[PATCH 1/2] checkpatch: Don't check for 75 chars per line for create/delete mode lines

[Saravana Kannan]

Cover letters have a "create/delete mode <mode> <filename>" line for files
added/deleted in the patch series. Ignore these lines when checking for the
maximum 75 chars per line limit.

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

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9c4c4a61bc83..f306634a938c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3271,6 +3271,8 @@ sub process {
 					# filename then :
 		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|$link_tags_search|$signature_tags)/i ||
 					# A Fixes:, link or signature tag line
+		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:delete|create) mode\s+[0-8]+\s+\S+\s*$/i ||
+					# A "create/delete mode <mode> <filename>" line found in cover letters
 		      $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
 			WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
 			     "Prefer a maximum 75 chars per line (possible unwrapped commit description?)\n" . $herecurr);
-- 
2.44.0.rc0.258.g7320e95886-goog