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

[Nicolas Schier]

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@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/Z_zYXAJcTD-c3xTe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  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]?

Kind regards,
Nicolas


[1]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.dont_write_bytecode