diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c
index 797549289798..2fb6a2d09461 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_sysfs.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static ssize_t eeh_show_##_name(struct device *dev,      \
 	                                                      \
 	return sprintf(buf, _format "\n", edev->_memb);       \
 }                                                        \
-static DEVICE_ATTR(_name, S_IRUGO, eeh_show_##_name, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(_name, 0444, eeh_show_##_name, NULL);
 
 EEH_SHOW_ATTR(eeh_mode,            mode,            "0x%x");
 EEH_SHOW_ATTR(eeh_pe_config_addr,  pe_config_addr,  "0x%x");
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_powerpc.c
index 56548bf6231f..9bfbd800d32f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_powerpc.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int __init proc_ppc64_init(void)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pde;
 
-	pde = proc_create_data("powerpc/systemcfg", S_IFREG|S_IRUGO, NULL,
+	pde = proc_create_data("powerpc/systemcfg", S_IFREG | 0444, NULL,
 			       &page_map_fops, vdso_data);
 	if (!pde)
 		return 1;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c
index c8c5f3a550c2..fb070d8cad07 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c
@@ -261,19 +261,19 @@ static int __init proc_rtas_init(void)
 	if (rtas_node == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/progress", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, NULL,
+	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/progress", 0644, NULL,
 		    &ppc_rtas_progress_operations);
-	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/clock", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, NULL,
+	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/clock", 0644, NULL,
 		    &ppc_rtas_clock_operations);
-	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/poweron", S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO, NULL,
+	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/poweron", 0644, NULL,
 		    &ppc_rtas_poweron_operations);
-	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/sensors", S_IRUGO, NULL,
+	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/sensors", 0444, NULL,
 		    &ppc_rtas_sensors_operations);
-	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/frequency", S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO, NULL,
+	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/frequency", 0644, NULL,
 		    &ppc_rtas_tone_freq_operations);
-	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/volume", S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO, NULL,
+	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/volume", 0644, NULL,
 		    &ppc_rtas_tone_volume_operations);
-	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/rmo_buffer", S_IRUSR, NULL,
+	proc_create("powerpc/rtas/rmo_buffer", 0400, NULL,
 		    &ppc_rtas_rmo_buf_ops);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
index f6f6a8a5103a..10fabae2574d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ static int __init rtas_flash_init(void)
 		const struct rtas_flash_file *f = &rtas_flash_files[i];
 		int token;
 
-		if (!proc_create(f->filename, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, NULL, &f->fops))
+		if (!proc_create(f->filename, 0600, NULL, &f->fops))
 			goto enomem;
 
 		/*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c
index 0f0b1b2f3b60..7ae4b8ba7fd3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static int __init rtas_init(void)
 	if (!rtas_log_buf)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	entry = proc_create("powerpc/rtas/error_log", S_IRUSR, NULL,
+	entry = proc_create("powerpc/rtas/error_log", 0400, NULL,
 			    &proc_rtas_log_operations);
 	if (!entry)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to create error_log proc entry\n");
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index 122a3c883f4e..cb07d6519783 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -2130,13 +2130,13 @@ static int __init ppc_warn_emulated_init(void)
 	if (!dir)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	d = debugfs_create_u32("do_warn", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, dir,
+	d = debugfs_create_u32("do_warn", 0644, dir,
 			       &ppc_warn_emulated);
 	if (!d)
 		goto fail;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(ppc_emulated)/sizeof(*entries); i++) {
-		d = debugfs_create_u32(entries[i].name, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, dir,
+		d = debugfs_create_u32(entries[i].name, 0644, dir,
 				       (u32 *)&entries[i].val.counter);
 		if (!d)
 			goto fail;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 2d46037ce936..e4f70c33fbc7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@
 static DECLARE_BITMAP(default_enabled_hcalls, MAX_HCALL_OPCODE/4 + 1);
 
 static int dynamic_mt_modes = 6;
-module_param(dynamic_mt_modes, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param(dynamic_mt_modes, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dynamic_mt_modes, "Set of allowed dynamic micro-threading modes: 0 (= none), 2, 4, or 6 (= 2 or 4)");
 static int target_smt_mode;
-module_param(target_smt_mode, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param(target_smt_mode, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(target_smt_mode, "Target threads per core (0 = max)");
 
 static bool indep_threads_mode = true;
@@ -109,12 +109,10 @@ static struct kernel_param_ops module_param_ops = {
 	.get = param_get_int,
 };
 
-module_param_cb(kvm_irq_bypass, &module_param_ops, &kvm_irq_bypass,
-							S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_cb(kvm_irq_bypass, &module_param_ops, &kvm_irq_bypass, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(kvm_irq_bypass, "Bypass passthrough interrupt optimization");
 
-module_param_cb(h_ipi_redirect, &module_param_ops, &h_ipi_redirect,
-							S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_cb(h_ipi_redirect, &module_param_ops, &h_ipi_redirect, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(h_ipi_redirect, "Redirect H_IPI wakeup to a free host core");
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c
index d329b2add7e2..b8356cdc0c04 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ static void xics_debugfs_init(struct kvmppc_xics *xics)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	xics->dentry = debugfs_create_file(name, S_IRUGO, powerpc_debugfs_root,
+	xics->dentry = debugfs_create_file(name, 0444, powerpc_debugfs_root,
 					   xics, &xics_debug_fops);
 
 	pr_debug("%s: created %s\n", __func__, name);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c
index 96bb55ca61d3..d2ef39f0edc8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static ssize_t show_status(struct device *d,
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%02x\n", ret);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(status, S_IRUGO, show_status, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(status, 0444, show_status, NULL);
 
 static void mcu_power_off(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
index 9558d725a99b..db329d4bf1c3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ spufs_create_context(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = spufs_mkdir(inode, dentry, flags, mode & S_IRWXUGO);
+	ret = spufs_mkdir(inode, dentry, flags, mode & 0777);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_aff_unlock;
 
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static int spufs_create_gang(struct inode *inode,
 	struct path path = {.mnt = mnt, .dentry = dentry};
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = spufs_mkgang(inode, dentry, mode & S_IRWXUGO);
+	ret = spufs_mkgang(inode, dentry, mode & 0777);
 	if (!ret) {
 		ret = spufs_gang_open(&path);
 		if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-dump.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-dump.c
index 4c827826c05e..0dc8fa4e0af2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-dump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-dump.c
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ static ssize_t dump_ack_store(struct dump_obj *dump_obj,
  * due to the dynamic size of the dump
  */
 static struct dump_attribute id_attribute =
-	__ATTR(id, S_IRUGO, dump_id_show, NULL);
+	__ATTR(id, 0444, dump_id_show, NULL);
 static struct dump_attribute type_attribute =
-	__ATTR(type, S_IRUGO, dump_type_show, NULL);
+	__ATTR(type, 0444, dump_type_show, NULL);
 static struct dump_attribute ack_attribute =
 	__ATTR(acknowledge, 0660, dump_ack_show, dump_ack_store);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.c
index ecd6d9177d13..ba6e437abb4b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.c
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ static ssize_t elog_ack_store(struct elog_obj *elog_obj,
 }
 
 static struct elog_attribute id_attribute =
-	__ATTR(id, S_IRUGO, elog_id_show, NULL);
+	__ATTR(id, 0444, elog_id_show, NULL);
 static struct elog_attribute type_attribute =
-	__ATTR(type, S_IRUGO, elog_type_show, NULL);
+	__ATTR(type, 0444, elog_type_show, NULL);
 static struct elog_attribute ack_attribute =
 	__ATTR(acknowledge, 0660, elog_ack_show, elog_ack_store);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-sysparam.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-sysparam.c
index 23fb6647dced..6fd4092798d5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-sysparam.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-sysparam.c
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ void __init opal_sys_param_init(void)
 		/* If the parameter is read-only or read-write */
 		switch (perm[i] & 3) {
 		case OPAL_SYSPARAM_READ:
-			attr[i].kobj_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
+			attr[i].kobj_attr.attr.mode = 0444;
 			break;
 		case OPAL_SYSPARAM_WRITE:
-			attr[i].kobj_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
+			attr[i].kobj_attr.attr.mode = 0200;
 			break;
 		case OPAL_SYSPARAM_RW:
-			attr[i].kobj_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR;
+			attr[i].kobj_attr.attr.mode = 0644;
 			break;
 		default:
 			break;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/cmm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/cmm.c
index 560aefde06c0..25427a48feae 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/cmm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/cmm.c
@@ -72,20 +72,20 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM System p Collaborative Memory Manager");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(CMM_DRIVER_VERSION);
 
-module_param_named(delay, delay, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(delay, delay, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(delay, "Delay (in seconds) between polls to query hypervisor paging requests. "
 		 "[Default=" __stringify(CMM_DEFAULT_DELAY) "]");
-module_param_named(hotplug_delay, hotplug_delay, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(hotplug_delay, hotplug_delay, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(hotplug_delay, "Delay (in seconds) after memory hotplug remove "
 		 "before loaning resumes. "
 		 "[Default=" __stringify(CMM_HOTPLUG_DELAY) "]");
-module_param_named(oom_kb, oom_kb, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(oom_kb, oom_kb, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(oom_kb, "Amount of memory in kb to free on OOM. "
 		 "[Default=" __stringify(CMM_OOM_KB) "]");
-module_param_named(min_mem_mb, min_mem_mb, ulong, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(min_mem_mb, min_mem_mb, ulong, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(min_mem_mb, "Minimum amount of memory (in MB) to not balloon. "
 		 "[Default=" __stringify(CMM_MIN_MEM_MB) "]");
-module_param_named(debug, cmm_debug, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(debug, cmm_debug, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Enable module debugging logging. Set to 1 to enable. "
 		 "[Default=" __stringify(CMM_DEBUG) "]");
 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int cmm_thread(void *dummy)
 	{							\
 		return sprintf(buf, format, ##args);		\
 	}							\
-	static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, show_##name, NULL)
+	static DEVICE_ATTR(name, 0444, show_##name, NULL)
 
 CMM_SHOW(loaned_kb, "%lu\n", PAGES2KB(loaned_pages));
 CMM_SHOW(loaned_target_kb, "%lu\n", PAGES2KB(loaned_pages_target));
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static ssize_t store_oom_pages(struct device *dev,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(oom_freed_kb, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
+static DEVICE_ATTR(oom_freed_kb, 0644,
 		   show_oom_pages, store_oom_pages);
 
 static struct device_attribute *cmm_attrs[] = {
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ static int cmm_set_disable(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 
 module_param_call(disable, cmm_set_disable, param_get_uint,
-		  &cmm_disabled, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+		  &cmm_disabled, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable, "Disable CMM. Set to 1 to disable. "
 		 "[Default=" __stringify(CMM_DISABLE) "]");
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall_inst.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall_inst.c
index 957ae347b0b3..89b7ce807e70 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall_inst.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall_inst.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int __init hcall_inst_init(void)
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		snprintf(cpu_name_buf, CPU_NAME_BUF_SIZE, "cpu%d", cpu);
-		hcall_file = debugfs_create_file(cpu_name_buf, S_IRUGO,
+		hcall_file = debugfs_create_file(cpu_name_buf, 0444,
 						 hcall_root,
 						 per_cpu(hcall_stats, cpu),
 						 &hcall_inst_seq_fops);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ibmebus.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ibmebus.c
index 408a86044133..c7c1140c13b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ibmebus.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ibmebus.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static ssize_t ibmebus_store_probe(struct bus_type *bus,
 		return rc;
 	return count;
 }
-static BUS_ATTR(probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, ibmebus_store_probe);
+static BUS_ATTR(probe, 0200, NULL, ibmebus_store_probe);
 
 static ssize_t ibmebus_store_remove(struct bus_type *bus,
 				    const char *buf, size_t count)
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static ssize_t ibmebus_store_remove(struct bus_type *bus,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 }
-static BUS_ATTR(remove, S_IWUSR, NULL, ibmebus_store_remove);
+static BUS_ATTR(remove, 0200, NULL, ibmebus_store_remove);
 
 static struct attribute *ibmbus_bus_attrs[] = {
 	&bus_attr_probe.attr,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c
index f43eafe30c7f..c508c938dc71 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c
@@ -697,11 +697,11 @@ static const struct file_operations lparcfg_fops = {
 
 static int __init lparcfg_init(void)
 {
-	umode_t mode = S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH;
+	umode_t mode = 0444;
 
 	/* Allow writing if we have FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR */
 	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR))
-		mode |= S_IWUSR;
+		mode |= 0200;
 
 	if (!proc_create("powerpc/lparcfg", mode, NULL, &lparcfg_fops)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to create powerpc/lparcfg\n");
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/mobility.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/mobility.c
index f7042ad492ba..0f7fb7170b03 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/mobility.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/mobility.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static ssize_t migration_store(struct class *class,
 #define MIGRATION_API_VERSION	1
 
 static CLASS_ATTR_WO(migration);
-static CLASS_ATTR_STRING(api_version, S_IRUGO, __stringify(MIGRATION_API_VERSION));
+static CLASS_ATTR_STRING(api_version, 0444, __stringify(MIGRATION_API_VERSION));
 
 static int __init mobility_sysfs_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
index f24d8159c9e1..0e0208117e77 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static int proc_ppc64_create_ofdt(void)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
 
-	ent = proc_create("powerpc/ofdt", S_IWUSR, NULL, &ofdt_fops);
+	ent = proc_create("powerpc/ofdt", 0200, NULL, &ofdt_fops);
 	if (ent)
 		proc_set_size(ent, 0);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
index c47585a78b69..054ce7a16fc3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int __init scanlog_init(void)
 	if (!scanlog_buffer)
 		goto err;
 
-	ent = proc_create("powerpc/rtas/scan-log-dump", S_IRUSR, NULL,
+	ent = proc_create("powerpc/rtas/scan-log-dump", 0400, NULL,
 			  &scanlog_fops);
 	if (!ent)
 		goto err;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/suspend.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/suspend.c
index 89726f07d249..52a021e1f86b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/suspend.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/suspend.c
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ static ssize_t show_hibernate(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", KERN_DT_UPDATE);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(hibernate, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
-		   show_hibernate, store_hibernate);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(hibernate, 0644, show_hibernate, store_hibernate);
 
 static struct bus_type suspend_subsys = {
 	.name = "power",
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
index 1b307c80b401..53b7f8ef570f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ axon_ram_sysfs_ecc(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 	return sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", bank->ecc_counter);
 }
 
-static DEVICE_ATTR(ecc, S_IRUGO, axon_ram_sysfs_ecc, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(ecc, 0444, axon_ram_sysfs_ecc, NULL);
 
 /**
  * axon_ram_irq_handler - interrupt handler for Axon RAM ECC
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_pci.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_pci.c
index d52b3b81e05f..50c411b1761e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_pci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_pci.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static ssize_t mv64x60_hs_reg_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 static const struct bin_attribute mv64x60_hs_reg_attr = { /* Hotswap register */
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "hs_reg",
-		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		.mode = 0644,
 	},
 	.size  = MV64X60_VAL_LEN_MAX,
 	.read  = mv64x60_hs_reg_read,