Re: [PATCH 1169/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

From: Takashi Sakamoto
Date: Tue Aug 02 2016 - 09:31:04 EST


On Aug 2 2016 21:22, 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>

Reviewed-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> sound/firewire/bebob/bebob.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/firewire/bebob/bebob.c b/sound/firewire/bebob/bebob.c
> index f7e2cbd..ec67fc6 100644
> --- a/sound/firewire/bebob/bebob.c
> +++ b/sound/firewire/bebob/bebob.c
> @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ static int index[SNDRV_CARDS] = SNDRV_DEFAULT_IDX;
> static char *id[SNDRV_CARDS] = SNDRV_DEFAULT_STR;
> static bool enable[SNDRV_CARDS] = SNDRV_DEFAULT_ENABLE_PNP;
>
> -module_param_array(index, int, NULL, 0444);
> +module_param_array(index, int, NULL, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(index, "card index");
> -module_param_array(id, charp, NULL, 0444);
> +module_param_array(id, charp, NULL, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(id, "ID string");
> -module_param_array(enable, bool, NULL, 0444);
> +module_param_array(enable, bool, NULL, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable, "enable BeBoB sound card");
>
> static DEFINE_MUTEX(devices_mutex);