[PATCH v4] Documentation: checkpatch: Add SYMBOLIC_PERMS message
Utkarsh Verma
utkarshverma294 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 6 20:10:26 UTC 2021
Add a new message type SYMBOLIC_PERMS under the 'Permissions'
subsection. Users should use octal permission bits instead of their
symbolic macro names.
Suggested-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Utkarsh Verma <utkarshverma294 at gmail.com>
---
Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
index f0956e9ea..009957cda 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
@@ -957,6 +957,12 @@ Permissions
Permission bits should use 4 digit octal permissions (like 0700 or 0444).
Avoid using any other base like decimal.
+ **SYMBOLIC_PERMS**
+ Permission bits in the octal form are more readable and easier to
+ understand than their symbolic counterparts.
+
+ See: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw5v23T-zvDZp-MmD_EYxF8WbafwwB59934FV7g21uMGQ@mail.gmail.com/
+
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