Re: [PATCH v5 05/15] tools: ynl_gen_rst.py: make the index parser more generic

On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 08:57:35AM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:59:27 +0100
> Simon Horman <[email protected]> escreveu:
> 
> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 10:02:02AM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > 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 <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  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)  
> > 
> > Hi Mauro,
> > 
> > With this patch applied I see the following, which did not happen before.
> 
> Thanks! this was an intermediate step. I'll just drop this patch and
> fix conflicts at the next version.

Likewise, thanks.