linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Use octal not symbolic permissions

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Date:   Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:36:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:     Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
        Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Use octal not symbolic permissions

On Mon, 26 Mar 2018, Joe Perches wrote:

> mm/*.c files use symbolic and octal styles for permissions.
> 
> Using octal and not symbolic permissions is preferred by many as more
> readable.
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/2/1945
> 
> Prefer the direct use of octal for permissions.
> 
> Done using
> $ scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --types=SYMBOLIC_PERMS --fix-inplace mm/*.c
> and some typing.
> 
> Before:	 $ git grep -P -w "0[0-7]{3,3}" mm | wc -l
> 44
> After:	 $ git grep -P -w "0[0-7]{3,3}" mm | wc -l
> 86
> 
> Miscellanea:
> 
> o Whitespace neatening around these conversions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

although extending some of these lines to be >80 characters also improves 
the readability imo.