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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0290/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 19:40:03 +0200
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On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 06:57:11PM +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 <chuansheng.liu@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
> index a61b215..0f882cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
> @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static ssize_t ads7846_disable_store(struct device *dev,
>  	return count;
>  }
>  
> -static DEVICE_ATTR(disable, 0664, ads7846_disable_show, ads7846_disable_store);
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(disable, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH, ads7846_disable_show, ads7846_disable_store);

No, this does not improve neither robustness nor readability.

Thanks.

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Dmitry