linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: dummy-tools: Add python3

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Message-ID: <CACSVV00oEEOXczPXZD9TX9nra7UOqzqBgobH+Q5GFGqQeqvLPQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:31:44 -0800
From: Rob Clark <rob.clark@....qualcomm.com>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>, Dmitry Baryshkov <lumag@...nel.org>,
        Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: dummy-tools: Add python3

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 3:16 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 11:57:57AM +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> > DRM_MSM_VALIDATE_XML depends on a python feature. Add a dummy python
> > interpreter to make it possible to configure this option with dummy
> > tools.
> >
> > Fixes: b587f413ca47 ("drm/msm/gen_header: allow skipping the validation")
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>
>
> Sure, this seems reasonable, as Python may become more used for various
> parts of the kernel over time.
>
> I was thinking this could qualify as a fix for Nicolas to take now but
> the help text of CONFIG_DRM_MSM_VALIDATE_XML mentions this option is
> mostly targeted at drm/msm developers, so we can probably just take this
> via kbuild-next.

yes, this is a developers option

Acked-by: Rob Clark <robin.clark@....qualcomm.com>

>
> > ---
> >  scripts/dummy-tools/python3 | 5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100755 scripts/dummy-tools/python3
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/dummy-tools/python3 b/scripts/dummy-tools/python3
> > new file mode 100755
> > index 000000000000..1f3ac6541dd3
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/scripts/dummy-tools/python3
> > @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> > +#!/bin/sh
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > +#
> > +
> > +true
> > --
> > 2.51.0
> >