Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: ignore paths outside kernel for DT_SCHEMA_FILES

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 10:57 AM André Draszik <andre.draszik@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2024-01-15 at 17:37 +0100, Michal Simek wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 1/15/24 17:29, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 09:40:37AM +0000, André Draszik wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2024-01-15 at 10:20 +0100, Michal Simek wrote:
> > > > > This patch is causing issue for me. Look at log below.
> > > > > I am running it directly on the latest linux-next/master.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Michal
> > > > >
> > > > > $ make DT_SCHEMA_FILES="Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,cci-400.yaml"
> > > > > dt_binding_check
> > > >
> > > > It'll work if you drop the 'Documentation/devicetree/bindings' part from the path, as
> > > > it is implied since bindings can only be in that directory anyway:
> > > >
> > > >      make DT_SCHEMA_FILES="arm/arm,cci-400.yaml" dt_binding_check
> > > >      make DT_SCHEMA_FILES="arm,cci-400.yaml" dt_binding_check
> > > >
> > > > both work.
> > >
> > > Requiring that is pretty user unfriendly though I think, passing the
> > > full path from the root directory of the kernel tree would be my
> > > assumption of the "default".
> >
> > I am using full path like this for years.
>
> I just just went by Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-schema.rst
> which doesn't suggest adding Documentation/devicetree/bindings/. In an
> attempt to make it more robust for anybody following this doc, I opted
> for the current implementation.

It originally worked only with the full tree path. It's now enhanced
to take any substring for a match. As that is preferred (and shorter)
that's what the documentation has.

> > I can fix my scripts but would be good to consider correct path inside the
> > kernel is something what this patch should also allow.
> > Because path above is correct and it is not outside of the kernel that's why at
> > least commit message should be massage a little bit.
>
> I hear you, and I'll make a v2 to not imply the bindings directory.

A follow-up, not a v2 because v1 is already applied.

Rob