linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] afs: proc cells and rootcell are writeable

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFz3Zi_PyQwnCS45XHO-om+XSesBby4g0WS0JcQp5i_m+Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 26 Jan 2014 11:23:30 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs: proc cells and rootcell are writeable

On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 4:27 AM, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> -       p = proc_create("cells", 0, proc_afs, &afs_proc_cells_fops);
> +       p = proc_create("cells", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, proc_afs, &afs_proc_cells_fops);
> -       p = proc_create("rootcell", 0, proc_afs, &afs_proc_rootcell_fops);
> +       p = proc_create("rootcell", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, proc_afs, &afs_proc_rootcell_fops);

So the S_IFREG isn't necessary.

And quite frankly, I personally think S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR is _less_
readable than 0644. It's damn hard to parse those random letter
combinations, and at least I have to really think about it, in a way
that the octal representation does *not* make me go "I have to think
about that".

So my personal preference would be to just see that simple 0644 in
proc_create. Hmm?

                Linus
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