linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/3] staging: rtl8192u: Replace symbolic permissions with octal permissions

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Message-ID: <20170216203656.GA9098@singhal-Inspiron-5558>
Date:   Fri, 17 Feb 2017 02:06:56 +0530
From:   simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] staging: rtl8192u: Replace symbolic permissions with
 octal permissions

Octal permissions should be used instead of symbolic ones for easier
reading.

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

Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
---
 
 v2:
   -Added more information about patch
   -Reworked for putting proc_create() in one line
 
 drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
index a9a92d8..503ba7f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
@@ -283,8 +283,7 @@ int __init ieee80211_debug_init(void)
 				" proc directory\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
-	e = proc_create("debug_level", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-			      ieee80211_proc, &fops);
+	e = proc_create("debug_level", 0644, ieee80211_proc, &fops);
 	if (!e) {
 		remove_proc_entry(DRV_NAME, init_net.proc_net);
 		ieee80211_proc = NULL;
-- 
2.7.4