On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:15:07AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > Convert DEVICE_ATTR uses to DEVICE_ATTR_RW where possible. > ... > diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c > index 7a54e3083203..79d4dc785e5c 100644 > --- a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c > +++ b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c > @@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static ssize_t dma_op_mode_store(struct device *dev, > return size; > } > > -static DEVICE_ATTR(dma_op_mode, 0644, dma_op_mode_show, dma_op_mode_store); > +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(dma_op_mode); > While I can ack this part here if it helps generic cleanup effort I don't understart would it improve code readability in general? Mode 644 is clear and don't need any grepping but for DEVICE_ATTR_RW() I had to go through all of these files in order to see what does it mean: DEVICE_ATTR_RW: include/linux/device.h __ATTR_RW: include/linux/sysfs.h S_IWUSR: include/uapi/linux/stat.h S_IRUGO: include/linux/stat.h Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@xxxxxxxxxx>