Re: [PATCH] mm: Use octal not symbolic permissions

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:22:32 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> mm/*.c files use symbolic and octal styles for permissions.
> 
> Using octal and not symbolic permissions is preferred by many as more
> readable.
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/2/1945
> 
> Prefer the direct use of octal for permissions.

Thanks.  I'll park this until after -rc1 because the
benefit-to-potential-for-whoopsies ratio is rather low.