linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] dmaengine: dmatest: change symbolic permissions to octal values

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Date:   Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:31:48 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
Cc:     Yang Shunyong <shunyong.yang@...-semitech.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dmaengine: dmatest: change symbolic permissions to
 octal values

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 10:18 AM, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 06:44:40PM +0800, Yang Shunyong wrote:
>> Current coding style prefers octal permissions values. This patch
>> changes symbolic permissions to octal values.
>
> Is this preference documented anywhere?

This is where it started.

lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzu59sXo7qA8CoCo+tSJgEkW7fWDjkt_tsTzPWZ7gxj1A@...l.gmail.com