Re: [PATCH] proc: Convert S_<FOO> permission uses to octal

[Alexey Dobriyan]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 04:01:48PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > Convert S_<FOO> permissions to the more readable octal.

> Something like that should be able to address the readability while
> still using symbolic constants.

Macros are easy. I've sent a patch long time ago which does essentially

	#define rwxrwxrwx 0777
		...

But then kernel will start using something nobode else does.

This whole issue is like sizeof(*ptr) vs sizeof(sizeof(struct S)).
No preferred way overall with ever vigilant checkpatch.pl guarding
kernel 24/7. :-)