linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0269/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

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Message-ID: <20160802193006.GB6066@home.goodmis.org>
Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 15:30:06 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...disk.com>
Cc:	Baole Ni <baolex.ni@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	chuansheng.liu@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0269/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

[ removed most the Cc list ]

On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 08:14:10AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> 
> Hello Baole,
> 
> Please change 0444 into S_IRUGO and 0644 into S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR. The latter
> form is more compact and hence makes the code easier to read.
> 

FYI, Linus already NACKed the entire thread.

-- Steve