Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> It is not a good practice to store build-generated files
> inside $(srctree), as one may be using O=<BUILDDIR> and even
> have the Kernel on a read-only directory.
>
> Change the YAML generation for netlink files to allow it
> to parse data based on the source or on the object tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
Please drop this patch. It introduces changes that affect interim
patches and the functionality all gets dropped later in the series.
> ---
> tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
> index 7bfb8ceeeefc..b1e5acafb998 100755
> --- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
> +++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_rst.py
> @@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ def parse_arguments() -> argparse.Namespace:
>
> parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true")
> parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="Output file name")
> + parser.add_argument("-d", "--input_dir", help="YAML input directory")
>
> # Index and input are mutually exclusive
> group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
> @@ -405,11 +406,14 @@ def write_to_rstfile(content: str, filename: str) -> None:
> """Write the generated content into an RST file"""
> logging.debug("Saving RST file to %s", filename)
>
> + dir = os.path.dirname(filename)
> + os.makedirs(dir, exist_ok=True)
> +
> with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as rst_file:
> rst_file.write(content)
>
>
> -def generate_main_index_rst(output: str) -> None:
> +def generate_main_index_rst(output: str, index_dir: str) -> None:
> """Generate the `networking_spec/index` content and write to the file"""
> lines = []
>
> @@ -418,12 +422,18 @@ def generate_main_index_rst(output: str) -> None:
> lines.append(rst_title("Netlink Family Specifications"))
> lines.append(rst_toctree(1))
>
> - index_dir = os.path.dirname(output)
> - logging.debug("Looking for .rst files in %s", index_dir)
> + index_fname = os.path.basename(output)
> + base, ext = os.path.splitext(index_fname)
> +
> + if not index_dir:
> + index_dir = os.path.dirname(output)
> +
> + logging.debug(f"Looking for {ext} files in %s", index_dir)
> for filename in sorted(os.listdir(index_dir)):
> - if not filename.endswith(".rst") or filename == "index.rst":
> + if not filename.endswith(ext) or filename == index_fname:
> continue
> - lines.append(f" {filename.replace('.rst', '')}\n")
> + base, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
> + lines.append(f" {base}\n")
>
> logging.debug("Writing an index file at %s", output)
> write_to_rstfile("".join(lines), output)
> @@ -447,7 +457,7 @@ def main() -> None:
>
> if args.index:
> # Generate the index RST file
> - generate_main_index_rst(args.output)
> + generate_main_index_rst(args.output, args.input_dir)
>
>
> if __name__ == "__main__":
