Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move kernel-doc to tools/docs

[Randy Dunlap]

On 1/15/26 7:05 AM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Em Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:24:31 -0700
>>> Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> escreveu:
>>>
>>>> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I do many of these on a regular basis:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ ./scripts/kernel-doc -none -Wall <path_to_source_file>
>>>>>
>>>>> Will I still be able to do that (by using ./tools/doc/kernel-doc ...)?  
>>>>
>>>> Yes.  The tool moves, but its functionality remains unchanged.
>>>
>>> That's actually a good point: should we preserve a link on scripts
>>> pointing to ../tools/doc/kernel-doc? I suspect that a change like
>>> that could break some machinery on several CI tools and scripts
>>> out there. If so, it could be useful to keep a link - at least for
>>> a couple of kernel releases.
>>
>> I think the tool source should be called kernel_doc.py or something, and
>> scripts/kernel-doc should be a script running the former.
> 
> I honestly don't get it - why add an extra indirection step here?

a. compatibility with people in the wild running scripts/kernel-doc

b. adhere to well-known naming conventions.

-- 
~Randy