RE: [cocci] [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 54/61] aoe: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check

"Loktionov, Aleksandr" <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:26:37 +0000
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> Cc: Justin Sanders <[email protected]>; Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 54/61] aoe: 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: Justin Sanders <[email protected]>
> To: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> index
> a4744a30a8af4ff05113f3234021eec728265b4f..b31e539a66433a0a5d6e81117a32
> d12735ffc1bc 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> @@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ aoe_ktstart(struct ktstate *k)
> 
>  	init_completion(&k->rendez);
>  	task = kthread_run(kthread, k, "%s", k->name);
> -	if (task == NULL || IS_ERR(task))
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(task))
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	k->task = task;
>  	wait_for_completion(&k->rendez); /* allow kthread to start */
> 
> --
> 2.43.0

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <[email protected]>