diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9ef5142b1bea..acc14f5afd53 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5150bda43c58cdce7eb851c3fe2ca913524459a0
+refs/heads/master: 8bbea968f9022c3f66a36902509574597611be99
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 25d716cc44dc..2018f4349b47 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ sub help {
 our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
 	printk|
 	pr_(debug|dbg|vdbg|devel|info|warning|err|notice|alert|crit|emerg|cont)|
-	dev_(printk|dbg|vdbg|info|warn|err|notice|alert|crit|emerg|WARN)|
+	(dev|netdev|netif)_(printk|dbg|vdbg|info|warn|err|notice|alert|crit|emerg|WARN)|
 	WARN|
 	panic
 )};
@@ -1409,7 +1409,8 @@ sub process {
 #80 column limit
 		if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $prevrawline !~ /\/\*\*/ &&
 		    $rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ &&
-		    $line !~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:KERN_\S+\s*)?"[X\t]*"\s*(?:,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ &&
+		    !($line =~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:(KERN_\S+\s*|[^"]*))?"[X\t]*"\s*(?:,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ ||
+		    $line =~ /^\+\s*"[^"]*"\s*(?:\s*|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/) &&
 		    $length > 80)
 		{
 			WARN("line over 80 characters\n" . $herecurr);