Messages in this thread |  | | From | Andy Shevchenko <> | Date | Sun, 30 Apr 2017 15:52:03 +0300 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] char: misc: use octal permissions for the proc entry |
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On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx> wrote: > Thus wrote Andy Shevchenko (andy.shevchenko@gmail.com): >> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx> wrote:
>> Aren't 0 and 0444 different by meaning? > > my undestanding is that proc_create() calls proc_create_data(), where > > if ((mode & S_IALLUGO) == 0) > mode |= S_IRUGO; > > sets mode to 0444 when it was 0.
Ah, okay. Fair enough.
-- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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