Re: [PATCH] pwm: core: Use octal permission

From: Soham Biswas
Date: Wed Nov 18 2020 - 09:06:46 EST


On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 19:29, Soham Biswas <sohambiswas41@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Permission bits are easier readable in octal than with using the symbolic names.
>
> Fixes the following warning generated by checkpatch:
>
> drivers/pwm/core.c:1341: WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO' are not preferred.
> Consider using octal permissions '0444'.
>
> +debugfs_create_file("pwm", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL, NULL,
> &pwm_debugfs_fops);
>
> Signed-off-by: Soham Biswas <sohambiswas41@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pwm/core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/core.c b/drivers/pwm/core.c
> index 1f16f5365d3c..a8eff4b3ee36 100644
> --- a/drivers/pwm/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/core.c
> @@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ DEFINE_SEQ_ATTRIBUTE(pwm_debugfs);
>
> static int __init pwm_debugfs_init(void)
> {
> - debugfs_create_file("pwm", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL, NULL,
> + debugfs_create_file("pwm", S_IFREG | 0444, NULL, NULL,
> &pwm_debugfs_fops);
>
> return 0;
> --
> 2.29.2
>

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