On Sat, 2022-05-28 at 18:34 +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > On Fri, 27 May 2022 14:56:52 -0400 > Joe Simmons-Talbott <joetalbott@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > As reported by checkpatch.pl use ocatl permissions rather than symbolic > > permissions. [] > Why the resend? Given change of description, I'm guessing this is v2 > because of feedback on a similar patch elsewhere. If so, please > put the version number in the patch log and provide a changelog > below the --- > > Hmm. I guess I don't really mind cleaning this up though it is > some churn in core code which is usually something we try to avoid > for fairly trivial style reasons. > > One request inline (though I suspect it applies in several places, > I just haven't checked ;) [] > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c [] > > @@ -1391,17 +1391,17 @@ static ssize_t direction_show(struct device *dev, > > } > > } > > > > -static DEVICE_ATTR(length, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, iio_buffer_read_length, > > +static DEVICE_ATTR(length, 0644, iio_buffer_read_length, > > iio_buffer_write_length); > > static struct device_attribute dev_attr_length_ro = __ATTR(length, > > - S_IRUGO, iio_buffer_read_length, NULL); > > -static DEVICE_ATTR(enable, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, > > + 0444, iio_buffer_read_length, NULL); > > +static DEVICE_ATTR(enable, 0644, > > iio_buffer_show_enable, iio_buffer_store_enable); > > -static DEVICE_ATTR(watermark, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, > > +static DEVICE_ATTR(watermark, 0644, > > iio_buffer_show_watermark, iio_buffer_store_watermark); > > static struct device_attribute dev_attr_watermark_ro = __ATTR(watermark, > > - S_IRUGO, iio_buffer_show_watermark, NULL); > > -static DEVICE_ATTR(data_available, S_IRUGO, > > + 0444, iio_buffer_show_watermark, NULL); > > +static DEVICE_ATTR(data_available, 0444, > > iio_dma_show_data_available, NULL); > > a side effect of this change a slight shortening of how long the above > two lines will be if combined into one. It's now sub 80 chars > I think, so please make them a single line. Also check for similar > cases elsewhere. another possibility it to rename the function to <var>_show and change static DEVICE_ATTR(foo, 0444, <var>, NULL) to static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(<var>) and also use DEVICE_ATTR_RW with appropriate function renaming where feasible.