linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/8 linux-next] libnvdimm, namespace: use octal for permissions

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Date:   Fri,  2 Dec 2016 20:21:46 +0100
From:   Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        fabf@...net.be
Subject: [PATCH 6/8 linux-next] libnvdimm, namespace: use octal for permissions

According to commit f90774e1fd27
("checkpatch: look for symbolic permissions and suggest octal instead")

Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
---
 drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
index b00045b..0d2da9a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ static ssize_t size_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", (unsigned long long)
 			nvdimm_namespace_capacity(to_ndns(dev)));
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(size, S_IRUGO, size_show, size_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(size, 0444, size_show, size_store);
 
 static u8 *namespace_to_uuid(struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ static umode_t namespace_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
 
 	if (is_namespace_pmem(dev) || is_namespace_blk(dev)) {
 		if (a == &dev_attr_size.attr)
-			return S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO;
+			return 0200 | 0444;
 
 		if (is_namespace_pmem(dev) && a == &dev_attr_sector_size.attr)
 			return 0;
-- 
2.7.4