Re: [PATCH 2/2] ethernet: lpc_eth: Use NULL to compare with pointer-typed value rather than 0

From: Vladimir Zapolskiy
Date: Fri Aug 17 2018 - 11:29:07 EST


Hi zhong jiang,

On 08/17/2018 04:18 PM, zhong jiang wrote:
> We should use NULL to compare with pointer-typed value rather than 0.
> The issue is detected with the help of Coccinelle.
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
> index 08381ef..04d9e62 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
> @@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ static int lpc_eth_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> "IRAM not big enough for net buffers, using SDRAM instead.\n");
> }
>
> - if (pldat->dma_buff_base_v == 0) {
> + if (pldat->dma_buff_base_v == NULL) {

That's a valid finding, but please use a common 0 and NULL comparison in form of

if (!pldat->dma_buff_base_v)

To the change above please feel free to add my

Acked-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@xxxxxxxxx>

> ret = dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
> if (ret)
> goto err_out_free_irq;
>