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From: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
To: Utkarsh Verma <utkarshverma294@gmail.com>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel: Checkpatch Documentation Mentorship Tasks
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 20:07:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKXUXMy2V9GJM+h1cEeHSTUsKQ3b=MfXY_jba3FRDNKKo12iRA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210803163602.GA3469@uver-laptop>

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 6:36 PM Utkarsh Verma <utkarshverma294@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 12:40:48PM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 12:06 AM Utkarsh Verma
> > <utkarshverma294@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 09:23:19AM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> > > > Get a clone of the Linux kernel repository. The script checkpatch.pl
> > > > is under the scripts directory.
> > > >
>
> (snip)
>
> > >
> > > drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c:1191: WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR' are not preferred. Consider using octal permissions '0644'.
> > > drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c:1194: WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR' are not preferred. Consider using octal permissions '0644'.
> > > drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c:1197: WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR' are not preferred. Consider using octal permissions '0644'.
> > > drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c:1201: WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR' are not preferred. Consider using octal permissions '0644'.
> > > drivers/usb/serial/iuu_phoenix.c:1205: WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR' are not preferred. Consider using octal permissions '0644'.
> > >
> > > The file permission macros used in the kernel code are defined in
> > > <linux/stat.h> like S_IRUGO and friends. But it is better to use their
> > > octal equivalent instead, because it easier for Linux users to
> > > understand 0444 instead of S_IRUGO.
> > >
> > > There is no checkpatch documentation for this warning message, but the
> > > message is self explanatory.
> > >
> >
> > Please provide a patch for the checkpatch documentation here. Do you
> > find a reference to some coding style guide in the kernel or some
> > discussion on the mailing list that stated the preference you wrote
> > here?
> >
>
> Yes, Linus suggested the tree-wide conversions for using octal permission.
> https://lwn.net/Articles/696229/
>

Well, then add that reference to your patch on checkpatch
documentation. Waiting for your v2.

Lukas
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  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-03 18:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-17  6:46 Linux Kernel: Checkpatch Documentation Mentorship Tasks Utkarsh Verma
2021-07-17  7:23 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2021-07-24 22:06   ` Utkarsh Verma
2021-07-26 10:40     ` Lukas Bulwahn
2021-08-03 14:17       ` [PATCH] Documentation: checkpatch: Add SPLIT_STRING message Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 14:52         ` Dwaipayan Ray
2021-08-03 18:13           ` Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 18:20             ` Lukas Bulwahn
2021-08-04 18:09               ` [PATCH v2] " Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 14:19       ` [PATCH] Documentation: checkpatch: Add SYMBOLIC_PERMS message Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 14:20       ` [PATCH] Documentation: checkpatch: Add TRAILING_SEMICOLON message Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 15:20         ` Dwaipayan Ray
2021-08-03 21:19           ` [PATCH v2] " Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-05 13:49             ` Dwaipayan Ray
2021-08-20 19:53               ` [PATCH v3] " Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-22 17:29                 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2021-08-03 14:20       ` [PATCH] USB: serial: iuu_phoenix: fix checkpatch memset warning Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 14:21       ` [PATCH] USB: serial: iuu_phoenix: fix quoted string split across lines Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-05 13:52         ` Dwaipayan Ray
2021-08-05 14:20           ` Lukas Bulwahn
2021-08-06 13:12             ` Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-25  8:22             ` [PATCH v2] " Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 14:21       ` [PATCH] USB: serial: iuu_phoenix: Replace symbolic permissions by octal permissions Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 18:11         ` Lukas Bulwahn
2021-08-03 18:37           ` [PATCH v2] " Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-20 10:09             ` Lukas Bulwahn
2021-08-20 19:08               ` Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-04 19:12           ` [PATCH] " Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-05  9:26             ` Lukas Bulwahn
2021-08-06 19:12               ` Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 16:36       ` Linux Kernel: Checkpatch Documentation Mentorship Tasks Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 18:07         ` Lukas Bulwahn [this message]
2021-08-03 21:37           ` [PATCH v2] Documentation: checkpatch: Add SYMBOLIC_PERMS message Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-03 21:49             ` Dwaipayan Ray
2021-08-04 15:31               ` [PATCH v3] " Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-05 13:51                 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2021-08-06 13:46                   ` Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-06 19:56                     ` Dwaipayan Ray
2021-08-06 20:03                       ` Lukas Bulwahn
2021-08-06 20:10                       ` [PATCH v4] " Utkarsh Verma
2021-08-22 17:52                         ` Dwaipayan Ray
2021-08-23  7:18                           ` Lukas Bulwahn
2021-08-24 22:13                             ` [PATCH v5] " Utkarsh Verma

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