Re: [PATCH] devtools: add long lines to the list of options

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

2017-03-01 12:44, Allain Legacy:
> The checkpatch.pl tool is flagging warnings on long debug log strings.
> Since splitting these strings makes it difficult to search for logs it is
> preferred to allow these as exceptions to the long line rule.  The addition
> of the LONG_LINE_STRINGS to the list of exceptions will allow lines that
> end with a string to exceed the maximum line length, but lines that end
> with variables or other constructs will still be flagged as errors.  Also,
> lines that make use of PRIx64 with string concatenation will still be
> flagged if the beginning of the last string fragment begins after the 80
> character threshold.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Allain Legacy <allain.legacy@windriver.com>
[...]
> --- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh
> +++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ options="$options --ignore=LINUX_VERSION_CODE,FILE_PATH_CHANGES,\
>  VOLATILE,PREFER_PACKED,PREFER_ALIGNED,PREFER_PRINTF,\
>  PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES,BIT_MACRO,CONST_STRUCT,\
>  SPLIT_STRING,LINE_SPACING,PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT,NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE,\
> -NEW_TYPEDEFS,COMPARISON_TO_NULL"
> +NEW_TYPEDEFS,COMPARISON_TO_NULL,LONG_LINE_STRING"

Applied and gathered LONG_LINE_STRING and SPLIT_STRING on the same line.
Thanks