Disable commit log length check in case of signature tag. If the commit log line has valid signature tags such as "Reported-and-tested-by" with more than 75 characters, suppress the long length warning.
For instance in commit ac854131d984 ("USB: core: Fix misleading driver bug report"), the corresponding patch contains a "Reported by" tag line which exceeds 75 chars. And there is no valid way to shorten the length. Signed-off-by: Nachiket Naganure <nachiket...@gmail.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 197436b20288..46237e9e0550 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2806,6 +2806,8 @@ sub process { # filename then : $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|Link:)/i || # A Fixes: or Link: line + $line =~ /$signature_tags/ || + # Check for signature_tags $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) { WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE", "Possible unwrapped commit description (prefer a maximum 75 chars per line)\n" . $herecurr); -- 2.25.1