[PATCH] block: blk-merge: Replace == false comparisons with !

From: Md Shofiqul Islam

Date: Thu May 07 2026 - 08:14:14 EST


The kernel coding style prefers the negation operator '!' over explicit
comparison against 'false'. Replace four such comparisons in
ll_new_hw_segment(), ll_merge_requests_fn(), and blk_rq_merge_ok().

Also fix a typo in a comment: "occured" -> "occurred".

Signed-off-by: Md Shofiqul Islam <shofiqtest@xxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-merge.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index fcf09325b2..427b77219a 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ int bio_split_io_at(struct bio *bio, const struct queue_limits *lim,
* there may either be too many discontiguous vectors for the max
* segments limit, or contain virtual boundary gaps without having a
* valid block sized split. A zero byte result means one of those
- * conditions occured.
+ * conditions occurred.
*/
bytes = ALIGN_DOWN(bytes, bio_split_alignment(bio, lim));
if (!bytes)
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static inline int ll_new_hw_segment(struct request *req, struct bio *bio,
if (!blk_cgroup_mergeable(req, bio))
goto no_merge;

- if (blk_integrity_merge_bio(req->q, req, bio) == false)
+ if (!blk_integrity_merge_bio(req->q, req, bio))
goto no_merge;

/* discard request merge won't add new segment */
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static int ll_merge_requests_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
if (!blk_cgroup_mergeable(req, next->bio))
return 0;

- if (blk_integrity_merge_rq(q, req, next) == false)
+ if (!blk_integrity_merge_rq(q, req, next))
return 0;

if (!bio_crypt_ctx_merge_rq(req, next))
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)

if (!blk_cgroup_mergeable(rq, bio))
return false;
- if (blk_integrity_merge_bio(rq->q, rq, bio) == false)
+ if (!blk_integrity_merge_bio(rq->q, rq, bio))
return false;
if (!bio_crypt_rq_ctx_compatible(rq, bio))
return false;
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
return false;
if (rq->bio->bi_ioprio != bio->bi_ioprio)
return false;
- if (blk_atomic_write_mergeable_rq_bio(rq, bio) == false)
+ if (!blk_atomic_write_mergeable_rq_bio(rq, bio))
return false;

return true;
--
2.54.0.windows.1