Re: [PATCH 0239/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Aug 02 2016 - 11:47:44 EST


On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 06:52:21PM +0800, Baole Ni 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
> index d58abdc..a7e4885 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
> @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ static ssize_t store_alert_led(struct device *dev,
> return count;
> }
>
> -static DEVICE_ATTR(alert_led, 0644, show_alert_led, store_alert_led);
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(alert_led, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH, show_alert_led, store_alert_led);

Use DEVICE_ATTR_RW() please.