Re: [PATCH 0082/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

From: Laurence Oberman
Date: Tue Aug 02 2016 - 10:11:20 EST




----- Original Message -----
> From: "Baole Ni" <baolex.ni@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "don brace" <don.brace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "len brown" <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>, pavel@xxxxxx,
> gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, hpa@xxxxxxxxx, x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "iss storagedev" <iss_storagedev@xxxxxx>, "esc storagedev" <esc.storagedev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "chuansheng liu" <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx>, "baolex ni"
> <baolex.ni@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 6:39:14 AM
> Subject: [PATCH 0082/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro
>
> 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/block/cciss.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> index 63c2064..05dc1bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE("HP Smart Array Controllers");
> MODULE_VERSION("3.6.26");
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> static int cciss_tape_cmds = 6;
> -module_param(cciss_tape_cmds, int, 0644);
> +module_param(cciss_tape_cmds, int, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(cciss_tape_cmds,
> "number of commands to allocate for tape devices (default: 6)");
> static int cciss_simple_mode;
> --
> 2.9.2
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Looks fine:
Reviewed by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@xxxxxxxxxx>