[PATCH] scripts/kernel-doc.py: don't create *.pyc files

Mauro Carvalho Chehab mchehab+huawei at kernel.org
Wed Apr 16 06:42:57 UTC 2025


As reported by Andy, kernel-doc.py is creating a __pycache__
directory at build time.

Disable creation of __pycache__ for the libraries used by
kernel-doc.py, when excecuted via the build system or via
scripts/find-unused-docs.sh.

Reported-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/Z_zYXAJcTD-c3xTe@black.fi.intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile      | 2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile | 2 +-
 include/drm/Makefile          | 2 +-
 scripts/find-unused-docs.sh   | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
index ed54a546bbe2..1469d64f8783 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ always-$(CONFIG_DRM_HEADER_TEST) += \
 quiet_cmd_hdrtest = HDRTEST $(patsubst %.hdrtest,%.h,$@)
       cmd_hdrtest = \
 		$(CC) $(c_flags) -fsyntax-only -x c /dev/null -include $< -include $<; \
-		$(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc -none $(if $(CONFIG_WERROR)$(CONFIG_DRM_WERROR),-Werror) $<; \
+		$(KERNELDOC) PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 -none $(if $(CONFIG_WERROR)$(CONFIG_DRM_WERROR),-Werror) $<; \
 		touch $@
 
 $(obj)/%.hdrtest: $(src)/%.h FORCE
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
index ed05b131ed3a..bb873f9cc2aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_I915_GVT_KVMGT) += kvmgt.o
 #
 # Enable locally for CONFIG_DRM_I915_WERROR=y. See also scripts/Makefile.build
 ifdef CONFIG_DRM_I915_WERROR
-    cmd_checkdoc = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc -none -Werror $<
+    cmd_checkdoc = $(KERNELDOC) PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 -none -Werror $<
 endif
 
 # header test
diff --git a/include/drm/Makefile b/include/drm/Makefile
index a7bd15d2803e..6088ea458f44 100644
--- a/include/drm/Makefile
+++ b/include/drm/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ always-$(CONFIG_DRM_HEADER_TEST) += \
 quiet_cmd_hdrtest = HDRTEST $(patsubst %.hdrtest,%.h,$@)
       cmd_hdrtest = \
 		$(CC) $(c_flags) -fsyntax-only -x c /dev/null -include $< -include $<; \
-		$(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc -none $(if $(CONFIG_WERROR)$(CONFIG_DRM_WERROR),-Werror) $<; \
+		$(KERNELDOC) PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 -none $(if $(CONFIG_WERROR)$(CONFIG_DRM_WERROR),-Werror) $<; \
 		touch $@
 
 $(obj)/%.hdrtest: $(src)/%.h FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/find-unused-docs.sh b/scripts/find-unused-docs.sh
index ee6a50e33aba..d6d397fbf917 100755
--- a/scripts/find-unused-docs.sh
+++ b/scripts/find-unused-docs.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for file in `find $1 -name '*.c'`; do
 	if [[ ${FILES_INCLUDED[$file]+_} ]]; then
 	continue;
 	fi
-	str=$(scripts/kernel-doc -export "$file" 2>/dev/null)
+	str=$(PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 scripts/kernel-doc -export "$file" 2>/dev/null)
 	if [[ -n "$str" ]]; then
 	echo "$file"
 	fi
-- 
2.49.0



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