linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: docs: kdoc_files.py: don't consider symlinks as directories

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Message-ID: <xrekus333iar5zod65ffvcv5fz2rf657dmqbl6npc5jyff4iro@6cdqfudzlbdp>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:08:21 +0100
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>, 
	Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: docs: kdoc_files.py: don't consider symlinks as
 directories

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 09:21:26AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> writes:
> 
> > As reported by Randy, currently kdoc_files can go into endless
> > looks when symlinks are used:
> >
> > 	$ ln -s . Documentation/peci/foo
> > 	$ ./scripts/kernel-doc Documentation/peci/
> > 	...
> > 	  File "/new_devel/docs/scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_files.py", line 52, in _parse_dir
> > 	    if entry.is_dir():
> > 	       ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
> > 	OSError: [Errno 40] Too many levels of symbolic links: 'Documentation/peci/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo/foo'
> >
> > Prevent that by not considering symlinks as directories.
> >
> > Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/80701524-09fd-4d68-8715-331f47c969f2@infradead.org/
> > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
> 
> This looks the same as yesterday's version?

I haven't changed it (but I was assuming yesterday's version was not sent). I had some bugs related to smtp proxy at the office....

> 
> Applied, anyway, thanks.

Thanks!
> 
> jon

-- 
Thanks,
Mauro