Re: [PATCH v2 10/12] docs: sphinx: parser_yaml.py: add Netlink specs parser

From: Donald Hunter
Date: Fri Jun 13 2025 - 07:57:12 EST


Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Place the code at parser_yaml.py to handle Netlink specs. All
> other yaml files are ignored.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .pylintrc | 2 +-
> Documentation/sphinx/parser_yaml.py | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
> index 30b8ae1659f8..f1d21379254b 100644
> --- a/.pylintrc
> +++ b/.pylintrc
> @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
> [MASTER]
> -init-hook='import sys; sys.path += ["scripts/lib/kdoc", "scripts/lib/abi"]'
> +init-hook='import sys; sys.path += ["scripts/lib", "scripts/lib/kdoc", "scripts/lib/abi"]'
> diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/parser_yaml.py b/Documentation/sphinx/parser_yaml.py
> index b3cde9cf7aac..eb32e3249274 100755
> --- a/Documentation/sphinx/parser_yaml.py
> +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/parser_yaml.py
> @@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Sphinx extension for processing YAML files
> """
>
> import os
> +import re
> +import sys
> +
> +from pprint import pformat
>
> from docutils.parsers.rst import Parser as RSTParser
> from docutils.statemachine import ViewList
> @@ -10,7 +14,10 @@ from docutils.statemachine import ViewList
> from sphinx.util import logging
> from sphinx.parsers import Parser
>
> -from pprint import pformat
> +srctree = os.path.abspath(os.environ["srctree"])
> +sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(srctree, "scripts/lib"))
> +
> +from netlink_yml_parser import NetlinkYamlParser # pylint: disable=C0413
>
> logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
>
> @@ -19,8 +26,9 @@ class YamlParser(Parser):
>
> supported = ('yaml', 'yml')
>
> - # Overrides docutils.parsers.Parser. See sphinx.parsers.RSTParser
> - def parse(self, inputstring, document):
> + netlink_parser = NetlinkYamlParser()
> +
> + def do_parse(self, inputstring, document, msg):
> """Parse YAML and generate a document tree."""
>
> self.setup_parse(inputstring, document)
> @@ -28,14 +36,6 @@ class YamlParser(Parser):
> result = ViewList()
>
> try:
> - # FIXME: Test logic to generate some ReST content
> - basename = os.path.basename(document.current_source)
> - title = os.path.splitext(basename)[0].replace('_', ' ').title()
> -
> - msg = f"{title}\n"
> - msg += "=" * len(title) + "\n\n"
> - msg += "Something\n"
> -
> # Parse message with RSTParser
> for i, line in enumerate(msg.split('\n')):
> result.append(line, document.current_source, i)
> @@ -48,6 +48,23 @@ class YamlParser(Parser):
>
> self.finish_parse()
>
> + # Overrides docutils.parsers.Parser. See sphinx.parsers.RSTParser
> + def parse(self, inputstring, document):
> + """Check if a YAML is meant to be parsed."""
> +
> + fname = document.current_source
> +
> + # Handle netlink yaml specs
> + if re.search("/netlink/specs/", fname):

The re.search is overkill since it is not a regexp. You can instead say:

if '/netlink/specs/' in fname:

> + if fname.endswith("index.yaml"):
> + msg = self.netlink_parser.generate_main_index_rst(fname, None)
> + else:

I'm guessing we can drop these lines if the static index.rst approach works.

> + msg = self.netlink_parser.parse_yaml_file(fname)
> +
> + self.do_parse(inputstring, document, msg)
> +
> + # All other yaml files are ignored
> +
> def setup(app):
> """Setup function for the Sphinx extension."""