From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751526AbeBADkf (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:40:35 -0500 Received: from mga05.intel.com ([192.55.52.43]:3356 "EHLO mga05.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751296AbeBADkd (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:40:33 -0500 X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,443,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="16060319" Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 09:15:08 +0530 From: Vinod Koul To: Viresh Kumar Cc: Yang Shunyong , Dan Williams , dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dmaengine: dmatest: change symbolic permissions to octal values Message-ID: <20180201034507.GZ18649@localhost> References: <1516617881-30044-1-git-send-email-shunyong.yang@hxt-semitech.com> <20180129044801.GL18649@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 03:31:48PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote: > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 10:18 AM, Vinod Koul wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 06:44:40PM +0800, Yang Shunyong wrote: > >> Current coding style prefers octal permissions values. This patch > >> changes symbolic permissions to octal values. > > > > Is this preference documented anywhere? > > This is where it started. > > lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzu59sXo7qA8CoCo+tSJgEkW7fWDjkt_tsTzPWZ7gxj1A@mail.gmail.com Right but lets no go changing to octals everywhere, new code sure :) I don't see plans to remove representations entirely from kernel yet. -- ~Vinod