RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 16/61] sched: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check

From: Loktionov, Aleksandr

Date: Wed Mar 11 2026 - 05:25:51 EST




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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 16/61] sched: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL
> over manual NULL check
>
> Prefer using IS_ERR_OR_NULL() over using IS_ERR() and a manual NULL
> check.
>
> Change generated with coccinelle.
>
> To: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: David Vernet <void@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Andrea Righi <arighi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Changwoo Min <changwoo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
> To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> To: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: sched-ext@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@xxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sched/ext.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c index
> 1594987d637b09e586ae788b7f2e6336332d605a..cfa869bd7de5406a5ca094992ab0
> 4c62b0e92fd0 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
> @@ -3688,7 +3688,7 @@ static void scx_sched_free_rcu_work(struct
> work_struct *work)
> do {
> rhashtable_walk_start(&rht_iter);
>
> - while ((dsq = rhashtable_walk_next(&rht_iter)) &&
> !IS_ERR(dsq))
> + while (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL((dsq =
> rhashtable_walk_next(&rht_iter))))
> destroy_dsq(sch, dsq->id);
>
> rhashtable_walk_stop(&rht_iter);
>
> --
> 2.43.0

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>