Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: checkpatch: Add SYMBOLIC_PERMS message

[Dwaipayan Ray]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 2:40 AM Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 1:53 PM Utkarsh Verma <utkarshverma294@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Add a new message type SYMBOLIC_PERMS under the 'Permissions'
> >> subsection. Octal permission bits are easier to read and understand
> >> instead of their symbolic macro names.
> >>
> >> Suggested-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Utkarsh Verma <utkarshverma294@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Acked-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Reviewed-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 11 +++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
> >> index f0956e9ea2d8..41037594ec24 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
> >> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
> >> @@ -957,6 +957,17 @@ Permissions
> >>      Permission bits should use 4 digit octal permissions (like 0700 or 0444).
> >>      Avoid using any other base like decimal.
> >>
> >> +  **SYMBOLIC_PERMS**
> >> +    Permission bits in the octal form are more readable and easier to
> >> +    understand than their symbolic counterparts because many command-line
> >> +    tools use this notation only. Experienced kernel developers have been using
> >
> > Let's remove "only".
> >
> >> +    this traditional Unix permission bits for decades and so they find it
> >
> > Maybe you meant "these" here.
> >
> > With these changes made,
> > Acked-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I took the liberty of apply the patch with those changes made.
>

Thanks Jonathan.

Utkarsh, you can start working on your next patches after submitting, you don't
have to wait for the existing patches to be first accepted. They will follow
the same review -> changes -> review cycle until they are good for
acceptance.

Like lukas said, try preparing a batch of say 3 to 5 rules and let's
review it and get it in.

Thanks,
Dwaipayan.