linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] kernel.h: move VERIFY_OCTAL

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Message-ID: <2026011629-recognize-municipal-2a89@gregkh>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:45:36 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Yury Norov <ynorov@...dia.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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	"Yury Norov (NVIDIA)" <yury.norov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] kernel.h: move VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS() to
 sysfs.h

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 11:25:06PM -0500, Yury Norov wrote:
> The macro is related to sysfs, but is defined in kernel.h. Move it to
> the proper header, and unload the generic kernel.h.
> 
> Now that the macro is removed from kernel.h, linux/moduleparam.h is
> decoupled, and kernel.h inclusion can be removed.
> 
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@...dia.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst |  2 +-
>  include/linux/kernel.h              | 12 ------------
>  include/linux/moduleparam.h         |  2 +-
>  include/linux/sysfs.h               | 13 +++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>