linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/23] checkpatch: allow printk strings to exceed 80 characters to maintain their searchability

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Message-Id: <1213272362-19457-11-git-send-email-apw@shadowen.org>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:05:49 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Subject: [PATCH 10/23] checkpatch: allow printk strings to exceed 80 characters to maintain their searchability

Allow printk strings to break the 80 character width limits, thus keeping
them complete and searchable.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 89177c3..614999f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1138,7 +1138,9 @@ sub process {
 		}
 #80 column limit
 		if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $prevrawline !~ /\/\*\*/ &&
-		    $rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ && $length > 80)
+		    $rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ &&
+		    $line !~ /^\+\s*printk\s*\(\s*(?:KERN_\S+\s*)?"[X\t]*"\s*(?:,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ &&
+		    $length > 80)
 		{
 			WARN("line over 80 characters\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
-- 
1.5.6.rc0.140.ga9675

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