linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: use to octal permissions for debugfs files

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Date:   Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:49:12 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Drew Fustini <drew@...gleboard.org>
Cc:     "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: use to octal permissions for debugfs files

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 6:37 PM Drew Fustini <drew@...gleboard.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 08:58:58AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 5:55 AM Drew Fustini <drew@...gleboard.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Switch over pinctrl debugfs files to use octal permissions as they are
> > > preferred over symbolic permissions. Refer to commit f90774e1fd27
> > > ("checkpatch: look for symbolic permissions and suggest octal instead").
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Drew Fustini <drew@...gleboard.org>
> >
> > That's right. Patch applied!
> >
> > Yours,
> > Linus Walleij
>
> Thanks, Linus.  However, Andy suggested I make this a series as it was
> prep for my patch to add 'pinmux-select' to debugfs.  I posted it as
> part of a 2 patch series [1].  In addition, Joe Perches noticed I forgot
> 3 instances of debugfs_create_file() in core.c so I was about to fix
> that in v5 of the patch series.  v5 is mostly addressing comments on the
> pinmux-select feature.

Oh I saw that and pulled it out again, no big deal.

Yours,
Linus Walleij