linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 1/3] staging: rtl8192u: Replace symbolic permissions with octal permissions

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Date:   Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:51:05 +0100 (CET)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 1/3] staging: rtl8192u: Replace symbolic
 permissions with octal permissions



On Fri, 17 Feb 2017, simran singhal wrote:

> WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR' are not preferred.
> Consider using octal permissions '0644'.
> This warning is detected by checkpatch.pl

This one has all the pieces in the right place, but please redo with the
suggestions on the previous version.

julia

> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
> index a9a92d8..2ebc320 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
> @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int __init ieee80211_debug_init(void)
>  				" proc directory\n");
>  		return -EIO;
>  	}
> -	e = proc_create("debug_level", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
> +	e = proc_create("debug_level", 0644,
>  			      ieee80211_proc, &fops);
>  	if (!e) {
>  		remove_proc_entry(DRV_NAME, init_net.proc_net);
> --
> 2.7.4
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