From d560a5f8a46e98c2f83c5fe699e1d6f6393a14cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 14:04:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: skip long lines that use an EFI_GUID macro These are also possible single line uses that exceed the generic maximum line length (typically 80 columns) Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/32a6a85fbd6161f1bb55ce176a464e44591afc5b.1468368420.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 24a08363995a..a4476b61e93f 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2763,6 +2763,10 @@ sub process { $line =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+\w+\s+$String$/) { $msg_type = ""; + # EFI_GUID is another special case + } elsif ($line =~ /^\+.*\bEFI_GUID\s*\(/) { + $msg_type = ""; + # Otherwise set the alternate message types # a comment starts before $max_line_length -- 2.20.1