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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 08/12] fs/sysfs/dir.c: replace S_IRWXU|S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO with 0755 sysfs_create_dir_ns()
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 09:38:01AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> If one ends up expanding on this line checkpatch will complain that the
> combination S_IRWXU|S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO should just be replaced with the
> octal 0755. Do that.
>
> This makes no functional changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>

It could be helpful to add a link too:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/checkpatch.html?highlight=non_octal#permissions

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

> ---
> fs/sysfs/dir.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
> index 59dffd5ca517..b6b6796e1616 100644
> --- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
> @@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ int sysfs_create_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj, const void *ns)
>
> kobject_get_ownership(kobj, &uid, &gid);
>
> - kn = kernfs_create_dir_ns(parent, kobject_name(kobj),
> - S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO, uid, gid,
> + kn = kernfs_create_dir_ns(parent, kobject_name(kobj), 0755, uid, gid,
> kobj, ns);
> if (IS_ERR(kn)) {
> if (PTR_ERR(kn) == -EEXIST)
> --
> 2.30.2
>

--
Kees Cook

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