linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Avoid warnings for numbered references with URL

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Date:   Sat, 2 Sep 2023 18:50:05 +0300
From:   Anton Leontiev <aleontiev@...ees.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Avoid warnings for numbered references with URL

Numbered references is one of the most frequently used ways to link
external resources and them often exeed 75 chars. Add exception for
these lines.

Signed-off-by: Anton Leontiev <aleontiev@...ees.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7d16f863edf1..929574f43d4d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3270,6 +3270,8 @@ sub process {
 					# filename then :
 		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|$link_tags_search|$signature_tags)/i ||
 					# A Fixes:, link or signature tag line
+		      $line =~ /^\s*\[\d+\]\s+[a-z][\w\.\+\-]*:\/\/\S+/i ||
+					# reference with URL
 		      $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
 			WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
 			     "Prefer a maximum 75 chars per line (possible unwrapped commit description?)\n" . $herecurr);
-- 
2.41.0