Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 1 Feb 2018 09:15:08 +0530 | From | Vinod Koul <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] dmaengine: dmatest: change symbolic permissions to octal values |
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On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 03:31:48PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote: > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 10:18 AM, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com> 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
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