Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8192e: fixed pointer error by adding '*'

From: Greg KH
Date: Sat Apr 10 2021 - 09:26:49 EST


On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 03:23:35PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2021, Mitali Borkar wrote:
>
> > Fixed Comparison to NULL can be written as '!...' by replacing it with
> > simpler form i.e. boolean expression. This makes code more readable
> > alternative.
> > Reported by checkpatch.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mitali Borkar <mitaliborkar810@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes from v1:- added pointer to the function, which was missed during
> > fixing v1.
> >
> > drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c
> > index 4457c1acfbf6..78b5b4eaec5f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_TSProc.c
> > @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ bool GetTs(struct rtllib_device *ieee, struct ts_common_info **ppTS,
> > }
> >
> > *ppTS = SearchAdmitTRStream(ieee, Addr, UP, TxRxSelect);
> > - if (ppTS)
> > + if (*ppTS)
>
> This looks like a patch against your previous patch, and not against the
> original code.

That's fine as I already accepted the previous patch.

thanks,

greg k-h