[PATCH 0867/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2016-08-02 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH 0867/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

From: Baole Ni <hidden>
Date: 2016-08-02 12:34:56

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.

Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <redacted>
---
 drivers/ps3/ps3av.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/ps3/ps3av.c b/drivers/ps3/ps3av.c
index 437fc35..9753ed0 100644
--- a/drivers/ps3/ps3av.c
+++ b/drivers/ps3/ps3av.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 static int safe_mode;
 
 static int timeout = 5000;	/* in msec ( 5 sec ) */
-module_param(timeout, int, 0644);
+module_param(timeout, int, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
 
 static struct ps3av {
 	struct mutex mutex;
-- 
2.9.2

Re: [PATCH 0867/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

From: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>
Date: 2016-08-02 16:46:29

On Tue, 2016-08-02 at 19:53 +0800, Baole Ni wrote:
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.

Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <redacted>
---
 
 static int timeout = 5000;	/* in msec ( 5 sec ) */
-module_param(timeout, int, 0644);
+module_param(timeout, int, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
To me, 644 is more 'readable', and as for robustness, the meaning of
644 will never change.

-Geoff
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