[libvirt] [PATCH 0/3] esx: Remove unnecessary NULL comparisons

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Thu Oct 17 17:32:13 UTC 2013


On 10/17/2013 11:04 AM, Geoff Hickey wrote:
> In reply to my last submit, Eric Blake suggested removing an explicit NULL
> comparison, and instead to simply use the pointer in a boolean context, as
> in: if (ptr) instead of if (ptr != NULL). Since the second form was used
> thoughout the esx code, making this change in one place wouldn't have
> advanced the cause of consistency in the code. This series of patches
> makes this change throughout the esx code. There are no logic changes. The
> result is (arguably) easier to read.
> 
> Geoff Hickey (3):
>   esx: Remove unnecessary NULL comparisons (1/3)
>   esx: Remove unnecessary NULL comparisons (2/3)
>   esx: Remove unnecessary NULL comparisons (3/3)

I didn't read every line of the diff, but it looked fairly mechanical
and the places where I did spot check were correct.  ACK and pushed.

> 
>  src/esx/esx_driver.c                | 244 +++++++++---------
>  src/esx/esx_interface_driver.c      |  10 +-
>  src/esx/esx_network_driver.c        |  64 ++---
>  src/esx/esx_storage_backend_iscsi.c |  44 ++--
>  src/esx/esx_storage_backend_vmfs.c  |  86 +++----
>  src/esx/esx_storage_driver.c        |   6 +-
>  src/esx/esx_util.c                  |  48 ++--
>  src/esx/esx_vi.c                    | 475 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  src/esx/esx_vi_methods.c            |  10 +-
>  src/esx/esx_vi_types.c              |  88 +++----
>  10 files changed, 535 insertions(+), 540 deletions(-)
> 

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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