checkpatch: allow printk strings to exceed 80 characters to maintain their searchability

Allow printk strings to break the 80 character width limits, thus keeping
them complete and searchable.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Andy Whitcroft 2008-07-23 21:29:01 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 548596d523
commit f4c014c0de
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -1138,7 +1138,9 @@ sub process {
}
#80 column limit
if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $prevrawline !~ /\/\*\*/ &&
$rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ && $length > 80)
$rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ &&
$line !~ /^\+\s*printk\s*\(\s*(?:KERN_\S+\s*)?"[X\t]*"\s*(?:,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ &&
$length > 80)
{
WARN("line over 80 characters\n" . $herecurr);
}