Re: [PATCH 0228/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Aug 02 2016 - 08:25:38 EST


On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 06:51:26PM +0800, Baole Ni wrote:
> I find that the developers often just specified the numeric value
> when calling a macro which is defined with a parameter for access permission.
> As we know, these numeric value for access permission have had the corresponding macro,
> and that using macro can improve the robustness and readability of the code,
> thus, I suggest replacing the numeric parameter with the macro.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.c
> index 09e8fc7..4ce8c6d 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-koneplus.c
> @@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ static ssize_t koneplus_sysfs_set_actual_profile(struct device *dev,
>
> return size;
> }
> -static DEVICE_ATTR(actual_profile, 0660,
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(actual_profile, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP,
> koneplus_sysfs_show_actual_profile,
> koneplus_sysfs_set_actual_profile);
> -static DEVICE_ATTR(startup_profile, 0660,
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(startup_profile, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP,
> koneplus_sysfs_show_actual_profile,
> koneplus_sysfs_set_actual_profile);
>
> @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static ssize_t koneplus_sysfs_show_firmware_version(struct device *dev,
>
> return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", info.firmware_version);
> }
> -static DEVICE_ATTR(firmware_version, 0440,
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(firmware_version, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP,
> koneplus_sysfs_show_firmware_version, NULL);

DEVICE_ATTR_RO or DEVICE_ATTR_RW as needed please.