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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1083/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro
On Tue,  2 Aug 2016 20:14:55 +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>
> ---
> net/802/garp.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/802/garp.c b/net/802/garp.c
> index b38ee6d..ecc976a 100644
> --- a/net/802/garp.c
> +++ b/net/802/garp.c
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
> #include <asm/unaligned.h>
>
> static unsigned int garp_join_time __read_mostly = 200;
> -module_param(garp_join_time, uint, 0644);
> +module_param(garp_join_time, uint, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(garp_join_time, "Join time in ms (default 200ms)");
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>

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