1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e954df2b2077..4306b7616cdd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2875,6 +2875,7 @@ sub process {
 #       logging functions like pr_info that end in a string
 #       lines with a single string
 #       #defines that are a single string
+#       lines with an RFC3986 like URL
 #
 # There are 3 different line length message types:
 # LONG_LINE_COMMENT     a comment starts before but extends beyond $max_line_length
@@ -2906,6 +2907,10 @@ sub process {
                                  $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:\w+)?\s*DEFINE_PER_CPU/) {
                                 $msg_type = "";
 
+                        # URL ($rawline is used in case the URL is in a comment)
+                        } elsif ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\b[a-z][\w\.\+\-]*:\/\/\S+/i) {
+                                $msg_type = "";
+
                         # Otherwise set the alternate message types
 
                         # a comment starts before $max_line_length