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Re: [PATCH 1076/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

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  Re: [PATCH 1076/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with  macro Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-08-02 15:30 +0200

#1454360 — Re: [PATCH 1076/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

On Tue,  2 Aug 2016 20:14:16 +0800
Baole Ni <baolex.ni@intel.com> 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.
> 

NACK!

I find 0444 more readable than S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH.

-- Steve

> Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@intel.com>
> ---
>  kernel/time/sched_clock.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
> index a26036d..9d072c3 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct clock_data {
>  static struct hrtimer sched_clock_timer;
>  static int irqtime = -1;
>  
> -core_param(irqtime, irqtime, int, 0400);
> +core_param(irqtime, irqtime, int, S_IRUSR);
>  
>  static u64 notrace jiffy_sched_clock_read(void)
>  {

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