CHECK: Comparison to NULL could be written "!connected" #57: FILE: net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c:1884: + } else if (timeout == 0 && connected == NULL) { total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 1 checks, 35 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. Commit 7b8821952250 ("vsock: avoid timeout for non-blocking accept() with empty backlog") has style problems, please review. NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE FILE_PATH_CHANGES GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 1 checks, 35 lines checked