checkpatch: add #define foo "string" long line exception
There are #defines with long string constants like:
#define foo "some really long string > 80 columns"
Add a long line exception for them.
Miscellanea:
Use the $String variable for slightly better readability
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Madalin-Cristian Bucur <madalin.bucur@freescale.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9a8b2bd..36d7e70 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2513,8 +2513,9 @@
#line length limit
if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $prevrawline !~ /\/\*\*/ &&
$rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ &&
- !($line =~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:(KERN_\S+\s*|[^"]*))?"[X\t]*"\s*(?:|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ ||
- $line =~ /^\+\s*"[^"]*"\s*(?:\s*|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/) &&
+ !($line =~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:(KERN_\S+\s*|[^"]*))?$String\s*(?:|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ ||
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*$String\s*(?:\s*|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ ||
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+\w+\s+$String$/) &&
$length > $max_line_length)
{
WARN("LONG_LINE",