Re: [PATCH 0984/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

From: Marcel Holtmann
Date: Tue Aug 02 2016 - 10:06:03 EST


Hi Felipe,

>> 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/usb/misc/usbtest.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c b/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
>> index 6b978f0..5e81dc3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c
>> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
>> /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
>>
>> static int override_alt = -1;
>> -module_param_named(alt, override_alt, int, 0644);
>> +module_param_named(alt, override_alt, int, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
>
> line too long. You need to run this series through scripts/checkpatch.pl

please don't give them any ideas. Next thing you know and another 1285 patch bomb is coming our way.

Regards

Marcel