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.k...@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_tstzpwz7gx...@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
