Re: [PATCH] This patch fixes the warning generated due to use of symbolic

[Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 24 May 2021 21:27:06 +0530
Aviral Gupta <shiv14112001@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's better to use octal permissons instead of symbolic ones because
> peoples are more familiar with octal permissons.
> WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR' are not preferred.
> Consider using octal permissions '0644'.
> +	md->force_ro.attr.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR;
> 
> WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO' are not preferred. Consider
> using octal permissions '0444'.
> +			mode = S_IRUGO;
> 
> WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR' are not preferred.
> Consider using octal permissions '0644'.
> +			mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR;
> 
> WARNING: Symbolic permissions 'S_IRUSR' are not preferred. Consider
> using octal permissions '0400'.
> +			debugfs_create_file("ext_csd", S_IRUSR,
> root, card,
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aviral Gupta <shiv14112001@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mmc/core/block.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Hi, Aviral!

I guess, you missed my and Greg's mails last time... 

Anyway, subject line is strange, it should be smth like "mmc: core:
fix symbolic permissions".

Please, refer to
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html.


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin