Documentation: checkpatch: Add SYMBOLIC_PERMS message
authorUtkarsh Verma <utkarshverma294@gmail.com>
Sat, 4 Sep 2021 08:23:30 +0000 (13:53 +0530)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 21:09:24 +0000 (15:09 -0600)
commit3454cd5616e963d76d538383250dd4467f013c68
tree4246f8f2f6287d8ff1ab6257bfa820b015e88536
parent29bd0cace2351eeccf325e36756aa55aa939bd11
Documentation: checkpatch: Add SYMBOLIC_PERMS message

Add a new message type SYMBOLIC_PERMS under the 'Permissions'
subsection. Octal permission bits are easier to read and understand
instead of their symbolic macro names.

Suggested-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Utkarsh Verma <utkarshverma294@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210904082330.14864-1-utkarshverma294@gmail.com
[jc: Tweaked wording as suggested by Dwaipayan Ray]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst