Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: lustre: libcfs: use octal permissions

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On Jan 24, 2017, at 09:40, Ernestas Kulik <ernestas.kulik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Using octal permissions instead of symbolic ones is preferred.

Typically the reverse is true - using symbolic constants is preferred over numeric ones.
Where does this recommendation come from?

Cheers, Andreas

> Signed-off-by: Ernestas Kulik <ernestas.kulik@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c
> index 161e04226521..c388550c2d10 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c
> @@ -488,10 +488,10 @@ static const struct file_operations lnet_debugfs_file_operations_wo = {
> 
> static const struct file_operations *lnet_debugfs_fops_select(umode_t mode)
> {
> -	if (!(mode & S_IWUGO))
> +	if (!(mode & 0222))
> 		return &lnet_debugfs_file_operations_ro;
> 
> -	if (!(mode & S_IRUGO))
> +	if (!(mode & 0444))
> 		return &lnet_debugfs_file_operations_wo;
> 
> 	return &lnet_debugfs_file_operations_rw;
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 







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