Some functions like kmalloc/kzalloc return NULL on failure.
When NULL represents failure, !x is commonly used.

This was done using Coccinelle:
@@
expression *e;
identifier l1;
@@

e = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|devm_kzalloc\)(...);
...
- e == NULL
+ !e

Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimr...@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c 
b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
index eeda17d..4bdc3ba 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
@@ -3328,7 +3328,7 @@ static int rtllib_wpa_set_encryption(struct rtllib_device 
*ieee,
                lib80211_crypt_delayed_deinit(&ieee->crypt_info, crypt);
 
                new_crypt = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_crypt), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (new_crypt == NULL) {
+               if (!new_crypt) {
                        ret = -ENOMEM;
                        goto done;
                }
-- 
2.7.4

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