When checking permissions, make sure 4 octal digits are used, but allow a single 0 too.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 1054283..9f12213 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4512,9 +4512,11 @@ sub process { my $val = $1; $val = $6 if ($skip_args ne ""); - if ($val =~ /^$Int$/ && $val !~ /^$Octal$/) { + if ($val !~ /^0$/ && + (($val =~ /^$Int$/ && $val !~ /^$Octal$/) || + length($val) ne 4)) { ERROR("NON_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS", - "Use octal not decimal permissions\n" . $herecurr); + "Use 4 digit octal (0777) not decimal permissions\n" . $herecurr); } } } -- 1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
