev_rx_tail = 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 updated rx_end to the caller */
 	/* after pulling, rx_end must be still larger than rx_data. */
 
-	if (precvframe == NULL)
+	if (!precvframe)
 		return NULL;
 
 	precvframe->u.hdr.rx_tail -= sz;
-- 
2.43.0



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* Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: simplify NULL pointer comparisons in rtw_recv.h
  2026-04-30 20:12 [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: simplify NULL pointer comparisons in rtw_recv.h Abhai Kollara
@ 2026-04-30 20:27 ` Luka Gejak
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Luka Gejak @ 2026-04-30 20:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: abhai; +Cc: gregkh, hansg, linux-kernel, linux-staging, straube.linux,
	luka.gejak

> Fix checkpatch.pl warnings regarding explicit comparisons to NULL.
> The kernel coding style prefers the shorter if (!ptr) idiom over
> if (ptr == NULL). Clean up the inline functions in rtw_recv.h to
> match this standard.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Abhai Kollara <abhai@protonmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 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 == NULL)
> +	if (!precvframe)
>  		return NULL;
>  
>  	return precvframe->u.hdr.rx_head;
> @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static inline u8 *recvframe_pull(union recv_frame *precvframe, signed int sz)
>  	/* used for extract sz bytes from rx_data, update rx_data and return the updated rx_data to the caller */
>  
>  
> -	if (precvframe == NULL)
> +	if (!precvframe)
>  		return NULL;
>  
>  
> @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static inline u8 *recvframe_put(union recv_frame *precvframe, signed int sz)
>  	/* after putting, rx_tail must be still larger than rx_end. */
>  	unsigned char *prev_rx_tail;
>  
> -	if (precvframe == NULL)
> +	if (!precvframe)
>  		return NULL;
>  
>  	prev_rx_tail = 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 updated rx_end to the caller */
>  	/* after pulling, rx_end must be still larger than rx_data. */
>  
> -	if (precvframe == NULL)
> +	if (!precvframe)
>  		return NULL;
>  
>  	precvframe->u.hdr.rx_tail -= sz;
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

LGTM,

Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>

Best regards,
Luka Gejak

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