RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 28/61] net/sched: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check

From: Loktionov, Aleksandr

Date: Wed Mar 11 2026 - 05:31:16 EST




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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 28/61] net/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: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@xxxxxx>
> ---
> net/sched/cls_api.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c index
> 4829c27446e3369ad2ae9b3fcb285eca47d59933..4208225e7a4acaf0c331096ebf94
> 1f68cc2ed992 100644
> --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
> +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> @@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ static int tc_new_tfilter(struct sk_buff *skb,
> struct nlmsghdr *n,
> tcf_chain_tp_delete_empty(chain, tp, rtnl_held, NULL);
> errout_tp:
> if (chain) {
> - if (tp && !IS_ERR(tp))
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tp))
> tcf_proto_put(tp, rtnl_held, NULL);
> if (!tp_created)
> tcf_chain_put(chain);
> @@ -2612,7 +2612,7 @@ static int tc_del_tfilter(struct sk_buff *skb,
> struct nlmsghdr *n,
>
> errout:
> if (chain) {
> - if (tp && !IS_ERR(tp))
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tp))
> tcf_proto_put(tp, rtnl_held, NULL);
> tcf_chain_put(chain);
> }
> @@ -2741,7 +2741,7 @@ static int tc_get_tfilter(struct sk_buff *skb,
> struct nlmsghdr *n,
> tfilter_put(tp, fh);
> errout:
> if (chain) {
> - if (tp && !IS_ERR(tp))
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tp))
> tcf_proto_put(tp, rtnl_held, NULL);
> tcf_chain_put(chain);
> }
>
> --
> 2.43.0


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