linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 21/30] hwmon: (da9052-hwmon) Use permission specific SENSOR[_DEVICE]

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Date:   Tue, 11 Dec 2018 06:28:10 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Steve Twiss <stwiss.opensource@...semi.com>
Cc:     Hardware Monitoring <linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Support Opensource <Support.Opensource@...semi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/30] hwmon: (da9052-hwmon) Use permission specific
 SENSOR[_DEVICE]_ATTR variants

On 12/11/18 3:47 AM, Steve Twiss wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
> 
> On 10 December 2018 22:09, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> 
>> Subject: [PATCH 21/30] hwmon: (da9052-hwmon) Use permission specific
>> SENSOR[_DEVICE]_ATTR variants
>>
>> Use SENSOR[_DEVICE]_ATTR[_2]_{RO,RW,WO} to simplify the source code,
>> to improve readbility, and to reduce the chance of inconsistencies.
>>
>> Also replace any remaining S_<PERMS> in the driver with octal values.
>>
>> The conversion was done automatically with coccinelle. The semantic patches
>> and the scripts used to generate this commit log are available at
>> https://github.com/groeck/coccinelle-patches/hwmon/.
>>
>> This patch does not introduce functional changes. It was verified by
>> compiling the old and new files and comparing text and data sizes.
>>
>> Cc: Support Opensource <support.opensource@...semi.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
>> ---
>>   drivers/hwmon/da9052-hwmon.c | 105 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> I am assuming this previous patch [01/10] hwmon: Introduce SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_{RO,RW,WO} and variants
> from this set, https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9489915/ and,
> + #define SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR_RO(_name, _func, _index)            \
> +        SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(_name, 0444, _func##_show, NULL, _index)
> 

Yes, of course. Sorry, I should have mentioned it.

> Acked-by: Steve Twiss <stwiss.opensource@...semi.com>
> 
Thanks!

Guenter