Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:56:16 +0100 | From | Uwe Kleine-König <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pwm: core: Use octal permission |
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On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 02:46:54PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 07:36:28PM +0530, Soham Biswas wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 19:29, Soham Biswas <sohambiswas41@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Permission bits are easier readable in octal than with using the symbolic names. > > > > > > > > Fixes the following warning generated by checkpatch: > > > > > > > > drivers/pwm/core.c:1341: WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO' are not preferred. > > > > Consider using octal permissions '0444'. > > > > > > > > +debugfs_create_file("pwm", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL, NULL, > > > > &pwm_debugfs_fops); > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Soham Biswas <sohambiswas41@gmail.com> > > > > --- > > > > drivers/pwm/core.c | 2 +- > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/pwm/core.c b/drivers/pwm/core.c > > > > index 1f16f5365d3c..a8eff4b3ee36 100644 > > > > --- a/drivers/pwm/core.c > > > > +++ b/drivers/pwm/core.c > > > > @@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ DEFINE_SEQ_ATTRIBUTE(pwm_debugfs); > > > > > > > > static int __init pwm_debugfs_init(void) > > > > { > > > > - debugfs_create_file("pwm", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL, NULL, > > > > + debugfs_create_file("pwm", S_IFREG | 0444, NULL, NULL, > > > > &pwm_debugfs_fops); > > > > > > > > return 0; > > > > > > > > > > I passed -v3 to git-send-email but it didn't work it seems. > > > > It only works if you use it with a commit range I guess, i.e. when it > > calls git-format-patch itself. > > > > Also I think if you call checkpatch on your own patch (e.g. using: > > > > git format-patch -v3 --stdout | scripts/checkpatch.pl > > > > ) it will tell you to break the long line in the commit log. > > That's funny! Although you can safely ignore that one. > > I find it's better to keep errors/warnings whole.
Yes, so please don't ignore that warning for:
Permission bits are easier readable in octal than with using the symbolic names.
Best regards Uwe
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