Re: [PATCH 3/7] kernel-trace: Adjust two checks for null pointers in compatible_field()

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 5 May 2017 23:03:23 +0200
SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 20:00:11 +0200
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> The script âcheckpatch.plâ pointed information out like the following.
> 
> Comparison to NULL could be written !â
> 
> Thus fix the affected source code place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
> b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c index df566e21344d..36412deac24c
> 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
> @@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ static bool compatible_field(struct
> ftrace_event_field *field, {
>  	if (field == test_field)
>  		return true;
> -	if (field == NULL || test_field == NULL)
> +	if (!field || !test_field)

The first two are fine, this one isn't needed.

-- Steve

>  		return false;
>  	if (strcmp(field->name, test_field->name) != 0)
>  		return false;