Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] docs: automarkup.py: Allow automatic cross-reference inside C namespace

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:56:44 +0200
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > To make the first step possible, disable the parallel_read_safe option
> > in Sphinx, since the dictionary that maps the files to the C namespaces
> > can't be concurrently updated. This unfortunately increases the build
> > time of the documentation.  
> 
> Disabling parallel_read_safe will make performance very poor.
> Doesn't the C domain store the current namespace somewhere?
> If so, then, instead of using the source-read phase, something
> else could be used instead.

That seems like the best solution if it exists, yes.  Otherwise a simple
lock could be used around c_namespace to serialize access there, right?

Thanks,

jon