When getting kernel version via make, the result may be polluted by other output, like directory change info. e.g. $ export MAKEFLAGS="-w" $ make kernelversion make: Entering directory '/home/net' 6.8.0 make: Leaving directory '/home/net' This will distort the reStructuredText output and make latter rst2man failed like: bpf-helpers.rst:20: (WARNING/2) Field list ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent. Using silent mode would help. e.g. $ make -s --no-print-directory kernelversion 6.8.0 Fixes: fd0a38f9c37d ("scripts/bpf: Set version attribute for bpf-helpers(7) man page") Signed-off-by: Michael Hofmann <mhofmann@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/bpf_doc.py | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/bpf_doc.py b/scripts/bpf_doc.py index 4606944984ee..c55878bddfdd 100755 --- a/scripts/bpf_doc.py +++ b/scripts/bpf_doc.py @@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ class PrinterRST(Printer): version = version.stdout.decode().rstrip() except: try: - version = subprocess.run(['make', 'kernelversion'], cwd=linuxRoot, - capture_output=True, check=True) + version = subprocess.run(['make', '-s', '--no-print-directory', 'kernelversion'], + cwd=linuxRoot, capture_output=True, check=True) version = version.stdout.decode().rstrip() except: return 'Linux' -- 2.43.0