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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1075/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro
On Tue,  2 Aug 2016 20:14:09 +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/clocksource.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
> index 56ece14..9656bb1 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
> @@ -972,12 +972,12 @@ sysfs_show_available_clocksources(struct device *dev,
> /*
> * Sysfs setup bits:
> */
> -static DEVICE_ATTR(current_clocksource, 0644, sysfs_show_current_clocksources,
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(current_clocksource, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH, sysfs_show_current_clocksources,
> sysfs_override_clocksource);
>
> -static DEVICE_ATTR(unbind_clocksource, 0200, NULL, sysfs_unbind_clocksource);
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(unbind_clocksource, S_IWUSR, NULL, sysfs_unbind_clocksource);
>
> -static DEVICE_ATTR(available_clocksource, 0444,
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(available_clocksource, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
> sysfs_show_available_clocksources, NULL);
>
> static struct bus_type clocksource_subsys = {

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