[PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: simplify NULL pointer checks

From: Mohammed Sohail

Date: Wed May 06 2026 - 15:02:22 EST


Replace ptr == NULL with !ptr in rtw_recv.h and ioctl_cfg80211.c.

Improves readability and follows kernel coding style.
No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Mohammed Sohail <mohd.sohail.biz@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Use real name in Signed-off-by as requested by reviewer
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h | 8 ++++----
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 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;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
index fd3bae31b0ed..8ae3adecafd9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
@@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ static int cfg80211_rtw_dump_station(struct wiphy *wiphy,
spin_lock_bh(&pstapriv->asoc_list_lock);
psta = rtw_sta_info_get_by_idx(idx, pstapriv);
spin_unlock_bh(&pstapriv->asoc_list_lock);
- if (psta == NULL) {
+ if (!psta) {
ret = -ENOENT;
goto exit;
}
--
2.43.0