Re: [PATCH 1115/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

From: Eric W. Biederman
Date: Tue Aug 02 2016 - 12:13:32 EST


Baole Ni <baolex.ni@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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.

*Scratches my head* The permissions are not 0444 below.
With 1285 patches I wonder how many typos you may have made.

Was this generated by a script?

Eric

> Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
> index a748b0c..b6c060d3 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static inline struct ip_set_net *ip_set_pernet(struct net *net)
>
> static unsigned int max_sets;
>
> -module_param(max_sets, int, 0600);
> +module_param(max_sets, int, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_sets, "maximal number of sets");
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");