linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0261/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

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Message-ID: <20160802123242.GB27667@leon.nu>
Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 15:32:42 +0300
From:	Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
To:	Baole Ni <baolex.ni@...el.com>
Cc:	matanb@...lanox.com, dledford@...hat.com, sean.hefty@...el.com,
	hal.rosenstock@...il.com, bp@...en8.de, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, chuansheng.liu@...el.com,
	hch@...radead.org, markb@...lanox.com,
	jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com, dean.luick@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0261/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 06:54:18PM +0800, Baole Ni wrote:
> I find that the developers often just specified the numeric value
> when calling a macro which is defined with a parameter for access permission.
> As we know, these numeric value for access permission have had the corresponding macro,
> and that using macro can improve the robustness and readability of the code,
> thus, I suggest replacing the numeric parameter with the macro.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@...el.com>
> ---

Thanks,
Acked-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>

>  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
> index b48ad85..3ae01dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
>  MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
>  
>  static int deprecated_prof_sel = 2;
> -module_param_named(prof_sel, deprecated_prof_sel, int, 0444);
> +module_param_named(prof_sel, deprecated_prof_sel, int, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(prof_sel, "profile selector. Deprecated here. Moved to module mlx5_core");
>  
>  static char mlx5_version[] =
> -- 
> 2.9.2
> 
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