linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Allow > 80 char lines for logging functions not just printk

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Date:	Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:10:04 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Allow > 80 char lines for logging functions
 not just printk

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 87bbb8b..ae74ab1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
 	atomic_t
 )};
 
+our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
+	printk|
+	pr_(debug|dbg|vdbg|devel|info|warning|err|notice|alert|crit|emerg|cont)|
+	dev_(printk|dbg|vdbg|info|warn|err|notice|alert|crit|emerg|WARN)|
+	WARN|
+	panic
+)};
+
 our @typeList = (
 	qr{void},
 	qr{(?:unsigned\s+)?char},
@@ -1367,7 +1375,7 @@ sub process {
 #80 column limit
 		if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $prevrawline !~ /\/\*\*/ &&
 		    $rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ &&
-		    $line !~ /^\+\s*printk\s*\(\s*(?:KERN_\S+\s*)?"[X\t]*"\s*(?:,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ &&
+		    $line !~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:KERN_\S+\s*)?"[X\t]*"\s*(?:,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ &&
 		    $length > 80)
 		{
 			WARN("line over 80 characters\n" . $herecurr);


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