linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] checkpatch: Don't check for 75 chars per line for create/delete mode lines

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Message-Id: <20240222051539.3001988-3-saravanak@google.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:15:39 -0800
From: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
To: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, 
	Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>, Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>, kernel-team@...roid.com, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] checkpatch: Don't check for 75 chars per line for
 create/delete mode lines

Cover letters have a "create/delete mode <mode> <filename>" line for files
added/deleted in the patch series. Ignore these lines when checking for the
maximum 75 chars per line limit.

Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9c4c4a61bc83..f306634a938c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3271,6 +3271,8 @@ sub process {
 					# filename then :
 		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|$link_tags_search|$signature_tags)/i ||
 					# A Fixes:, link or signature tag line
+		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:delete|create) mode\s+[0-8]+\s+\S+\s*$/i ||
+					# A "create/delete mode <mode> <filename>" line found in cover letters
 		      $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
 			WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
 			     "Prefer a maximum 75 chars per line (possible unwrapped commit description?)\n" . $herecurr);
-- 
2.44.0.rc0.258.g7320e95886-goog