Prefer the direct use of octal for permissions.

Done with checkpatch -f --types=SYMBOLIC_PERMS --fix-inplace
and some typing.

Miscellanea:

o Whitespace neatening around these conversions.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>