[PATCH] checkpatch: don't require octal permissions for "0" in module_param

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

File permissions set to "0" in the module_param family of macros mean
that the parameter should not show up in sysfs. Don't require octal
permissions in this case.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <b...@bgdev.pl>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 040aa79e1d9d..32c37f8bc143 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6303,7 +6303,7 @@ sub process {
                                if ($stat =~ /$test/) {
                                        my $val = $1;
                                        $val = $6 if ($skip_args ne "");
-                                       if (($val =~ /^$Int$/ && $val !~ 
/^$Octal$/) ||
+                                       if (($func =~ /^module_param/ && $val 
ne "0" && $val =~ /^$Int$/ && $val !~ /^$Octal$/) ||
                                            ($val =~ /^$Octal$/ && length($val) 
ne 4)) {
                                                ERROR("NON_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS",
                                                      "Use 4 digit octal (0777) 
not decimal permissions\n" . "$here\n" . $stat_real);
-- 
2.15.1