linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0077/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

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Date:	Wed, 3 Aug 2016 09:29:27 +0200
From:	Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Baole Ni <baolex.ni@...el.com>, rjw@...ysocki.net,
	len.brown@...el.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, hpa@...or.com,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, chuansheng.liu@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0077/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 02:42:56PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> Sorry, the macros just make it _less_ readable, because you do chmod
> 666, not chmod S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH.

Actually, you can do "chmod a=rw ..." or "chmod u=rw,go=r ..." but very
few people use that syntax (the "+" or "-" variants come handy at times,
though).

                                                         Michal Kubecek