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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2012-12-17 16:01:54 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-12-17 17:15:19 -0800
commit6cd7f3869c925622bbf420e1107a026d91dbd7f2 (patch)
tree23c356d279579726f68ddfdebe54d4e469e25572 /scripts
parent03df4b51f33e1fdd35fe7bc19f1f450726395207 (diff)
downloadlinux-6cd7f3869c925622bbf420e1107a026d91dbd7f2.tar.bz2
checkpatch: allow control over line length warning, default remains 80
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 <joe@perches.com> Cc: Constantine Shulyupin <const@makelinux.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a1b870d188c4..6fa167758f82 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