0 -> NULL, for arch/x86_64 From: Yoann Padioleau When comparing a pointer, it's clearer to compare it to NULL than to 0. Here is an excerpt of the semantic patch: @@ expression *E; @@ E == - 0 + NULL @@ expression *E; @@ E != - 0 + NULL Signed-off-by: Yoann Padioleau Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Cc: ak@suse.de Cc: discuss@x86-64.org Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org --- arch/x86_64/mm/numa.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux/arch/x86_64/mm/numa.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/mm/numa.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/mm/numa.c @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ early_node_mem(int nodeid, unsigned long return __va(mem); ptr = __alloc_bootmem_nopanic(size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS)); - if (ptr == 0) { + if (ptr == NULL) { printk(KERN_ERR "Cannot find %lu bytes in node %d\n", size, nodeid); return NULL;