linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: kernel-doc: avoid script crash on ancient Python

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Message-ID: <8251d567-5218-4fa1-aed2-f38ec089989d@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:08:14 +0900
From: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
To: mchehab+huawei@...nel.org
Cc: corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: kernel-doc: avoid script crash on ancient
 Python

Hi,

On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:54:28 +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> While we do need at least 3.6 for kernel-doc to work, and at least
> 3.7 for it to output functions and structs with parameters at the
> right order, let the python binary be compatible with legacy
                              code?

> versions.
> 
[...]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
> ---
>  scripts/kernel-doc.py | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc.py b/scripts/kernel-doc.py
> index fc3d46ef519f..d4f9188d6a19 100755
> --- a/scripts/kernel-doc.py
> +++ b/scripts/kernel-doc.py
> @@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
> -#!/usr/bin/env python3
> +#!/usr/bin/env python

This would conflict with my existing setup which has
/usr/bin/python3 only.

Please don't do this!

        Thanks, Akira