linux-kernel - [PATCH -next] checkpatch: Fix long line messages about patch context

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2015 07:55:20 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Greg Donald <gdonald@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH -next] checkpatch: Fix long line messages about patch context

Changes in ("checkpatch: categorize some long line length checks")
now erroneously reports long line defects in patch context.

Fix it.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 90e1edc..d5c8e9a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2599,7 +2599,7 @@ sub process {
 # if LONG_LINE is ignored, the other 2 types are also ignored
 #
 
-		if ($length > $max_line_length) {
+		if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $length > $max_line_length) {
 			my $msg_type = "LONG_LINE";
 
 			# Check the allowed long line types first


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