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Date:   Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:30:59 +0200
From:   Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
To:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>,
        LinuxKernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        jforbes@...oraproject.org, markus.heiser@...marit.de
Subject: Re: Documentation: build failure with sphinx >= 3.0.0: exception:
 cannot import name 'c_funcptr_sig_re' from 'sphinx.domains.c'

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 09, 2020 at 03:23:27PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Hi 
> On Thu, Apr 09, 2020 at 05:04:54AM +0530, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> > On 13:25 Wed 08 Apr 2020, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> > > On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 17:07:05 +0530
> > > Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Extension error:
> > > > Could not import extension cdomain (exception: cannot import name
> > > > 'c_funcptr_sig_re' from 'sphinx.domains.c'
> > > > (/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sphinx/domains/c.py))
> > > > Apr 08 16:48:46 enabling CJK for LaTeX builder
> > > > Apr 08 16:48:46   CC      kernel/power/poweroff.o
> > > > make[1]: *** [Documentation/Makefile:81: htmldocs] Error 2
> > > > make: *** [Makefile:1549: htmldocs] Error 2
> > > > make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > > 
> > > This is weird, to say the least.  But I think the "python3.8" in the
> > > message above says everything you need to know.  If you're running with
> > > an unreleased version of Python, it's not entirely surprising that you
> > > might run into trouble with a complex package.
> > > 
> > > jon
> > 
> > Thank you Jon...will investigate more and keep your suggestion in mind.
> 
> The problem is actually related to changes happening in Sphinx 3.0.0.
> There is the followign issue filled upstream:
> 
> https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/7421
> 
> 'c_funcptr_sig_re' was removed upstream in sphinx v3.0.0b1 and so the
> kernel documentation build fails. This is reproducible with a recent
> sphinx version (in attached case it is 3.2.0):
> 
> $ make PYTHON=python3 xmldocs
>   SPHINX  xmldocs --> file:///home/build/linux/Documentation/output/xml
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'xml'.
> Running Sphinx v3.2.0
> 
> Extension error:
> Could not import extension cdomain (exception: cannot import name 'c_funcptr_sig_re' from 'sphinx.domains.c' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sphinx/domains/c.py))
> make[1]: *** [Documentation/Makefile:115: xmldocs] Error 2
> make: *** [Makefile:1655: xmldocs] Error 2
> 
> Distribution reports related to this issue:
> https://bugs.debian.org/963636
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/66178
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/66156

As a workaround to make the documentation build again (but known that
parts of the documentation will be broken), we could drop the cdomain
extension.

Regards,
Salvatore

>From 9e81028c7e5f8f33f67a768b9c306536fd8e688f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:11:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Drop use of 'cdomain' sphinx extension module

'c_funcptr_sig_re' was removed upstream in sphinx v3.0.0b1 and so the
kernel documentation build fails sphinx 3.x.

As a (temporary) workaround to make the documentation build, the
'cdomain' sphinx extension can be removed from the Documentation build
configuration file, although some parts using the feature will be
broken.

https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/7421 describes the
workaround.

Cc: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de>
Cc: Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@...oraproject.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/20200809132327.GA145573@eldamar.local/
Link: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/66178
Link: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/66156
Link: https://bugs.debian.org/963636
Signed-off-by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
---
 Documentation/conf.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index c503188880d9..b5b2be8eec22 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ needs_sphinx = '1.3'
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
-extensions = ['kerneldoc', 'rstFlatTable', 'kernel_include', 'cdomain',
+extensions = ['kerneldoc', 'rstFlatTable', 'kernel_include',
               'kfigure', 'sphinx.ext.ifconfig', 'automarkup',
               'maintainers_include', 'sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel' ]
 
-- 
2.28.0