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

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Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 13:04:01 -0700
From:	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...disk.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC:	Baole Ni <baolex.ni@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"chuansheng.liu@...el.com" <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0269/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

On 08/02/2016 12:30 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> [ removed most the Cc list ]
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 08:14:10AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>> 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.

Hello Steven,

Thanks for letting me know. I didn't consider these patches as very 
valuable anyway.

Bart.