[PATCH 17/24] docs: kernel_include.py: add support to generate a TOC table

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Thu Aug 21 2025 - 10:30:20 EST


When generate-cross-refs is used, instead of just implementing
the default of generating a literal block, we can also
generate a ReST file as a TOC.

The advantage is that, by being a ReST file, missing references
will point to the place inside the header file that has the
broken link.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py | 36 ++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py
index 0909eb3a07ea..79682408105e 100755
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class KernelInclude(Include):
option_spec.update({
'generate-cross-refs': directives.flag,
'warn-broken': directives.flag,
+ 'toc': directives.flag,
'exception-file': directives.unchanged,
})

@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ class KernelInclude(Include):
except UnicodeError as error:
raise self.severe('Problem with directive:\n%s' % ErrorString(error))

- def read_rawtext_with_xrefs(self, env, path):
+ def read_rawtext_with_xrefs(self, env, path, output_type):
parser = ParseDataStructs()
parser.parse_file(path)

@@ -126,7 +127,10 @@ class KernelInclude(Include):
if 'warn-broken' in self.options:
env._xref_files.add(path)

- return parser.gen_output()
+ if output_type == "toc":
+ return parser.gen_toc()
+
+ return ".. parsed-literal::\n\n" + parser.gen_output()

def apply_range(self, rawtext):
# Get to-be-included content
@@ -243,39 +247,43 @@ class KernelInclude(Include):
e_handler = self.state.document.settings.input_encoding_error_handler
tab_width = self.options.get("tab-width",
self.state.document.settings.tab_width)
- startline = self.options.get("start-line", None)
- endline = self.options.get("end-line", None)

if "literal" in self.options:
- ouptut_type = "literal"
+ output_type = "literal"
elif "code" in self.options:
- ouptut_type = "code"
+ output_type = "code"
else:
- ouptut_type = "normal"
+ output_type = "rst"

# Get optional arguments to related to cross-references generation
- if 'generate-cross-refs' in self.options:
- rawtext = self.read_rawtext_with_xrefs(env, path)
+ if "generate-cross-refs" in self.options:
+ if "toc" in self.options:
+ output_type = "toc"
+
+ rawtext = self.read_rawtext_with_xrefs(env, path, output_type)
+
+ # When :generate-cross-refs: is used, the input is always a C
+ # file, so it has to be handled as a parsed-literal
+ if output_type == "rst":
+ output_type = "literal"

title = os.path.basename(path)
-
- if "code" not in self.options:
- rawtext = ".. parsed-literal::\n\n" + rawtext
else:
rawtext = self.read_rawtext(path, encoding)

rawtext = self.apply_range(rawtext)

- if ouptut_type == "literal":
+ if output_type == "literal":
return self.literal(path, tab_width, rawtext)

include_lines = statemachine.string2lines(rawtext, tab_width,
convert_whitespace=True)

- if ouptut_type == "code":
+ if output_type == "code":
return self.code(path, include_lines)

self.state_machine.insert_input(include_lines, path)
+
return []

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