[PATCH v3 0/4] Don't create Python bytecode when building the kernel

[PATCH v3 0/4] Don't create Python bytecode when building the kernel

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

As reported by Andy, the Kernel build system runs kernel-doc script for DRM,
when W=1. Due to Python's normal behavior, its JIT compiler will create
a bytecode and store it under scripts/lib/*/__pycache__.  As one may be using
O= and even having the sources on a read-only mount point, disable its
creation during build time.

This is done by adding PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 on every place
where the script is called within Kbuild and when called via another script.
 
This only solves half of the issue though, as one may be manually running
the script by hand, without asking Python to not store any bytecode.
This should be OK, but afterwards, git status will list the __pycache__ as
not committed. To prevent that, add *.pyc to .gitignore.

This series contain 4 patches:

- patch 1 adjusts a variable that pass extra data to scripts/kerneldoc.py;
- patch 2moves scripts/kernel-doc location to the main makefile
  and exports it, as scripts/Makefile.build will need it;
- patch 3 disables __pycache__ generation and ensure that the entire Kbuild
  will use KERNELDOC var for the location of kernel-doc;
- patch 4 adds *.pyc at the list of object files to be ignored.

---

v3:
- move KERNELDOC to the main Makefile;
- get rid of the badly-named KERNELDOC_CONF var.

v2:
- added a .gitignore file;
- add PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 to the places where kernel-doc
  is called.

Mauro Carvalho Chehab (4):
  docs: Makefile: get rid of KERNELDOC_CONF env variable
  Makefile: move KERNELDOC macro to the main Makefile
  scripts/kernel-doc.py: don't create *.pyc files
  .gitignore: ignore Python compiled bytecode

 .gitignore                    | 1 +
 Documentation/Makefile        | 5 ++---
 Makefile                      | 5 +++++
 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 +-
 8 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

-- 
2.49.0

[PATCH v3 2/4] Makefile: move KERNELDOC macro to the main Makefile

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

As kernel-doc script is used not only on Documentation, but
also on scripts and drivers/drm Makefiles, move it to the
main makefile, as otherwise sub-makefiles may not have it.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/Makefile | 1 -
 Makefile               | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index a006c7681412..8c1f6a3dfc44 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ endif #HAVE_LATEXMK
 # Internal variables.
 PAPEROPT_a4     = -D latex_paper_size=a4
 PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
-KERNELDOC       = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc.py
 ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -D kerneldoc_srctree=$(srctree) -D kerneldoc_bin=$(KERNELDOC)
 ALLSPHINXOPTS   += $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS)
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/.config),)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 38689a0c3605..2a05988740a9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -458,6 +458,11 @@ endif
 HOSTRUSTC = rustc
 HOSTPKG_CONFIG	= pkg-config
 
+# the KERNELDOC macro needs to be exported, as scripts/Makefile.build
+# has a logic to call it
+KERNELDOC       = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc.py
+export KERNELDOC
+
 KBUILD_USERHOSTCFLAGS := -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes \
 			 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu11
 KBUILD_USERCFLAGS  := $(KBUILD_USERHOSTCFLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS)
-- 
2.49.0

[PATCH v3 3/4] scripts/kernel-doc.py: don't create *.pyc files

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

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>
---
 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) $<; \
 		touch $@
 
 $(obj)/%.hdrtest: $(src)/%.h FORCE
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
index ed05b131ed3a..ab6b89a163e7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ obj-$(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 = PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 $(KERNELDOC) -none -Werror $<
 endif
 
 # header test
diff --git a/include/drm/Makefile b/include/drm/Makefile
index a7bd15d2803e..1df6962556ef 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) $<; \
+		PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 $(KERNELDOC) -none $(if $(CONFIG_WERROR)$(CONFIG_DRM_WERROR),-Werror) $<; \
 		touch $@
 
 $(obj)/%.hdrtest: $(src)/%.h FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 13dcd86e74ca..884dc86ce04e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ else ifeq ($(KBUILD_CHECKSRC),2)
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN),)
-  cmd_checkdoc = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc -none $(KDOCFLAGS) \
+  cmd_checkdoc = PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 $(KERNELDOC) -none $(KDOCFLAGS) \
         $(if $(findstring 2, $(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN)), -Wall) \
         $<
 endif
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

Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Don't create Python bytecode when building the kernel

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 07:50:01AM +0800, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> As reported by Andy, the Kernel build system runs kernel-doc script for DRM,
> when W=1. Due to Python's normal behavior, its JIT compiler will create
> a bytecode and store it under scripts/lib/*/__pycache__.  As one may be using
> O= and even having the sources on a read-only mount point, disable its
> creation during build time.
> 
> This is done by adding PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 on every place
> where the script is called within Kbuild and when called via another script.
>  
> This only solves half of the issue though, as one may be manually running
> the script by hand, without asking Python to not store any bytecode.
> This should be OK, but afterwards, git status will list the __pycache__ as
> not committed. To prevent that, add *.pyc to .gitignore.
> 
> This series contain 4 patches:
> 
> - patch 1 adjusts a variable that pass extra data to scripts/kerneldoc.py;
> - patch 2moves scripts/kernel-doc location to the main makefile
>   and exports it, as scripts/Makefile.build will need it;
> - patch 3 disables __pycache__ generation and ensure that the entire Kbuild
>   will use KERNELDOC var for the location of kernel-doc;
> - patch 4 adds *.pyc at the list of object files to be ignored.

This one works for me, thanks!
Tested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko