[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: simplify NULL pointer comparisons in rtw_recv.h

From: Abhai Kollara

Date: Thu Apr 30 2026 - 16:12:25 EST


Fix checkpatch.pl warnings regarding explicit comparisons to NULL.
The kernel coding style prefers the shorter if (!ptr) idiom over
if (ptr == NULL). Clean up the inline functions in rtw_recv.h to
match this standard.

Signed-off-by: Abhai Kollara <abhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h
index 8e45871f07f0..9c32d480a20a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_recv.h
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ s32 rtw_recv_entry(union recv_frame *precv_frame);
static inline u8 *get_rxmem(union recv_frame *precvframe)
{
/* always return rx_head... */
- if (precvframe == NULL)
+ if (!precvframe)
return NULL;

return precvframe->u.hdr.rx_head;
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static inline u8 *recvframe_pull(union recv_frame *precvframe, signed int sz)
/* used for extract sz bytes from rx_data, update rx_data and return the updated rx_data to the caller */


- if (precvframe == NULL)
+ if (!precvframe)
return NULL;


@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static inline u8 *recvframe_put(union recv_frame *precvframe, signed int sz)
/* after putting, rx_tail must be still larger than rx_end. */
unsigned char *prev_rx_tail;

- if (precvframe == NULL)
+ if (!precvframe)
return NULL;

prev_rx_tail = precvframe->u.hdr.rx_tail;
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static inline u8 *recvframe_pull_tail(union recv_frame *precvframe, signed int s
/* used for extract sz bytes from rx_end, update rx_end and return the updated rx_end to the caller */
/* after pulling, rx_end must be still larger than rx_data. */

- if (precvframe == NULL)
+ if (!precvframe)
return NULL;

precvframe->u.hdr.rx_tail -= sz;
--
2.43.0