Some projects might want a longer line length so allow a command line --max-line-length=n control over the long line warnings. The default line length is 80.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 ++++++--- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index d2d5ba1..38e8890 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ my %ignore_type = (); my @ignore = (); my $help = 0; my $configuration_file = ".checkpatch.conf"; +my $max_line_length = 80; sub help { my ($exitcode) = @_; @@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ Options: -f, --file treat FILE as regular source file --subjective, --strict enable more subjective tests --ignore TYPE(,TYPE2...) ignore various comma separated message types + --max-line-length=n set the maximum line length, if exceeded, warn --show-types show the message "types" in the output --root=PATH PATH to the kernel tree root --no-summary suppress the per-file summary @@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ GetOptions( 'strict!' => \$check, 'ignore=s' => \@ignore, 'show-types!' => \$show_types, + 'max-line-length=i' => \$max_line_length, 'root=s' => \$root, 'summary!' => \$summary, 'mailback!' => \$mailback, @@ -1760,15 +1763,15 @@ sub process { # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh)$/); -#80 column limit +#line length limit if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $prevrawline !~ /\/\*\*/ && $rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ && !($line =~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:(KERN_\S+\s*|[^"]*))?"[X\t]*"\s*(?:|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ || $line =~ /^\+\s*"[^"]*"\s*(?:\s*|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/) && - $length > 80) + $length > $max_line_length) { WARN("LONG_LINE", - "line over 80 characters\n" . $herecurr); + "line over $max_line_length characters\n" . $herecurr); } # Check for user-visible strings broken across lines, which breaks the ability -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
