Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 2 Aug 2016 09:25:26 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1074/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro |
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 20:14:04 +0800 Baole Ni <baolex.ni@intel.com> wrote:
> I find that the developers often just specified the numeric value > when calling a macro which is defined with a parameter for access permission. > As we know, these numeric value for access permission have had the corresponding macro, > and that using macro can improve the robustness and readability of the code, > thus, I suggest replacing the numeric parameter with the macro. >
NACK!
I find 0444 more readable than S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH.
-- Steve
> Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@intel.com> > --- > kernel/time/clockevents.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c > index a9b76a4..a0ff0f8 100644 > --- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c > +++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c > @@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_show_current_tick_dev(struct device *dev, > raw_spin_unlock_irq(&clockevents_lock); > return count; > } > -static DEVICE_ATTR(current_device, 0444, sysfs_show_current_tick_dev, NULL); > +static DEVICE_ATTR(current_device, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH, sysfs_show_current_tick_dev, NULL); > > /* We don't support the abomination of removable broadcast devices */ > static ssize_t sysfs_unbind_tick_dev(struct device *dev, > @@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_unbind_tick_dev(struct device *dev, > mutex_unlock(&clockevents_mutex); > return ret ? ret : count; > } > -static DEVICE_ATTR(unbind_device, 0200, NULL, sysfs_unbind_tick_dev); > +static DEVICE_ATTR(unbind_device, S_IWUSR, NULL, sysfs_unbind_tick_dev); > > #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST > static struct device tick_bc_dev = {
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