Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] scripts/kernel-doc.py: don't create *.pyc files

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>]

Em Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:46:41 +0200
Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu> escreveu:

> On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 08:16:23AM +0800 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > 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@intel.com>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/Z_zYXAJcTD-c3xTe@black.fi.intel.com/
> > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
> > Tested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile      | 2 +-
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile | 2 +-
> >  include/drm/Makefile          | 2 +-
> >  scripts/Makefile.build        | 2 +-
> >  scripts/find-unused-docs.sh   | 2 +-
> >  5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> > index ed54a546bbe2..d21d0cd2c752 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) $<; \
> > +		 PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 $(KERNELDOC) -none $(if $(CONFIG_WERROR)$(CONFIG_DRM_WERROR),-Werror) $<; \  
> 
> Did someone check if we could add
> 
>   sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
> 
> to the script itself instead of cluttering PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
> everywhere [1]?

Nice to know that we can set it at the script level. Yet, this is is
meant to be a temporary solution, as IMO the best is to set
PYTHONCACHEPREFIX to match the directory on O=, when it is used.

Thanks,
Mauro