linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] USB: serial: Replace symbolic permissions by octal permissions

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <YSdICms8vm4cmMzy@hovoldconsulting.com>
Date:   Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:51:38 +0200
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Utkarsh Verma <utkarshverma294@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] USB: serial: Replace symbolic permissions by octal
 permissions

On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 09:53:02PM +0530, Utkarsh Verma wrote:
> Replace symbolic permission macros with octal permission numbers
> because, octal permission numbers are easier to read and understand
> instead of their symbolic macro names.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Suggested-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Utkarsh Verma <utkarshverma294@...il.com>

Thanks for the update. Now applied.

Johan