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>
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