[PATCH 03/25] docs: conf: don't rely on cwd to get documentation location

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab

Date: Mon Jan 19 2026 - 11:23:34 EST


Instead of relying that Sphinx will be called from Documentation/
dir, pick the location based on __file__.

Suggested-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/conf.py | 12 +++++-------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index 10322b1a28a7..f0367c48adc6 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ from textwrap import dedent

import sphinx

-# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("sphinx"))
+# Location of Documentation/ directory
+kern_doc_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+# Add location of Sphinx extensions
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(kern_doc_dir, "sphinx"))

# Minimal supported version
needs_sphinx = "3.4.3"
@@ -32,9 +33,6 @@ else:
# Include patterns that don't contain directory names, in glob format
include_patterns = ["**.rst"]

-# Location of Documentation/ directory
-kern_doc_dir = os.path.abspath(".")
-
# Exclude of patterns that don't contain directory names, in glob format.
exclude_patterns = []

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