[PATCH] checkpatch: Avoid warnings for numbered references with URL

From: Anton Leontiev
Date: Sat Sep 02 2023 - 12:13:35 EST


Numbered references is one of the most frequently used ways to link
external resources and them often exeed 75 chars. Add exception for
these lines.

Signed-off-by: Anton Leontiev <aleontiev@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7d16f863edf1..929574f43d4d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3270,6 +3270,8 @@ sub process {
# filename then :
$line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|$link_tags_search|$signature_tags)/i ||
# A Fixes:, link or signature tag line
+ $line =~ /^\s*\[\d+\]\s+[a-z][\w\.\+\-]*:\/\/\S+/i ||
+ # reference with URL
$commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
"Prefer a maximum 75 chars per line (possible unwrapped commit description?)\n" . $herecurr);
--
2.41.0