linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0244/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

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Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:45:30 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Baole Ni <baolex.ni@...el.com>,
	Krzysztof Kozłowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
	Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	dougthompson@...ssion.com, chuansheng.liu@...el.com,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	"linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org" <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0244/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 3:02:05 PM CEST Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Baole Ni <baolex.ni@...el.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.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@...el.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> 
> I assume Wolfram will merge this.

I assume not, see http://lwn.net/Articles/696227/

	Arnd