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SubjectRe: [PATCH] vfs: Add PERM_* symbolic helpers for common file mode/permissions
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Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> writes:
...
> Index: tip/include/linux/stat.h
> ===================================================================
> --- tip.orig/include/linux/stat.h
> +++ tip/include/linux/stat.h
> @@ -6,6 +6,34 @@
> #include <asm/stat.h>
> #include <uapi/linux/stat.h>
>
> +/*
> + * Human readable symbolic definitions for common
> + * file permissions:
> + */
> +#define PERM_r________ 0400
> +#define PERM_r__r_____ 0440
> +#define PERM_r__r__r__ 0444
> +
> +#define PERM_rw_______ 0600
> +#define PERM_rw_r_____ 0640
> +#define PERM_rw_r__r__ 0644
> +#define PERM_rw_rw_r__ 0664
> +#define PERM_rw_rw_rw_ 0666
> +
> +#define PERM__w_______ 0200
> +#define PERM__w__w____ 0220
> +#define PERM__w__w__w_ 0222
> +
> +#define PERM_r_x______ 0500
> +#define PERM_r_xr_x___ 0550
> +#define PERM_r_xr_xr_x 0555
> +
> +#define PERM_rwx______ 0700
> +#define PERM_rwxr_x___ 0750
> +#define PERM_rwxr_xr_x 0755
> +#define PERM_rwxrwxr_x 0775
> +#define PERM_rwxrwxrwx 0777

I see what you're trying to do with all the explicit underscores, but it
does make them look kinda ugly.

What if you just used underscores to separate the user/group/other, and
the unset permission bits are just omitted.

Then the two most common cases would be:

PERM_rw_r_r
PERM_r_r_r

Both of those read nicely I think. ie. the first is "perm read write,
read, read".

Full set would be:

#define PERM_r 0400
#define PERM_r_r 0440
#define PERM_r_r_r 0444

#define PERM_rw 0600
#define PERM_rw_r 0640
#define PERM_rw_r_r 0644
#define PERM_rw_rw_r 0664
#define PERM_rw_rw_rw 0666

#define PERM_w 0200
#define PERM_w_w 0220
#define PERM_w_w_w 0222

#define PERM_rx 0500
#define PERM_rx_rx 0550
#define PERM_rx_rx_rx 0555

#define PERM_rwx 0700
#define PERM_rwx_rx 0750
#define PERM_rwx_rx_rx 0755
#define PERM_rwx_rwx_rx 0775
#define PERM_rwx_rwx_rwx 0777


cheers

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