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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:11:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Utkarsh Verma To: Lukas Bulwahn , Dwaipayan Ray Subject: [PATCH v4] Documentation: checkpatch: Add SYMBOLIC_PERMS message Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 01:40:26 +0530 Message-Id: <20210806201026.2537-1-utkarshverma294@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: References: Cc: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-BeenThere: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: linux-kernel-mentees-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Sender: "Linux-kernel-mentees" Add a new message type SYMBOLIC_PERMS under the 'Permissions' subsection. Users should use octal permission bits instead of their symbolic macro names. Suggested-by: Lukas Bulwahn Signed-off-by: Utkarsh Verma --- Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst index f0956e9ea..009957cda 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst @@ -957,6 +957,12 @@ 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. + + See: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw5v23T-zvDZp-MmD_EYxF8WbafwwB59934FV7g21uMGQ@mail.gmail.com/ + Spacing and Brackets -------------------- -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ Linux-kernel-mentees mailing list Linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-kernel-mentees