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.
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| @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ my %ignore_type = (); · 32 unmodified lines | ||
| 33 | 33 | my @ignore = (); |
| 34 | 34 | my $help = 0; |
| 35 | 35 | my $configuration_file = ".checkpatch.conf"; |
| 36 | +my $max_line_length = 80; | |
| 36 | 37 | |
| 37 | 38 | sub help { |
| 38 | 39 | my ($exitcode) = @_; |
| @@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ Options: · 12 unmodified lines | ||
| 51 | 52 | -f, --file treat FILE as regular source file |
| 52 | 53 | --subjective, --strict enable more subjective tests |
| 53 | 54 | --ignore TYPE(,TYPE2...) ignore various comma separated message types |
| 55 | + --max-line-length=n set the maximum line length, if exceeded, warn | |
| 54 | 56 | --show-types show the message "types" in the output |
| 55 | 57 | --root=PATH PATH to the kernel tree root |
| 56 | 58 | --no-summary suppress the per-file summary |
| @@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ GetOptions( · 50 unmodified lines | ||
| 107 | 109 | 'strict!' => \$check, |
| 108 | 110 | 'ignore=s' => \@ignore, |
| 109 | 111 | 'show-types!' => \$show_types, |
| 112 | + 'max-line-length=i' => \$max_line_length, | |
| 110 | 113 | 'root=s' => \$root, |
| 111 | 114 | 'summary!' => \$summary, |
| 112 | 115 | 'mailback!' => \$mailback, |
| @@ -1760,15 +1763,15 @@ sub process { · 1647 unmodified lines | ||
| 1760 | 1763 | # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk |
| 1761 | 1764 | next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh)$/); |
| 1762 | 1765 | |
| 1763 | −#80 column limit | |
| 1766 | +#line length limit | |
| 1764 | 1767 | if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $prevrawline !~ /\/\*\*/ && |
| 1765 | 1768 | $rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ && |
| 1766 | 1769 | !($line =~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:(KERN_\S+\s*|[^"]*))?"[X\t]*"\s*(?:|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ || |
| 1767 | 1770 | $line =~ /^\+\s*"[^"]*"\s*(?:\s*|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/) && |
| 1768 | − $length > 80) | |
| 1771 | + $length > $max_line_length) | |
| 1769 | 1772 | { |
| 1770 | 1773 | WARN("LONG_LINE", |
| 1771 | − "line over 80 characters\n" . $herecurr); | |
| 1774 | + "line over $max_line_length characters\n" . $herecurr); | |
| 1772 | 1775 | } |
| 1773 | 1776 | |
| 1774 | 1777 | # Check for user-visible strings broken across lines, which breaks the ability |