linux-kernel - [PATCH] docs: hwmon: Use file modes explicitly

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Date:   Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:12:46 -0300
From:   Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía 
        <samsagax@...il.com>
To:     jdelvare@...e.com
Cc:     linux@...ck-us.net, corbet@....net, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía 
        <samsagax@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] docs: hwmon: Use file modes explicitly

As stated in the mainling list[1] and by checkpatch output, the file modes
for is_visible_func should be returned explicitly. Change that in the
documentation to avoid confusion.

[1]https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hwmon/506a6e7f-4566-2dcf-37f3-0f41f4ce983b@roeck-us.net/

Signed-off-by: Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.rst
index f3276b3a381a..26cf55303c61 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.rst
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Parameters:
 
 Return value:
 	The file mode for this attribute. Typically, this will be 0 (the
-	attribute will not be created), S_IRUGO, or 'S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR'.
+	attribute will not be created), 0444, or 0644.
 
 ::
 
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