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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1054283c6e7..9f12213d81c 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);
}
}
}