tree fbc657be2fa3993e8639d5e083f4962811b025c5
parent 90ad30e5b2a759333f06eee64e59a0d886d02036
author Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> 1418255522 -0800
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1418262072 -0800

checkpatch: add --strict "pointer comparison to NULL" test

It seems there are more and more uses of "if (!ptr)" in preference to "if
(ptr == NULL)" so add a --strict test to emit a message when using the
latter form.

This also finds (ptr != NULL).

Fix it too if desired.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>