Re: [PATCH 2/3] kernel.h: move VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS() to sysfs.h

[Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 10:35:54PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 10:34:02PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 10:24:55PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 02:53:01PM -0500, Yury Norov (NVIDIA) wrote:
> > > > The macro is related to sysfs, but is defined in kernel.h. Move it to
> > > > the proper header, and unload the generic kernel.h.
> > > 
> > > Tough guy :-)
> > > I hope it builds well in your case.
> > > 
> > > FWIW,
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220603172101.49950-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com/
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240212115500.2078463-1-max.kellermann@ionos.com/
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240215093646.3265823-1-max.kellermann@ionos.com/
> > > 
> > > Assuming it builds in allmodconfig, allyesconfig on x86_32/64 and arm/64
> > > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> > 
> > Actually, one thing should be fixed, i.e.
> > Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst:123:Note as stated in include/linux/kernel.h "OTHER_WRITABLE? ...
> 
> And just in case, look into
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251126214709.2322314-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com

Sure. Please find attached.

From 8b08bfd1d4b885bffb67c548d17d98760ca06e76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Yury Norov (NVIDIA)" <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:50:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] sysfs: Align update documentation

This series moves VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS() from linux/kernel.h to
linux/sysfs.h. Update documentation accordingly

Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) <yury.norov@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst
index 2703c04af7d0..ffcef4d6bc8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ is equivalent to doing::
 	    .store = store_foo,
     };
 
-Note as stated in include/linux/kernel.h "OTHER_WRITABLE?  Generally
+Note as stated in include/linux/sysfs.h "OTHER_WRITABLE?  Generally
 considered a bad idea." so trying to set a sysfs file writable for
 everyone will fail reverting to RO mode for "Others".
 
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