On Fri, 17 Feb 2017, simran singhal wrote:
> linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org
> Bcc:
> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] staging: rtl8192u: Replace symbolic permissions with
> octal permissions
> Reply-To:
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> WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR' are not preferred.
> Consider using octal permissions '0644'.
> This warning is detected by checkpatch.pl
It would be better to explain what you did and why, rather than just
copying the checkpatch message.
> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimr...@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
> index a9a92d8..2ebc320 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
> @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int __init ieee80211_debug_init(void)
> " proc directory\n");
> return -EIO;
> }
> - e = proc_create("debug_level", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
> + e = proc_create("debug_level", 0644,
> ieee80211_proc, &fops);
This could all be one line now.
julia
> if (!e) {
> remove_proc_entry(DRV_NAME, init_net.proc_net);
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