linux-kernel - Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v6 2/9] tpm: replace symbolic permission with octal for securityfs files

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Message-ID: <20161115001125.nzjr6nechdglj2ze@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:11:25 -0800
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v6 2/9] tpm: replace symbolic permission
 with octal for securityfs files

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 02:21:14PM -0800, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 05:00:49AM -0500, Nayna Jain wrote:
> > checkpatch.pl flags warning for symbolic permissions and suggests
> > to replace with octal value.
> > 
> > This patch changes securityfs pseudo files permission
> > to octal values in tpm_bios_log_setup().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>

Tested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>

/Jarkko