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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 1054283c6e70..9f12213d81cf 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4512,9 +4512,11 @@ sub process { my $val = $1; $val = $6 if ($skip_args ne ""); - if ($val =~ /^$Int$/ && $val !~ /^$Octal$/) { + if ($val !~ /^0$/ && + (($val =~ /^$Int$/ && $val !~ /^$Octal$/) || + length($val) ne 4)) { ERROR("NON_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS", - "Use octal not decimal permissions\n" . $herecurr); + "Use 4 digit octal (0777) not decimal permissions\n" . $herecurr); } } } |