Re: [PATCH 1271/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

[Peter Ujfalusi]

On 08/02/16 15:33, 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>
> ---
>  sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
> index 4a16e77..3938336 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
> @@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ unlock:
>  	return size;
>  }
>  
> -static DEVICE_ATTR(dma_op_mode, 0644, dma_op_mode_show, dma_op_mode_store);
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(dma_op_mode, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH, dma_op_mode_show, dma_op_mode_store);

I prefer to have the octal representation, more compact, easier to understand.

>  
>  static const struct attribute *additional_attrs[] = {
>  	&dev_attr_max_tx_thres.attr,
> @@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ out:
>  	return size;
>  }
>  
> -static DEVICE_ATTR(st_taps, 0644, st_taps_show, st_taps_store);
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(st_taps, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH, st_taps_show, st_taps_store);
>  
>  static const struct attribute *sidetone_attrs[] = {
>  	&dev_attr_st_taps.attr,
> 

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