From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
To: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] char: misc: use octal permissions for the proc entry
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 15:52:03 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHp75VfPyzVt+DQP2SYcYT4VERuM_e-KYX66yiH4jbFbiONKoQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170429070515.GB29622@botnar.kaiser.cx>
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx> wrote:
> Thus wrote Andy Shevchenko (andy.shevchenko@gmail.com):
>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx> wrote:
>> Aren't 0 and 0444 different by meaning?
>
> my undestanding is that proc_create() calls proc_create_data(), where
>
> if ((mode & S_IALLUGO) == 0)
> mode |= S_IRUGO;
>
> sets mode to 0444 when it was 0.
Ah, okay. Fair enough.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-30 12:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-27 22:27 [PATCH] char: misc: minor code cleanup Martin Kaiser
2017-04-08 16:11 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-04-17 18:22 ` [PATCH 1/2 v2] char: misc: move the EXPORT_SYMBOL() declarations Martin Kaiser
2017-04-17 18:22 ` [PATCH 2/2 v2] char: misc: use octal permissions for the proc entry Martin Kaiser
2017-04-18 4:31 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-04-18 7:51 ` Martin Kaiser
2017-04-18 8:15 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-04-18 9:11 ` Martin Kaiser
[not found] ` <CAHp75Vec84Ltp2oGQwCKv9CwhzTFCu0znR_tmoLstctn_UR88A@mail.gmail.com>
2017-04-29 7:05 ` Martin Kaiser
2017-04-30 12:52 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
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