Changes in ("checkpatch: categorize some long line length checks") now erroneously reports long line defects in patch context.
Fix it. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 90e1edc..d5c8e9a 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2599,7 +2599,7 @@ sub process { # if LONG_LINE is ignored, the other 2 types are also ignored # - if ($length > $max_line_length) { + if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $length > $max_line_length) { my $msg_type = "LONG_LINE"; # Check the allowed long line types first -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/