linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/15] ptp: use permission-specific DEVICE

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Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:32:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Julia.Lawall@...6.fr
Cc:     richardcochran@...il.com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/15] ptp: use permission-specific DEVICE_ATTR variants

From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 21:37:06 +0200

> Use DEVICE_ATTR_RO for read only attributes.  This simplifies the
> source code, improves readbility, and reduces the chance of
> inconsistencies.
> 
> The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>

Also applied to net-next, thank you.