linux-kernel - Please backport commit 00d95fcc4dee ("docs: kdoc: handle the obsolescensce of docutils.ErrorString()") to v6.17.y

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Message-ID: <aPUCTJx5uepKVuM9@eldamar.lan>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 17:22:52 +0200
From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
To: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, Zhixu Liu <zhixu.liu@...il.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Please backport commit 00d95fcc4dee ("docs: kdoc: handle the
 obsolescensce of docutils.ErrorString()") to v6.17.y

Hi

When people update docutils to 0.22, then the Documentation build will
start failing as documented with the commit 00d95fcc4dee ("docs: kdoc:
handle the obsolescensce of docutils.ErrorString()").

So it would be nice if people can still build the documenation with
newer versions (was for instance relevant for Debian unstable for
building the 6.17.y based packages): https://bugs.debian.org/1118100

Thus can you please backport 00d95fcc4dee ("docs: kdoc: handle the
obsolescensce of docutils.ErrorString()") down to 6.17.y stable
series? The commit does not apply cleanly so adding a backport for it.

Actually it would be nice to go further back, but I just tested as
well 6.12.y and there due to missing faccc0ec64e1 ("docs:
sphinx/kernel_abi: adjust coding style") there are more work.

faccc0ec64e1 ("docs: sphinx/kernel_abi: adjust coding style") should
be applicable but I'm not sure if you want to support that. Jonathan
what would you think?

Regards,
Salvatore

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