And actually S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH can be simplified
to S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, not?
I think we need to have and use dedicated special macros for most
common magic octal permissions like 0755 or 0644.
2016-08-02 16:19 GMT+03:00 Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello,
>
> I believe that 0644 is shorter and easier to read and understand than
> the long list of macros like S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH
> where it is easier to miss something.
>
> 2016-08-02 15:03 GMT+03:00 Baole Ni <baolex.ni@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> I find that the developers often just specified the numeric value
>> when calling a macro which is defined with a parameter for access permission.
>> As we know, these numeric value for access permission have had the corresponding macro,
>> and that using macro can improve the robustness and readability of the code,
>> thus, I suggest replacing the numeric parameter with the macro.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 8 ++++----
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
>> index 0fbd7c0..9309ec1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
>> @@ -1188,17 +1188,17 @@ module_exit(serial8250_exit);
>> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic 8250/16x50 serial driver");
>>
>> -module_param(share_irqs, uint, 0644);
>> +module_param(share_irqs, uint, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
>> MODULE_PARM_DESC(share_irqs, "Share IRQs with other non-8250/16x50 devices (unsafe)");
>>
>> -module_param(nr_uarts, uint, 0644);
>> +module_param(nr_uarts, uint, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
>> MODULE_PARM_DESC(nr_uarts, "Maximum number of UARTs supported. (1-" __MODULE_STRING(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS) ")");
>>
>> -module_param(skip_txen_test, uint, 0644);
>> +module_param(skip_txen_test, uint, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
>> MODULE_PARM_DESC(skip_txen_test, "Skip checking for the TXEN bug at init time");
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RSA
>> -module_param_array(probe_rsa, ulong, &probe_rsa_count, 0444);
>> +module_param_array(probe_rsa, ulong, &probe_rsa_count, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
>> MODULE_PARM_DESC(probe_rsa, "Probe I/O ports for RSA");
>> #endif
>> MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(TTY_MAJOR);
>> --
>> 2.9.2
>>
>
>
>
> --
> With best regards,
> Matwey V. Kornilov.
> Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
> 119991, Moscow, Universitetsky pr-k 13, +7 (495) 9392382
--
With best regards,
Matwey V. Kornilov.
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
119991, Moscow, Universitetsky pr-k 13, +7 (495) 9392382
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