linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow http links of any length in commit logs

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Message-ID: <3529faaf84a5a9a96c5c0ec4183ae0ba6e97673c.camel@perches.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2025 21:31:10 -0700
From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Dr. David Alan Gilbert"
 <linux@...blig.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow http links of any length in commit logs

Dave Gilbert noticed that checkpatch warns about URL links
over 75 chars in length in commit logs.

Fix that.

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 e722dd6fa8ef3..319cc5f858858 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3294,7 +3294,7 @@ sub process {
 					# file delta changes
 		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:[\w\.\-\+]*\/)++[\w\.\-\+]+:/ ||
 					# filename then :
-		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|$link_tags_search|$signature_tags)/i ||
+		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|https?:|$link_tags_search|$signature_tags)/i ||
 					# A Fixes:, link or signature tag line
 		      $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
 			WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",