linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] iio:dummy: Replace S

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Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:11:29 +0800
From:   Phil Reid <preid@...ctromag.com.au>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Rodrigo Siqueira <rodrigosiqueiramelo@...il.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        daniel.baluta@....com, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] iio:dummy: Replace S_IWUSR by 0200

On 22/02/2018 04:01, Julia Lawall wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2018, Rodrigo Siqueira wrote:
> 
>> This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warning:
>>
>> drivers/iio/dummy/iio_dummy_evgen.c:151: WARNING: Symbolic permissions
>> 'S_IWUSR' are not preferred. Consider using octal permissions '0200'.
> I haven't studied up on it in great detail, but isn't there a more
> specific macro that doesn't need a permission argument at all?
> 

Probably thinking of IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_RO / IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_WO
But they don't provide flexibility for the show / store method.

-- 
Regards
Phil Reid