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Message-ID: <m24iwmpl0m.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:36:57 +0100
From: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc: Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,  "Jonathan Corbet"
 <corbet@....net>,  "Akira Yokosawa" <akiyks@...il.com>,  "Breno Leitao"
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  "Shuah Khan" <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,  Eric Dumazet
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  joel@...lfernandes.org,  linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,  lkmm@...ts.linux.dev,
  netdev@...r.kernel.org,  peterz@...radead.org,  stern@...land.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] docs: netlink: store generated .rst files at
 Documentation/output

Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> writes:

> It is not a good practice to store build-generated files
> inside $(srctree), as one may be using O=<BUILDDIR> and even
> have the Kernel on a read-only directory.
>
> Change the YAML generation for netlink files to be inside
> the documentation output directory.
>
> This solution is not perfect, though, as sphinx-build only produces
> html files only for files inside the source tree. As it is desired
> to have one netlink file per family, it means that one template
> file is required for every file inside Documentation/netlink/specs.
> Such template files are simple enough. All they need is:
>
> 	# Template for Documentation/netlink/specs/<foo>.yaml
> 	.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/<foo>.rst

I am not a fan of this approach because it pollutes the
Documentation/output dir with source files and the kernel-include
directive is a bit of a hacky workaround.

> A better long term solution is to have an extension at
> Documentation/sphinx that parses *.yaml files for netlink files,
> which could internally be calling ynl_gen_rst.py. Yet, some care
> needs to be taken, as yaml extensions are also used inside device
> tree.

The extension does seem like a better approach, but as mentioned by
Jakub, we'd want to add stub creation to the YNL regen.

The only other approach I can think of to avoid generating files in the
source tree or polluting the Documentation/output dir is to stage all of
the Documentation/ tree into BUILDDIR before adding generated files
there, then running:

  sphinx-build BUILDDIR/Documentation BUILDDIR/Documentation/output

> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/Makefile                        |  8 ++++----
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/conntrack.rst     |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/devlink.rst       |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/dpll.rst          |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/ethtool.rst       |  3 +++
>  Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/fou.rst |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/handshake.rst     |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/index.rst         |  6 ++++++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/lockd.rst         |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/mptcp_pm.rst      |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/net_shaper.rst    |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/netdev.rst        |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/nfsd.rst          |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/nftables.rst      |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/nl80211.rst       |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/nlctrl.rst        |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/ovpn.rst          |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/ovs_datapath.rst  |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/ovs_flow.rst      |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/ovs_vport.rst     |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/readme.txt        |  4 ----
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/rt-addr.rst       |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/rt-link.rst       |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/rt-neigh.rst      |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/rt-route.rst      |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/rt-rule.rst       |  3 +++
>  Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/tc.rst  |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/tcp_metrics.rst   |  3 +++
>  .../networking/netlink_spec/team.rst          |  3 +++
>  tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py            | 19 +++++++++++++------
>  30 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/conntrack.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/devlink.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/dpll.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ethtool.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/fou.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/handshake.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/index.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/lockd.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/mptcp_pm.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/net_shaper.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/netdev.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nfsd.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nftables.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nl80211.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nlctrl.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovpn.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_datapath.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_flow.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_vport.rst
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/readme.txt
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-addr.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-link.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-neigh.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-route.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-rule.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/tc.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/tcp_metrics.rst
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/team.rst
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
> index d30d66ddf1ad..2383825dba49 100644
> --- a/Documentation/Makefile
> +++ b/Documentation/Makefile
> @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ quiet_cmd_sphinx = SPHINX  $@ --> file://$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)/$3/$4)
>  		cp $(if $(patsubst /%,,$(DOCS_CSS)),$(abspath $(srctree)/$(DOCS_CSS)),$(DOCS_CSS)) $(BUILDDIR)/$3/_static/; \
>  	fi
>  
> -YNL_INDEX:=$(srctree)/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/index.rst
> -YNL_RST_DIR:=$(srctree)/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec
> +YNL_INDEX:=$(BUILDDIR)/networking/netlink_spec/netlink_index.rst
> +YNL_RST_DIR:=$(BUILDDIR)/networking/netlink_spec/
>  YNL_YAML_DIR:=$(srctree)/Documentation/netlink/specs
>  YNL_TOOL:=$(srctree)/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
>  
> @@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ YNL_RST_FILES_TMP := $(patsubst %.yaml,%.rst,$(wildcard $(YNL_YAML_DIR)/*.yaml))
>  YNL_RST_FILES := $(patsubst $(YNL_YAML_DIR)%,$(YNL_RST_DIR)%, $(YNL_RST_FILES_TMP))
>  
>  $(YNL_INDEX): $(YNL_RST_FILES)
> -	$(Q)$(YNL_TOOL) -o $@ -x
> +	$(Q)$(YNL_TOOL) -o $@ -d $(YNL_YAML_DIR) -x
>  
>  $(YNL_RST_DIR)/%.rst: $(YNL_YAML_DIR)/%.yaml $(YNL_TOOL)
>  	$(Q)$(YNL_TOOL) -i $< -o $@
>  
> -htmldocs texinfodocs latexdocs epubdocs xmldocs: $(YNL_INDEX)
> +htmldocs texinfodocs latexdocs epubdocs xmldocs: $(YNL_INDEX) $(YNL_RST_FILES)
>  
>  htmldocs:
>  	@$(srctree)/scripts/sphinx-pre-install --version-check
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/conntrack.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/conntrack.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..6fc6af1e6de4
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/conntrack.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/conntrack.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/devlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/devlink.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..412295d396c1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/devlink.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/devlink.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/dpll.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/dpll.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..913e1d9ef744
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/dpll.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/dpll.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ethtool.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ethtool.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..42136a8572b9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ethtool.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/ethtool.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/fou.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/fou.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..103528337d46
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/fou.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/fou.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/handshake.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/handshake.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..600abec80431
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/handshake.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/handshake.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/index.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..8a07a77f2e8b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/index.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +# Netlink documentation is populated during the build of the documentation
> +# (htmldocs) by the tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py script.
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/netlink_index.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/lockd.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/lockd.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..6374dc2a982c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/lockd.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/lockd.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/mptcp_pm.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/mptcp_pm.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..8923db35603e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/mptcp_pm.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/mptcp_pm.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/net_shaper.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/net_shaper.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..82d9300f1c0c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/net_shaper.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/net_shaper.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/netdev.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/netdev.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c379a79c5f23
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/netdev.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/netdev.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nfsd.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nfsd.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..40716f4a3fa8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nfsd.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/nfsd.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nftables.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nftables.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..1dc6d7c5ca58
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nftables.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/nftables.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nl80211.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nl80211.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c056418f7068
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nl80211.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/nl80211.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nlctrl.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nlctrl.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..7fe48f26718e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/nlctrl.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/nlctrl.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovpn.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovpn.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c146b803d742
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovpn.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/ovpn.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_datapath.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_datapath.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..0b1242f2cc9c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_datapath.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_datapath.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_flow.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_flow.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c1019ab06aff
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_flow.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_flow.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_vport.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_vport.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..13eb53ff4c75
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_vport.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/ovs_vport.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/readme.txt b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/readme.txt
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 030b44aca4e6..000000000000
> --- a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/readme.txt
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
> -SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -
> -This file is populated during the build of the documentation (htmldocs) by the
> -tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py script.
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-addr.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-addr.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..2739e81b7a04
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-addr.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/rt-addr.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-link.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-link.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..d4df7268d07c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-link.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/rt-link.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-neigh.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-neigh.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..6c8b62d7b2ff
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-neigh.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/rt-neigh.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-route.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-route.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..a629d14bf405
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-route.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/rt-route.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-rule.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-rule.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e4a991b1bacd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/rt-rule.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/rt-rule.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/tc.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/tc.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..1e78d3caeb5d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/tc.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/tc.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/tcp_metrics.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/tcp_metrics.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ea43bd6f6925
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/tcp_metrics.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/tcp_metrics.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/team.rst b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/team.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..45a3f4d3ed80
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/team.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/networking/netlink_spec/team.rst
> diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
> index 7bfb8ceeeefc..70417a9a8e96 100755
> --- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
> +++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
> @@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ def parse_arguments() -> argparse.Namespace:
>  
>      parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true")
>      parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="Output file name")
> +    parser.add_argument("-d", "--input_dir", help="YAML input directory")
>  
>      # Index and input are mutually exclusive
>      group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
> @@ -405,11 +406,14 @@ def write_to_rstfile(content: str, filename: str) -> None:
>      """Write the generated content into an RST file"""
>      logging.debug("Saving RST file to %s", filename)
>  
> +    dir = os.path.dirname(filename)
> +    os.makedirs(dir, exist_ok=True)
> +
>      with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as rst_file:
>          rst_file.write(content)
>  
>  
> -def generate_main_index_rst(output: str) -> None:
> +def generate_main_index_rst(output: str, index_dir: str, ) -> None:
>      """Generate the `networking_spec/index` content and write to the file"""
>      lines = []
>  
> @@ -418,12 +422,15 @@ def generate_main_index_rst(output: str) -> None:
>      lines.append(rst_title("Netlink Family Specifications"))
>      lines.append(rst_toctree(1))
>  
> -    index_dir = os.path.dirname(output)
> -    logging.debug("Looking for .rst files in %s", index_dir)
> +    index_fname = os.path.basename(output)
> +    if not index_dir:
> +        index_dir = os.path.dirname(output)
> +
> +    logging.debug("Looking for .yaml files in %s", index_dir)
>      for filename in sorted(os.listdir(index_dir)):
> -        if not filename.endswith(".rst") or filename == "index.rst":
> +        if not filename.endswith(".yaml") or filename == index_fname:
>              continue
> -        lines.append(f"   {filename.replace('.rst', '')}\n")
> +        lines.append(f"   {filename.replace('.yaml', '')}\n")
>  
>      logging.debug("Writing an index file at %s", output)
>      write_to_rstfile("".join(lines), output)
> @@ -447,7 +454,7 @@ def main() -> None:
>  
>      if args.index:
>          # Generate the index RST file
> -        generate_main_index_rst(args.output)
> +        generate_main_index_rst(args.output, args.input_dir)
>  
>  
>  if __name__ == "__main__":