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>
---

 --This is my contribution to the netfilter project of
   Outreachy Round 14.

 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 5e0ccfd..25a3951 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static struct nft_trans *nft_trans_alloc_gfp(const struct 
nft_ctx *ctx,
        struct nft_trans *trans;
 
        trans = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nft_trans) + size, gfp);
-       if (trans == NULL)
+       if (!trans)
                return NULL;
 
        trans->msg_type = msg_type;
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newtable(struct net *net, struct sock 
*nlsk,
 
        err = -ENOMEM;
        table = kzalloc(sizeof(*table), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (table == NULL)
+       if (!table)
                goto err2;
 
        nla_strlcpy(table->name, name, NFT_TABLE_MAXNAMELEN);
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newchain(struct net *net, struct 
sock *nlsk,
                        return err;
 
                basechain = kzalloc(sizeof(*basechain), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (basechain == NULL) {
+               if (!basechain) {
                        nft_chain_release_hook(&hook);
                        return -ENOMEM;
                }
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newchain(struct net *net, struct 
sock *nlsk,
                basechain->policy = policy;
        } else {
                chain = kzalloc(sizeof(*chain), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (chain == NULL)
+               if (!chain)
                        return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ struct nft_expr *nft_expr_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 
        err = -ENOMEM;
        expr = kzalloc(info.ops->size, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (expr == NULL)
+       if (!expr)
                goto err2;
 
        err = nf_tables_newexpr(ctx, &info, expr);
@@ -2214,7 +2214,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newrule(struct net *net, struct sock 
*nlsk,
 
        err = -ENOMEM;
        rule = kzalloc(sizeof(*rule) + size + usize, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (rule == NULL)
+       if (!rule)
                goto err1;
 
        nft_activate_next(net, rule);
@@ -2810,7 +2810,7 @@ static int nf_tables_getset(struct net *net, struct sock 
*nlsk,
                struct nft_ctx *ctx_dump;
 
                ctx_dump = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx_dump), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (ctx_dump == NULL)
+               if (!ctx_dump)
                        return -ENOMEM;
 
                *ctx_dump = ctx;
@@ -3014,7 +3014,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newset(struct net *net, struct sock 
*nlsk,
 
        err = -ENOMEM;
        set = kzalloc(sizeof(*set) + size + udlen, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (set == NULL)
+       if (!set)
                goto err1;
 
        nla_strlcpy(name, nla[NFTA_SET_NAME], sizeof(set->name));
@@ -3543,7 +3543,7 @@ void *nft_set_elem_init(const struct nft_set *set,
        void *elem;
 
        elem = kzalloc(set->ops->elemsize + tmpl->len, gfp);
-       if (elem == NULL)
+       if (!elem)
                return NULL;
 
        ext = nft_set_elem_ext(set, elem);
@@ -3998,7 +3998,7 @@ struct nft_set_gc_batch *nft_set_gc_batch_alloc(const 
struct nft_set *set,
        struct nft_set_gc_batch *gcb;
 
        gcb = kzalloc(sizeof(*gcb), gfp);
-       if (gcb == NULL)
+       if (!gcb)
                return gcb;
        gcb->head.set = set;
        return gcb;
@@ -4084,7 +4084,7 @@ static struct nft_object *nft_obj_init(const struct 
nft_object_type *type,
 
        err = -ENOMEM;
        obj = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nft_object) + type->size, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (obj == NULL)
+       if (!obj)
                goto err1;
 
        err = type->init((const struct nlattr * const *)tb, obj);
@@ -5567,7 +5567,7 @@ static int __init nf_tables_module_init(void)
 
        info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct nft_expr_info) * NFT_RULE_MAXEXPRS,
                       GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (info == NULL) {
+       if (!info) {
                err = -ENOMEM;
                goto err1;
        }
-- 
2.7.4

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