[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 17/61] module: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check

Loktionov, Aleksandr aleksandr.loktionov at intel.com
Wed Mar 11 02:18:09 PDT 2026



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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 17/61] module: 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: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof at kernel.org>
> To: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu at suse.com>
> To: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez at kernel.org>
> To: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen at google.com>
> To: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin at atomlin.com>
> Cc: linux-modules at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss at avm.de>
> ---
>  kernel/module/main.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c index
> c3ce106c70af165e2dc1a3c79f5a074a5c3e3d34..7f62f0620dcd75960e431f7af3d1
> cadf4cc41e4b 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/main.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/main.c
> @@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(struct module *mod,
> const struct load_info *info)
>  		case SHN_UNDEF:
>  			ksym = resolve_symbol_wait(mod, info, name);
>  			/* Ok if resolved.  */
> -			if (ksym && !IS_ERR(ksym)) {
> +			if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ksym)) {
>  				sym[i].st_value =
> kernel_symbol_value(ksym);
>  				break;
>  			}
> 
> --
> 2.43.0

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov at intel.com>


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