linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0034/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

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Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 15:59:46 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
cc:	Baole Ni <baolex.ni@...el.com>, pbonzini@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	chuansheng.liu@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0034/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with
 macro

On Tue, 2 Aug 2016, Radim Krčmář wrote:

> Btw. the posting could be improved with a cover letter that would link 
> all patches to it; the series will be easier to handle in mail clients 
> and there will be a clear place for common discussion about the 
> patchset.  Optionally merge related patches; one patch per subsystem 
> would be ideal.

If this should be done at all (which I don't think so, the octal 
representation looks actually much more straightforward than the cryptic 
macros), it should be scripted (preferably in coccinelle) and sent out as 
a script to run on the whole tree at higher maintainer levels.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs