perl files (*.pl) are mostly inappropriate to check coding styles so exempt them from long line checks and various .[ch] file type tests. And as well, only scan absolute paths in the commit log, not in the patch. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/85b101d50acafe6c0261d9f7df283c827da52c4a.1477340110.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>