From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 13:21:22 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: docs: kernel_include.py: drop some old behavior
X-Git-Tag: v6.18-rc1~107^2~46
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=118e54633ca894748f300c0f582f4ae1b6254f8d;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git

docs: kernel_include.py: drop some old behavior

The old behavior is not using anymore, so let's drop it.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/00cdf3cbe2481aac875c543ded14b5eacfe071ec.1756732363.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
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diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py
index 661ed978bed8..2c4bb8215b4c 100755
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py
@@ -316,11 +316,9 @@ class KernelInclude(Directive):
         env = self.state.document.settings.env
 
         #
-        # The include logic accepts only patches relative to:
-        #   - Kernel source tree
-        #   - Documentation output directory
-        #
-        # The logic does check it to prevent directory traverse
+        # The include logic accepts only patches relative to the
+        # Kernel source tree.  The logic does check it to prevent
+        # directory traverse issues.
         #
 
         srctree = os.path.abspath(os.environ["srctree"])
@@ -331,10 +329,6 @@ class KernelInclude(Directive):
         if os.path.isfile(src_path):
             base = srctree
             path = src_path
-        elif os.path.exists(arg):
-            # Allow patches from output dir
-            base = os.getcwd()
-            path = os.path.abspath(path)
         else:
             raise self.warning(f'File "%s" doesn\'t exist', path)
 
@@ -359,11 +353,6 @@ class KernelInclude(Directive):
 
         env.note_dependency(os.path.abspath(path))
 
-        # HINT: I had to copy&paste the whole Include.run method. I'am not happy
-        # with this, but due to security reasons, the Include.run method does
-        # not allow absolute or relative pathnames pointing to locations *above*
-        # the filesystem tree where the reST document is placed.
-
         if not self.state.document.settings.file_insertion_enabled:
             raise self.warning('"%s" directive disabled.' % self.name)
         source = self.state_machine.input_lines.source(self.lineno -