RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 25/61] net/bluetooth: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check

From: Loktionov, Aleksandr

Date: Wed Mar 11 2026 - 05:29:33 EST




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> Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Johan Hedberg
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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 25/61] net/bluetooth: 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: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@xxxxxx>
> ---
> net/bluetooth/mgmt.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c index
> a7238fd3b03bb54f39af1afee74dc1acd931c324..06d2da67bbe14e17ee478aa939de
> 26526c333d91 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
> @@ -4169,7 +4169,7 @@ static void set_default_phy_complete(struct
> hci_dev *hdev, void *data, int err)
> mgmt_phy_configuration_changed(hdev, cmd->sk);
> }
>
> - if (skb && !IS_ERR(skb))
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb))
> kfree_skb(skb);
>
> mgmt_pending_free(cmd);
> @@ -5730,7 +5730,7 @@ static void read_local_oob_data_complete(struct
> hci_dev *hdev, void *data,
> MGMT_STATUS_SUCCESS, &mgmt_rp, rp_size);
>
> remove:
> - if (skb && !IS_ERR(skb))
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb))
> kfree_skb(skb);
>
> mgmt_pending_free(cmd);
> @@ -8277,7 +8277,7 @@ static void
> read_local_oob_ext_data_complete(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data,
> mgmt_rp, sizeof(*mgmt_rp) + eir_len,
> HCI_MGMT_OOB_DATA_EVENTS, cmd->sk);
> done:
> - if (skb && !IS_ERR(skb))
> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb))
> kfree_skb(skb);
>
> kfree(mgmt_rp);
>
> --
> 2.43.0

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