On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 03:51:03PM +0800, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > > As reported by Andy, the Kernel build system runs kernel-doc script for DRM, > when W=1. Due to Python's normal behavior, its JIT compiler will create > a bytecode and store it under scripts/lib/*/__pycache__. > > As one may be using O= and even having the sources on a read-only mount > point, disable its creation during build time.
Would it be possible to properly support O= and create pyc / pycache inside the object/output dir? > > This only solves half of the issue though, as one may be manually running > the script by hand, without asking Python to not store any bytecode. > This should be OK, but afterwards, git status will list the __pycache__ as > not committed. To prevent that, add *.pyc to .gitignore. > > --- > > v3: > - changed the order of PYTHONDONTBYTECODE; > - patched also scripts/Makefile > > Mauro Carvalho Chehab (2): > scripts/kernel-doc.py: don't create *.pyc files > .gitignore: ignore Python compiled bytecode > > .gitignore | 1 + > drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile | 2 +- > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile | 2 +- > include/drm/Makefile | 2 +- > scripts/Makefile.build | 2 +- > scripts/find-unused-docs.sh | 2 +- > 6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.49.0 > > -- With best wishes Dmitry
