linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Do not run kernel-doc when building external modules

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNARR9bZQ9t9emcVzmL+P7xYemu=8s8v_LshQ0-m_zEE9mA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 16:02:10 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Rong Zhang <i@...g.moe>, 
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Do not run kernel-doc when building external modules

On Sun, Feb 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:37:47 -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > After commit 778b8ebe5192 ("docs: Move the python libraries to
> > tools/lib/python"), building an external module with any value of W=
> > against the output of install-extmod-build fails with:
> >
> >   $ make -C /usr/lib/modules/6.19.0-rc7-00108-g4d310797262f/build M=$PWD W=1
> >   make: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.19.0-rc7-00108-g4d310797262f/build'
> >   make[1]: Entering directory '...'
> >     CC [M] ...
> >   Traceback (most recent call last):
> >     File "/usr/lib/modules/6.19.0-rc7-00108-g4d310797262f/build/scripts/kernel-doc.py", line 339, in <module>
> >       main()
> >       ~~~~^^
> >     File "/usr/lib/modules/6.19.0-rc7-00108-g4d310797262f/build/scripts/kernel-doc.py", line 295, in main
> >       from kdoc.kdoc_files import KernelFiles             # pylint: disable=C0415
> >       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >   ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kdoc'
> >
> > [...]
>
> Applied to kbuild/linux.git (kbuild-fixes-unstable), thanks!


I believe this is a wrong direction to go.

Since kernel-doc is a part of Kbuild,
all dependent libraries should exist under scripts/.


--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada