linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /dev

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Date:	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:27:48 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Cc:	Alan Jenkins <sourcejedi.lkml@...glemail.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	gregkh@...e.de, Harald Hoyer <harald@...hat.com>,
	Scott James Remnant <scott@...ntu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based
 /dev

On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 02:19:23AM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 02:06, Greg KH<greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 09:55:49PM +0100, Alan Jenkins wrote:
> 
> >> > +                   err = vfs_mkdir(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,
> >> > +                                   dentry, 0775);
> >>
> >> Is there a typo here?  I think the mode should be 0755.   0755 is used
> >> below, and that does fit better with the 0600 mode for device nodes.
> >
> > Yeah, I think you are correct.  Kay, any objection to me making this
> > change?
> 
> No, sure no objection. It sounds right to use 0755.
> I was just waiting if more things to fix come up. :)

I've made this fix in the version in my tree now.

thanks,

greg k-h
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