doc: update Kernel documentation build system

Update the docomentation build system according to Linux v5.11-rc1.

With this patch we can build the HTML documentation using either of
Sphinx 2 and Sphinx 3.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
[Fix warning in b4860qds.rst about "Switch Settings"]
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>

14 files changed, 1146 insertions, 44 deletions

diff --git a/doc/board/freescale/b4860qds.rst b/doc/board/freescale/b4860qds.rst
index de14d857b91..6b5b1218d48 100644
--- a/doc/board/freescale/b4860qds.rst
+++ b/doc/board/freescale/b4860qds.rst
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ B4420 has:
 B4860QDS Default Settings
 -------------------------
 
-Switch Settings
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+B4860QDS Switch Settings
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. code-block:: none
 
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ NOR boot::
 B4420QDS Default Settings
 -------------------------
 
-Switch Settings
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+B4420QDS Switch Settings
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. code-block:: none
 
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index ee7f2017242..1b9f3591d5a 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import sys
 import os
 import sphinx
 
+from subprocess import check_output
+
 # Get Sphinx version
 major, minor, patch = sphinx.version_info[:3]
 
@@ -31,39 +33,98 @@ from load_config import loadConfig
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
 needs_sphinx = '1.3'
 
-latex_engine = 'xelatex'
-
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
-extensions = ['kerneldoc', 'rstFlatTable', 'kernel_include', 'kfigure']
+extensions = ['kerneldoc', 'rstFlatTable', 'kernel_include',
+              'kfigure', 'sphinx.ext.ifconfig', 'automarkup',
+              'maintainers_include', 'sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel',
+              'kernel_abi', 'kernel_feat']
 
 #
-# cdomain is badly broken in Sphinx 3+. Leaving it out generates *most*
-# of the docs correctly, but not all.
+# cdomain is badly broken in Sphinx 3+.  Leaving it out generates *most*
+# of the docs correctly, but not all.  Scream bloody murder but allow
+# the process to proceed; hopefully somebody will fix this properly soon.
 #
 if major >= 3:
+    sys.stderr.write('''WARNING: The kernel documentation build process
+        support for Sphinx v3.0 and above is brand new. Be prepared for
+        possible issues in the generated output.
+        ''')
     if (major > 3) or (minor > 0 or patch >= 2):
-        sys.stderr.write('''The build process with Sphinx 3+ is broken.
-You will have to remove -W in doc/Makefile.
-''')
         # Sphinx c function parser is more pedantic with regards to type
         # checking. Due to that, having macros at c:function cause problems.
-        # Those needed to be escaped by using c_id_attributes[] array
+        # Those needed to be scaped by using c_id_attributes[] array
         c_id_attributes = [
-
-            # include/linux/compiler.h
+            # GCC Compiler types not parsed by Sphinx:
+            "__restrict__",
+
+            # include/linux/compiler_types.h:
+            "__iomem",
+            "__kernel",
+            "noinstr",
+            "notrace",
+            "__percpu",
+            "__rcu",
+            "__user",
+
+            # include/linux/compiler_attributes.h:
+            "__alias",
+            "__aligned",
+            "__aligned_largest",
+            "__always_inline",
+            "__assume_aligned",
+            "__cold",
+            "__attribute_const__",
+            "__copy",
+            "__pure",
+            "__designated_init",
+            "__visible",
+            "__printf",
+            "__scanf",
+            "__gnu_inline",
+            "__malloc",
+            "__mode",
+            "__no_caller_saved_registers",
+            "__noclone",
+            "__nonstring",
+            "__noreturn",
+            "__packed",
+            "__pure",
+            "__section",
+            "__always_unused",
             "__maybe_unused",
+            "__used",
+            "__weak",
+            "noinline",
 
             # include/efi.h
             "EFIAPI",
 
             # include/efi_loader.h
             "__efi_runtime",
+
+            # include/linux/memblock.h:
+            "__init_memblock",
+            "__meminit",
+
+            # include/linux/init.h:
+            "__init",
+            "__ref",
+
+            # include/linux/linkage.h:
+            "asmlinkage",
         ]
 
 else:
     extensions.append('cdomain')
+    if major == 1 and minor < 7:
+        sys.stderr.write('WARNING: Sphinx 1.7 or greater will be required as of '
+                         'the v2021.04 release\n')
+
+# Ensure that autosectionlabel will produce unique names
+autosectionlabel_prefix_document = True
+autosectionlabel_maxdepth = 2
 
 # The name of the math extension changed on Sphinx 1.4
 if (major == 1 and minor > 3) or (major > 1):
@@ -86,9 +147,9 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
 master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
-project = 'Das U-Boot'
-copyright = 'The U-Boot development community'
-author = 'The U-Boot development community'
+project = 'The Linux Kernel'
+copyright = 'The kernel development community'
+author = 'The kernel development community'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -199,7 +260,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
 # of the sidebar.
-html_logo = '../tools/logos/u-boot_logo.svg'
+#html_logo = None
 
 # The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
 # docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
@@ -229,7 +290,7 @@ html_context = {
 
 # If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
 # typographically correct entities.
-#html_use_smartypants = True
+html_use_smartypants = False
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
 #html_sidebars = {}
@@ -279,7 +340,7 @@ html_context = {
 #html_search_scorer = 'scorer.js'
 
 # Output file base name for HTML help builder.
-htmlhelp_basename = 'TheUBootdoc'
+htmlhelp_basename = 'TheLinuxKerneldoc'
 
 # -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
 
@@ -288,7 +349,7 @@ latex_elements = {
 'papersize': 'a4paper',
 
 # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
-'pointsize': '8pt',
+'pointsize': '11pt',
 
 # Latex figure (float) alignment
 #'figure_align': 'htbp',
@@ -301,13 +362,24 @@ latex_elements = {
     'preamble': '''
 	% Use some font with UTF-8 support with XeLaTeX
         \\usepackage{fontspec}
-        \\setsansfont{DejaVu Serif}
-        \\setromanfont{DejaVu Sans}
+        \\setsansfont{DejaVu Sans}
+        \\setromanfont{DejaVu Serif}
         \\setmonofont{DejaVu Sans Mono}
-
      '''
 }
 
+# At least one book (translations) may have Asian characters
+# with are only displayed if xeCJK is used
+
+cjk_cmd = check_output(['fc-list', '--format="%{family[0]}\n"']).decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+if cjk_cmd.find("Noto Sans CJK SC") >= 0:
+    print ("enabling CJK for LaTeX builder")
+    latex_elements['preamble']  += '''
+	% This is needed for translations
+        \\usepackage{xeCJK}
+        \\setCJKmainfont{Noto Sans CJK SC}
+     '''
+
 # Fix reference escape troubles with Sphinx 1.4.x
 if major == 1 and minor > 3:
     latex_elements['preamble']  += '\\renewcommand*{\\DUrole}[2]{ #2 }\n'
@@ -398,10 +470,23 @@ if major == 1 and minor < 6:
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
 # Sorted in alphabetical order
 latex_documents = [
-    ('index', 'u-boot-hacker-manual.tex', 'U-Boot Hacker Manual',
-     'The U-Boot development community', 'manual'),
 ]
 
+# Add all other index files from Documentation/ subdirectories
+for fn in os.listdir('.'):
+    doc = os.path.join(fn, "index")
+    if os.path.exists(doc + ".rst"):
+        has = False
+        for l in latex_documents:
+            if l[0] == doc:
+                has = True
+                break
+        if not has:
+            latex_documents.append((doc, fn + '.tex',
+                                    'Linux %s Documentation' % fn.capitalize(),
+                                    'The kernel development community',
+                                    'manual'))
+
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
 # the title page.
 #latex_logo = None
@@ -428,7 +513,7 @@ latex_documents = [
 # One entry per manual page. List of tuples
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
-    (master_doc, 'dasuboot', 'The U-Boot Documentation',
+    (master_doc, 'thelinuxkernel', 'The Linux Kernel Documentation',
      [author], 1)
 ]
 
@@ -442,8 +527,8 @@ man_pages = [
 # (source start file, target name, title, author,
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
-    (master_doc, 'DasUBoot', 'The U-Boot Documentation',
-     author, 'DasUBoot', 'One line description of project.',
+    (master_doc, 'TheLinuxKernel', 'The Linux Kernel Documentation',
+     author, 'TheLinuxKernel', 'One line description of project.',
      'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
 
@@ -535,13 +620,13 @@ epub_exclude_files = ['search.html']
 # Grouping the document tree into PDF files. List of tuples
 # (source start file, target name, title, author, options).
 #
-# See the Sphinx chapter of http://ralsina.me/static/manual.pdf
+# See the Sphinx chapter of https://ralsina.me/static/manual.pdf
 #
 # FIXME: Do not add the index file here; the result will be too big. Adding
 # multiple PDF files here actually tries to get the cross-referencing right
 # *between* PDF files.
 pdf_documents = [
-    ('uboot-documentation', u'U-Boot', u'U-Boot', u'J. Random Bozo'),
+    ('kernel-documentation', u'Kernel', u'Kernel', u'J. Random Bozo'),
 ]
 
 # kernel-doc extension configuration for running Sphinx directly (e.g. by Read
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/automarkup.py b/doc/sphinx/automarkup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..953b24b6e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sphinx/automarkup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright 2019 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
+#
+# Apply kernel-specific tweaks after the initial document processing
+# has been done.
+#
+from docutils import nodes
+import sphinx
+from sphinx import addnodes
+if sphinx.version_info[0] < 2 or \
+   sphinx.version_info[0] == 2 and sphinx.version_info[1] < 1:
+    from sphinx.environment import NoUri
+else:
+    from sphinx.errors import NoUri
+import re
+from itertools import chain
+
+#
+# Python 2 lacks re.ASCII...
+#
+try:
+    ascii_p3 = re.ASCII
+except AttributeError:
+    ascii_p3 = 0
+
+#
+# Regex nastiness.  Of course.
+# Try to identify "function()" that's not already marked up some
+# other way.  Sphinx doesn't like a lot of stuff right after a
+# :c:func: block (i.e. ":c:func:`mmap()`s" flakes out), so the last
+# bit tries to restrict matches to things that won't create trouble.
+#
+RE_function = re.compile(r'\b(([a-zA-Z_]\w+)\(\))', flags=ascii_p3)
+
+#
+# Sphinx 2 uses the same :c:type role for struct, union, enum and typedef
+#
+RE_generic_type = re.compile(r'\b(struct|union|enum|typedef)\s+([a-zA-Z_]\w+)',
+                             flags=ascii_p3)
+
+#
+# Sphinx 3 uses a different C role for each one of struct, union, enum and
+# typedef
+#
+RE_struct = re.compile(r'\b(struct)\s+([a-zA-Z_]\w+)', flags=ascii_p3)
+RE_union = re.compile(r'\b(union)\s+([a-zA-Z_]\w+)', flags=ascii_p3)
+RE_enum = re.compile(r'\b(enum)\s+([a-zA-Z_]\w+)', flags=ascii_p3)
+RE_typedef = re.compile(r'\b(typedef)\s+([a-zA-Z_]\w+)', flags=ascii_p3)
+
+#
+# Detects a reference to a documentation page of the form Documentation/... with
+# an optional extension
+#
+RE_doc = re.compile(r'\bDocumentation(/[\w\-_/]+)(\.\w+)*')
+
+RE_namespace = re.compile(r'^\s*..\s*c:namespace::\s*(\S+)\s*$')
+
+#
+# Reserved C words that we should skip when cross-referencing
+#
+Skipnames = [ 'for', 'if', 'register', 'sizeof', 'struct', 'unsigned' ]
+
+
+#
+# Many places in the docs refer to common system calls.  It is
+# pointless to try to cross-reference them and, as has been known
+# to happen, somebody defining a function by these names can lead
+# to the creation of incorrect and confusing cross references.  So
+# just don't even try with these names.
+#
+Skipfuncs = [ 'open', 'close', 'read', 'write', 'fcntl', 'mmap',
+              'select', 'poll', 'fork', 'execve', 'clone', 'ioctl',
+              'socket' ]
+
+c_namespace = ''
+
+def markup_refs(docname, app, node):
+    t = node.astext()
+    done = 0
+    repl = [ ]
+    #
+    # Associate each regex with the function that will markup its matches
+    #
+    markup_func_sphinx2 = {RE_doc: markup_doc_ref,
+                           RE_function: markup_c_ref,
+                           RE_generic_type: markup_c_ref}
+
+    markup_func_sphinx3 = {RE_doc: markup_doc_ref,
+                           RE_function: markup_func_ref_sphinx3,
+                           RE_struct: markup_c_ref,
+                           RE_union: markup_c_ref,
+                           RE_enum: markup_c_ref,
+                           RE_typedef: markup_c_ref}
+
+    if sphinx.version_info[0] >= 3:
+        markup_func = markup_func_sphinx3
+    else:
+        markup_func = markup_func_sphinx2
+
+    match_iterators = [regex.finditer(t) for regex in markup_func]
+    #
+    # Sort all references by the starting position in text
+    #
+    sorted_matches = sorted(chain(*match_iterators), key=lambda m: m.start())
+    for m in sorted_matches:
+        #
+        # Include any text prior to match as a normal text node.
+        #
+        if m.start() > done:
+            repl.append(nodes.Text(t[done:m.start()]))
+
+        #
+        # Call the function associated with the regex that matched this text and
+        # append its return to the text
+        #
+        repl.append(markup_func[m.re](docname, app, m))
+
+        done = m.end()
+    if done < len(t):
+        repl.append(nodes.Text(t[done:]))
+    return repl
+
+#
+# In sphinx3 we can cross-reference to C macro and function, each one with its
+# own C role, but both match the same regex, so we try both.
+#
+def markup_func_ref_sphinx3(docname, app, match):
+    class_str = ['c-func', 'c-macro']
+    reftype_str = ['function', 'macro']
+
+    cdom = app.env.domains['c']
+    #
+    # Go through the dance of getting an xref out of the C domain
+    #
+    base_target = match.group(2)
+    target_text = nodes.Text(match.group(0))
+    xref = None
+    possible_targets = [base_target]
+    # Check if this document has a namespace, and if so, try
+    # cross-referencing inside it first.
+    if c_namespace:
+        possible_targets.insert(0, c_namespace + "." + base_target)
+
+    if base_target not in Skipnames:
+        for target in possible_targets:
+            if target not in Skipfuncs:
+                for class_s, reftype_s in zip(class_str, reftype_str):
+                    lit_text = nodes.literal(classes=['xref', 'c', class_s])
+                    lit_text += target_text
+                    pxref = addnodes.pending_xref('', refdomain = 'c',
+                                                  reftype = reftype_s,
+                                                  reftarget = target, modname = None,
+                                                  classname = None)
+                    #
+                    # XXX The Latex builder will throw NoUri exceptions here,
+                    # work around that by ignoring them.
+                    #
+                    try:
+                        xref = cdom.resolve_xref(app.env, docname, app.builder,
+                                                 reftype_s, target, pxref,
+                                                 lit_text)
+                    except NoUri:
+                        xref = None
+
+                    if xref:
+                        return xref
+
+    return target_text
+
+def markup_c_ref(docname, app, match):
+    class_str = {# Sphinx 2 only
+                 RE_function: 'c-func',
+                 RE_generic_type: 'c-type',
+                 # Sphinx 3+ only
+                 RE_struct: 'c-struct',
+                 RE_union: 'c-union',
+                 RE_enum: 'c-enum',
+                 RE_typedef: 'c-type',
+                 }
+    reftype_str = {# Sphinx 2 only
+                   RE_function: 'function',
+                   RE_generic_type: 'type',
+                   # Sphinx 3+ only
+                   RE_struct: 'struct',
+                   RE_union: 'union',
+                   RE_enum: 'enum',
+                   RE_typedef: 'type',
+                   }
+
+    cdom = app.env.domains['c']
+    #
+    # Go through the dance of getting an xref out of the C domain
+    #
+    base_target = match.group(2)
+    target_text = nodes.Text(match.group(0))
+    xref = None
+    possible_targets = [base_target]
+    # Check if this document has a namespace, and if so, try
+    # cross-referencing inside it first.
+    if c_namespace:
+        possible_targets.insert(0, c_namespace + "." + base_target)
+
+    if base_target not in Skipnames:
+        for target in possible_targets:
+            if not (match.re == RE_function and target in Skipfuncs):
+                lit_text = nodes.literal(classes=['xref', 'c', class_str[match.re]])
+                lit_text += target_text
+                pxref = addnodes.pending_xref('', refdomain = 'c',
+                                              reftype = reftype_str[match.re],
+                                              reftarget = target, modname = None,
+                                              classname = None)
+                #
+                # XXX The Latex builder will throw NoUri exceptions here,
+                # work around that by ignoring them.
+                #
+                try:
+                    xref = cdom.resolve_xref(app.env, docname, app.builder,
+                                             reftype_str[match.re], target, pxref,
+                                             lit_text)
+                except NoUri:
+                    xref = None
+
+                if xref:
+                    return xref
+
+    return target_text
+
+#
+# Try to replace a documentation reference of the form Documentation/... with a
+# cross reference to that page
+#
+def markup_doc_ref(docname, app, match):
+    stddom = app.env.domains['std']
+    #
+    # Go through the dance of getting an xref out of the std domain
+    #
+    target = match.group(1)
+    xref = None
+    pxref = addnodes.pending_xref('', refdomain = 'std', reftype = 'doc',
+                                  reftarget = target, modname = None,
+                                  classname = None, refexplicit = False)
+    #
+    # XXX The Latex builder will throw NoUri exceptions here,
+    # work around that by ignoring them.
+    #
+    try:
+        xref = stddom.resolve_xref(app.env, docname, app.builder, 'doc',
+                                   target, pxref, None)
+    except NoUri:
+        xref = None
+    #
+    # Return the xref if we got it; otherwise just return the plain text.
+    #
+    if xref:
+        return xref
+    else:
+        return nodes.Text(match.group(0))
+
+def get_c_namespace(app, docname):
+    source = app.env.doc2path(docname)
+    with open(source) as f:
+        for l in f:
+            match = RE_namespace.search(l)
+            if match:
+                return match.group(1)
+    return ''
+
+def auto_markup(app, doctree, name):
+    global c_namespace
+    c_namespace = get_c_namespace(app, name)
+    #
+    # This loop could eventually be improved on.  Someday maybe we
+    # want a proper tree traversal with a lot of awareness of which
+    # kinds of nodes to prune.  But this works well for now.
+    #
+    # The nodes.literal test catches ``literal text``, its purpose is to
+    # avoid adding cross-references to functions that have been explicitly
+    # marked with cc:func:.
+    #
+    for para in doctree.traverse(nodes.paragraph):
+        for node in para.traverse(nodes.Text):
+            if not isinstance(node.parent, nodes.literal):
+                node.parent.replace(node, markup_refs(name, app, node))
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.connect('doctree-resolved', auto_markup)
+    return {
+        'parallel_read_safe': True,
+        'parallel_write_safe': True,
+        }
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/cdomain.py b/doc/sphinx/cdomain.py
index cbac8e608dc..014a5229e57 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/cdomain.py
+++ b/doc/sphinx/cdomain.py
@@ -40,14 +40,94 @@ from sphinx import addnodes
 from sphinx.domains.c import c_funcptr_sig_re, c_sig_re
 from sphinx.domains.c import CObject as Base_CObject
 from sphinx.domains.c import CDomain as Base_CDomain
+from itertools import chain
+import re
 
-__version__  = '1.0'
+__version__  = '1.1'
 
 # Get Sphinx version
 major, minor, patch = sphinx.version_info[:3]
 
+# Namespace to be prepended to the full name
+namespace = None
+
+#
+# Handle trivial newer c domain tags that are part of Sphinx 3.1 c domain tags
+# - Store the namespace if ".. c:namespace::" tag is found
+#
+RE_namespace = re.compile(r'^\s*..\s*c:namespace::\s*(\S+)\s*$')
+
+def markup_namespace(match):
+    global namespace
+
+    namespace = match.group(1)
+
+    return ""
+
+#
+# Handle c:macro for function-style declaration
+#
+RE_macro = re.compile(r'^\s*..\s*c:macro::\s*(\S+)\s+(\S.*)\s*$')
+def markup_macro(match):
+    return ".. c:function:: " + match.group(1) + ' ' + match.group(2)
+
+#
+# Handle newer c domain tags that are evaluated as .. c:type: for
+# backward-compatibility with Sphinx < 3.0
+#
+RE_ctype = re.compile(r'^\s*..\s*c:(struct|union|enum|enumerator|alias)::\s*(.*)$')
+
+def markup_ctype(match):
+    return ".. c:type:: " + match.group(2)
+
+#
+# Handle newer c domain tags that are evaluated as :c:type: for
+# backward-compatibility with Sphinx < 3.0
+#
+RE_ctype_refs = re.compile(r':c:(var|struct|union|enum|enumerator)::`([^\`]+)`')
+def markup_ctype_refs(match):
+    return ":c:type:`" + match.group(2) + '`'
+
+#
+# Simply convert :c:expr: and :c:texpr: into a literal block.
+#
+RE_expr = re.compile(r':c:(expr|texpr):`([^\`]+)`')
+def markup_c_expr(match):
+    return '\ ``' + match.group(2) + '``\ '
+
+#
+# Parse Sphinx 3.x C markups, replacing them by backward-compatible ones
+#
+def c_markups(app, docname, source):
+    result = ""
+    markup_func = {
+        RE_namespace: markup_namespace,
+        RE_expr: markup_c_expr,
+        RE_macro: markup_macro,
+        RE_ctype: markup_ctype,
+        RE_ctype_refs: markup_ctype_refs,
+    }
+
+    lines = iter(source[0].splitlines(True))
+    for n in lines:
+        match_iterators = [regex.finditer(n) for regex in markup_func]
+        matches = sorted(chain(*match_iterators), key=lambda m: m.start())
+        for m in matches:
+            n = n[:m.start()] + markup_func[m.re](m) + n[m.end():]
+
+        result = result + n
+
+    source[0] = result
+
+#
+# Now implements support for the cdomain namespacing logic
+#
+
 def setup(app):
 
+    # Handle easy Sphinx 3.1+ simple new tags: :c:expr and .. c:namespace::
+    app.connect('source-read', c_markups)
+
     if (major == 1 and minor < 8):
         app.override_domain(CDomain)
     else:
@@ -75,6 +155,8 @@ class CObject(Base_CObject):
         function-like macro, the name of the macro is returned. Otherwise
         ``False`` is returned.  """
 
+        global namespace
+
         if not self.objtype == 'function':
             return False
 
@@ -107,11 +189,16 @@ class CObject(Base_CObject):
             param += nodes.emphasis(argname, argname)
             paramlist += param
 
+        if namespace:
+            fullname = namespace + "." + fullname
+
         return fullname
 
     def handle_signature(self, sig, signode):
         """Transform a C signature into RST nodes."""
 
+        global namespace
+
         fullname = self.handle_func_like_macro(sig, signode)
         if not fullname:
             fullname = super(CObject, self).handle_signature(sig, signode)
@@ -122,6 +209,10 @@ class CObject(Base_CObject):
             else:
                 # FIXME: handle :name: value of other declaration types?
                 pass
+        else:
+            if namespace:
+                fullname = namespace + "." + fullname
+
         return fullname
 
     def add_target_and_index(self, name, sig, signode):
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/kernel_abi.py b/doc/sphinx/kernel_abi.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3da859c987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sphinx/kernel_abi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
+# coding=utf-8
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+u"""
+    kernel-abi
+    ~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Implementation of the ``kernel-abi`` reST-directive.
+
+    :copyright:  Copyright (C) 2016  Markus Heiser
+    :copyright:  Copyright (C) 2016-2020  Mauro Carvalho Chehab
+    :maintained-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
+    :license:    GPL Version 2, June 1991 see Linux/COPYING for details.
+
+    The ``kernel-abi`` (:py:class:`KernelCmd`) directive calls the
+    scripts/get_abi.pl script to parse the Kernel ABI files.
+
+    Overview of directive's argument and options.
+
+    .. code-block:: rst
+
+        .. kernel-abi:: <ABI directory location>
+            :debug:
+
+    The argument ``<ABI directory location>`` is required. It contains the
+    location of the ABI files to be parsed.
+
+    ``debug``
+      Inserts a code-block with the *raw* reST. Sometimes it is helpful to see
+      what reST is generated.
+
+"""
+
+import codecs
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import re
+import kernellog
+
+from os import path
+
+from docutils import nodes, statemachine
+from docutils.statemachine import ViewList
+from docutils.parsers.rst import directives, Directive
+from docutils.utils.error_reporting import ErrorString
+
+#
+# AutodocReporter is only good up to Sphinx 1.7
+#
+import sphinx
+
+Use_SSI = sphinx.__version__[:3] >= '1.7'
+if Use_SSI:
+    from sphinx.util.docutils import switch_source_input
+else:
+    from sphinx.ext.autodoc import AutodocReporter
+
+__version__  = '1.0'
+
+def setup(app):
+
+    app.add_directive("kernel-abi", KernelCmd)
+    return dict(
+        version = __version__
+        , parallel_read_safe = True
+        , parallel_write_safe = True
+    )
+
+class KernelCmd(Directive):
+
+    u"""KernelABI (``kernel-abi``) directive"""
+
+    required_arguments = 1
+    optional_arguments = 2
+    has_content = False
+    final_argument_whitespace = True
+
+    option_spec = {
+        "debug"     : directives.flag,
+        "rst"       : directives.unchanged
+    }
+
+    def run(self):
+
+        doc = self.state.document
+        if not doc.settings.file_insertion_enabled:
+            raise self.warning("docutils: file insertion disabled")
+
+        env = doc.settings.env
+        cwd = path.dirname(doc.current_source)
+        cmd = "get_abi.pl rest --enable-lineno --dir "
+        cmd += self.arguments[0]
+
+        if 'rst' in self.options:
+            cmd += " --rst-source"
+
+        srctree = path.abspath(os.environ["srctree"])
+
+        fname = cmd
+
+        # extend PATH with $(srctree)/scripts
+        path_env = os.pathsep.join([
+            srctree + os.sep + "scripts",
+            os.environ["PATH"]
+        ])
+        shell_env = os.environ.copy()
+        shell_env["PATH"]    = path_env
+        shell_env["srctree"] = srctree
+
+        lines = self.runCmd(cmd, shell=True, cwd=cwd, env=shell_env)
+        nodeList = self.nestedParse(lines, self.arguments[0])
+        return nodeList
+
+    def runCmd(self, cmd, **kwargs):
+        u"""Run command ``cmd`` and return it's stdout as unicode."""
+
+        try:
+            proc = subprocess.Popen(
+                cmd
+                , stdout = subprocess.PIPE
+                , stderr = subprocess.PIPE
+                , **kwargs
+            )
+            out, err = proc.communicate()
+
+            out, err = codecs.decode(out, 'utf-8'), codecs.decode(err, 'utf-8')
+
+            if proc.returncode != 0:
+                raise self.severe(
+                    u"command '%s' failed with return code %d"
+                    % (cmd, proc.returncode)
+                )
+        except OSError as exc:
+            raise self.severe(u"problems with '%s' directive: %s."
+                              % (self.name, ErrorString(exc)))
+        return out
+
+    def nestedParse(self, lines, fname):
+        content = ViewList()
+        node = nodes.section()
+
+        if "debug" in self.options:
+            code_block = "\n\n.. code-block:: rst\n    :linenos:\n"
+            for l in lines.split("\n"):
+                code_block += "\n    " + l
+            lines = code_block + "\n\n"
+
+        line_regex = re.compile("^#define LINENO (\S+)\#([0-9]+)$")
+        ln = 0
+        n = 0
+        f = fname
+
+        for line in lines.split("\n"):
+            n = n + 1
+            match = line_regex.search(line)
+            if match:
+                new_f = match.group(1)
+
+                # Sphinx parser is lazy: it stops parsing contents in the
+                # middle, if it is too big. So, handle it per input file
+                if new_f != f and content:
+                    self.do_parse(content, node)
+                    content = ViewList()
+
+                f = new_f
+
+                # sphinx counts lines from 0
+                ln = int(match.group(2)) - 1
+            else:
+                content.append(line, f, ln)
+
+        kernellog.info(self.state.document.settings.env.app, "%s: parsed %i lines" % (fname, n))
+
+        if content:
+            self.do_parse(content, node)
+
+        return node.children
+
+    def do_parse(self, content, node):
+        if Use_SSI:
+            with switch_source_input(self.state, content):
+                self.state.nested_parse(content, 0, node, match_titles=1)
+        else:
+            buf  = self.state.memo.title_styles, self.state.memo.section_level, self.state.memo.reporter
+
+            self.state.memo.title_styles  = []
+            self.state.memo.section_level = 0
+            self.state.memo.reporter      = AutodocReporter(content, self.state.memo.reporter)
+            try:
+                self.state.nested_parse(content, 0, node, match_titles=1)
+            finally:
+                self.state.memo.title_styles, self.state.memo.section_level, self.state.memo.reporter = buf
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/kernel_feat.py b/doc/sphinx/kernel_feat.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fee04f1ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sphinx/kernel_feat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+# coding=utf-8
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+u"""
+    kernel-feat
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Implementation of the ``kernel-feat`` reST-directive.
+
+    :copyright:  Copyright (C) 2016  Markus Heiser
+    :copyright:  Copyright (C) 2016-2019  Mauro Carvalho Chehab
+    :maintained-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
+    :license:    GPL Version 2, June 1991 see Linux/COPYING for details.
+
+    The ``kernel-feat`` (:py:class:`KernelFeat`) directive calls the
+    scripts/get_feat.pl script to parse the Kernel ABI files.
+
+    Overview of directive's argument and options.
+
+    .. code-block:: rst
+
+        .. kernel-feat:: <ABI directory location>
+            :debug:
+
+    The argument ``<ABI directory location>`` is required. It contains the
+    location of the ABI files to be parsed.
+
+    ``debug``
+      Inserts a code-block with the *raw* reST. Sometimes it is helpful to see
+      what reST is generated.
+
+"""
+
+import codecs
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from os import path
+
+from docutils import nodes, statemachine
+from docutils.statemachine import ViewList
+from docutils.parsers.rst import directives, Directive
+from docutils.utils.error_reporting import ErrorString
+
+#
+# AutodocReporter is only good up to Sphinx 1.7
+#
+import sphinx
+
+Use_SSI = sphinx.__version__[:3] >= '1.7'
+if Use_SSI:
+    from sphinx.util.docutils import switch_source_input
+else:
+    from sphinx.ext.autodoc import AutodocReporter
+
+__version__  = '1.0'
+
+def setup(app):
+
+    app.add_directive("kernel-feat", KernelFeat)
+    return dict(
+        version = __version__
+        , parallel_read_safe = True
+        , parallel_write_safe = True
+    )
+
+class KernelFeat(Directive):
+
+    u"""KernelFeat (``kernel-feat``) directive"""
+
+    required_arguments = 1
+    optional_arguments = 2
+    has_content = False
+    final_argument_whitespace = True
+
+    option_spec = {
+        "debug"     : directives.flag
+    }
+
+    def warn(self, message, **replace):
+        replace["fname"]   = self.state.document.current_source
+        replace["line_no"] = replace.get("line_no", self.lineno)
+        message = ("%(fname)s:%(line_no)s: [kernel-feat WARN] : " + message) % replace
+        self.state.document.settings.env.app.warn(message, prefix="")
+
+    def run(self):
+
+        doc = self.state.document
+        if not doc.settings.file_insertion_enabled:
+            raise self.warning("docutils: file insertion disabled")
+
+        env = doc.settings.env
+        cwd = path.dirname(doc.current_source)
+        cmd = "get_feat.pl rest --dir "
+        cmd += self.arguments[0]
+
+        if len(self.arguments) > 1:
+            cmd += " --arch " + self.arguments[1]
+
+        srctree = path.abspath(os.environ["srctree"])
+
+        fname = cmd
+
+        # extend PATH with $(srctree)/scripts
+        path_env = os.pathsep.join([
+            srctree + os.sep + "scripts",
+            os.environ["PATH"]
+        ])
+        shell_env = os.environ.copy()
+        shell_env["PATH"]    = path_env
+        shell_env["srctree"] = srctree
+
+        lines = self.runCmd(cmd, shell=True, cwd=cwd, env=shell_env)
+        nodeList = self.nestedParse(lines, fname)
+        return nodeList
+
+    def runCmd(self, cmd, **kwargs):
+        u"""Run command ``cmd`` and return it's stdout as unicode."""
+
+        try:
+            proc = subprocess.Popen(
+                cmd
+                , stdout = subprocess.PIPE
+                , stderr = subprocess.PIPE
+                , **kwargs
+            )
+            out, err = proc.communicate()
+
+            out, err = codecs.decode(out, 'utf-8'), codecs.decode(err, 'utf-8')
+
+            if proc.returncode != 0:
+                raise self.severe(
+                    u"command '%s' failed with return code %d"
+                    % (cmd, proc.returncode)
+                )
+        except OSError as exc:
+            raise self.severe(u"problems with '%s' directive: %s."
+                              % (self.name, ErrorString(exc)))
+        return out
+
+    def nestedParse(self, lines, fname):
+        content = ViewList()
+        node    = nodes.section()
+
+        if "debug" in self.options:
+            code_block = "\n\n.. code-block:: rst\n    :linenos:\n"
+            for l in lines.split("\n"):
+                code_block += "\n    " + l
+            lines = code_block + "\n\n"
+
+        for c, l in enumerate(lines.split("\n")):
+            content.append(l, fname, c)
+
+        buf  = self.state.memo.title_styles, self.state.memo.section_level, self.state.memo.reporter
+
+        if Use_SSI:
+            with switch_source_input(self.state, content):
+                self.state.nested_parse(content, 0, node, match_titles=1)
+        else:
+            self.state.memo.title_styles  = []
+            self.state.memo.section_level = 0
+            self.state.memo.reporter      = AutodocReporter(content, self.state.memo.reporter)
+            try:
+                self.state.nested_parse(content, 0, node, match_titles=1)
+            finally:
+                self.state.memo.title_styles, self.state.memo.section_level, self.state.memo.reporter = buf
+
+        return node.children
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/kerneldoc.py b/doc/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
index 4bcbd6ae01c..e9857ab904f 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
+++ b/doc/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive):
         'export': directives.unchanged,
         'internal': directives.unchanged,
         'identifiers': directives.unchanged,
+        'no-identifiers': directives.unchanged,
         'functions': directives.unchanged,
     }
     has_content = False
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive):
         env = self.state.document.settings.env
         cmd = [env.config.kerneldoc_bin, '-rst', '-enable-lineno']
 
+	# Pass the version string to kernel-doc, as it needs to use a different
+	# dialect, depending what the C domain supports for each specific
+	# Sphinx versions
+        cmd += ['-sphinx-version', sphinx.__version__]
+
         filename = env.config.kerneldoc_srctree + '/' + self.arguments[0]
         export_file_patterns = []
 
@@ -99,6 +105,12 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive):
             else:
                 cmd += ['-no-doc-sections']
 
+        if 'no-identifiers' in self.options:
+            no_identifiers = self.options.get('no-identifiers').split()
+            if no_identifiers:
+                for i in no_identifiers:
+                    cmd += ['-nosymbol', i]
+
         for pattern in export_file_patterns:
             for f in glob.glob(env.config.kerneldoc_srctree + '/' + pattern):
                 env.note_dependency(os.path.abspath(f))
@@ -136,7 +148,8 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive):
                     lineoffset = int(match.group(1)) - 1
                     # we must eat our comments since the upset the markup
                 else:
-                    result.append(line, filename, lineoffset)
+                    doc = env.srcdir + "/" + env.docname + ":" + str(self.lineno)
+                    result.append(line, doc + ": " + filename, lineoffset)
                     lineoffset += 1
 
             node = nodes.section()
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/kernellog.py b/doc/sphinx/kernellog.py
index af924f51a7d..8ac7d274f54 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/kernellog.py
+++ b/doc/sphinx/kernellog.py
@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ def verbose(app, message):
     else:
         app.verbose(message)
 
-
+def info(app, message):
+    if UseLogging:
+        logger.info(message)
+    else:
+        app.info(message)
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/kfigure.py b/doc/sphinx/kfigure.py
index fbfe6693bb6..788704886ee 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/kfigure.py
+++ b/doc/sphinx/kfigure.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ u"""
 
     Used tools:
 
-    * ``dot(1)``: Graphviz (http://www.graphviz.org). If Graphviz is not
+    * ``dot(1)``: Graphviz (https://www.graphviz.org). If Graphviz is not
       available, the DOT language is inserted as literal-block.
 
     * SVG to PDF: To generate PDF, you need at least one of this tools:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ u"""
     * generate PDF from SVG / used by PDF (LaTeX) builder
 
     * generate SVG (html-builder) and PDF (latex-builder) from DOT files.
-      DOT: see http://www.graphviz.org/content/dot-language
+      DOT: see https://www.graphviz.org/content/dot-language
 
     """
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def setupTools(app):
         kernellog.verbose(app, "use dot(1) from: " + dot_cmd)
     else:
         kernellog.warn(app, "dot(1) not found, for better output quality install "
-                       "graphviz from http://www.graphviz.org")
+                       "graphviz from https://www.graphviz.org")
     if convert_cmd:
         kernellog.verbose(app, "use convert(1) from: " + convert_cmd)
     else:
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/load_config.py b/doc/sphinx/load_config.py
index 301a21aa4f6..eeb394b39e2 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/load_config.py
+++ b/doc/sphinx/load_config.py
@@ -21,6 +21,29 @@ def loadConfig(namespace):
         and os.path.normpath(namespace["__file__"]) != os.path.normpath(config_file) ):
         config_file = os.path.abspath(config_file)
 
+        # Let's avoid one conf.py file just due to latex_documents
+        start = config_file.find('Documentation/')
+        if start >= 0:
+            start = config_file.find('/', start + 1)
+
+        end = config_file.rfind('/')
+        if start >= 0 and end > 0:
+            dir = config_file[start + 1:end]
+
+            print("source directory: %s" % dir)
+            new_latex_docs = []
+            latex_documents = namespace['latex_documents']
+
+            for l in latex_documents:
+                if l[0].find(dir + '/') == 0:
+                    has = True
+                    fn = l[0][len(dir) + 1:]
+                    new_latex_docs.append((fn, l[1], l[2], l[3], l[4]))
+                    break
+
+            namespace['latex_documents'] = new_latex_docs
+
+        # If there is an extra conf.py file, load it
         if os.path.isfile(config_file):
             sys.stdout.write("load additional sphinx-config: %s\n" % config_file)
             config = namespace.copy()
@@ -29,4 +52,6 @@ def loadConfig(namespace):
             del config['__file__']
             namespace.update(config)
         else:
-            sys.stderr.write("WARNING: additional sphinx-config not found: %s\n" % config_file)
+            config = namespace.copy()
+            config['tags'].add("subproject")
+            namespace.update(config)
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/maintainers_include.py b/doc/sphinx/maintainers_include.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..dc8fed48d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sphinx/maintainers_include.py
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
+# pylint: disable=R0903, C0330, R0914, R0912, E0401
+
+u"""
+    maintainers-include
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Implementation of the ``maintainers-include`` reST-directive.
+
+    :copyright:  Copyright (C) 2019  Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
+    :license:    GPL Version 2, June 1991 see linux/COPYING for details.
+
+    The ``maintainers-include`` reST-directive performs extensive parsing
+    specific to the Linux kernel's standard "MAINTAINERS" file, in an
+    effort to avoid needing to heavily mark up the original plain text.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import re
+import os.path
+
+from docutils import statemachine
+from docutils.utils.error_reporting import ErrorString
+from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive
+from docutils.parsers.rst.directives.misc import Include
+
+__version__  = '1.0'
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.add_directive("maintainers-include", MaintainersInclude)
+    return dict(
+        version = __version__,
+        parallel_read_safe = True,
+        parallel_write_safe = True
+    )
+
+class MaintainersInclude(Include):
+    u"""MaintainersInclude (``maintainers-include``) directive"""
+    required_arguments = 0
+
+    def parse_maintainers(self, path):
+        """Parse all the MAINTAINERS lines into ReST for human-readability"""
+
+        result = list()
+        result.append(".. _maintainers:")
+        result.append("")
+
+        # Poor man's state machine.
+        descriptions = False
+        maintainers = False
+        subsystems = False
+
+        # Field letter to field name mapping.
+        field_letter = None
+        fields = dict()
+
+        prev = None
+        field_prev = ""
+        field_content = ""
+
+        for line in open(path):
+            if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+                line = unicode(line, 'utf-8')
+            # Have we reached the end of the preformatted Descriptions text?
+            if descriptions and line.startswith('Maintainers'):
+                descriptions = False
+                # Ensure a blank line following the last "|"-prefixed line.
+                result.append("")
+
+            # Start subsystem processing? This is to skip processing the text
+            # between the Maintainers heading and the first subsystem name.
+            if maintainers and not subsystems:
+                if re.search('^[A-Z0-9]', line):
+                    subsystems = True
+
+            # Drop needless input whitespace.
+            line = line.rstrip()
+
+            # Linkify all non-wildcard refs to ReST files in Documentation/.
+            pat = '(Documentation/([^\s\?\*]*)\.rst)'
+            m = re.search(pat, line)
+            if m:
+                # maintainers.rst is in a subdirectory, so include "../".
+                line = re.sub(pat, ':doc:`%s <../%s>`' % (m.group(2), m.group(2)), line)
+
+            # Check state machine for output rendering behavior.
+            output = None
+            if descriptions:
+                # Escape the escapes in preformatted text.
+                output = "| %s" % (line.replace("\\", "\\\\"))
+                # Look for and record field letter to field name mappings:
+                #   R: Designated *reviewer*: FullName <address@domain>
+                m = re.search("\s(\S):\s", line)
+                if m:
+                    field_letter = m.group(1)
+                if field_letter and not field_letter in fields:
+                    m = re.search("\*([^\*]+)\*", line)
+                    if m:
+                        fields[field_letter] = m.group(1)
+            elif subsystems:
+                # Skip empty lines: subsystem parser adds them as needed.
+                if len(line) == 0:
+                    continue
+                # Subsystem fields are batched into "field_content"
+                if line[1] != ':':
+                    # Render a subsystem entry as:
+                    #   SUBSYSTEM NAME
+                    #   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+                    # Flush pending field content.
+                    output = field_content + "\n\n"
+                    field_content = ""
+
+                    # Collapse whitespace in subsystem name.
+                    heading = re.sub("\s+", " ", line)
+                    output = output + "%s\n%s" % (heading, "~" * len(heading))
+                    field_prev = ""
+                else:
+                    # Render a subsystem field as:
+                    #   :Field: entry
+                    #           entry...
+                    field, details = line.split(':', 1)
+                    details = details.strip()
+
+                    # Mark paths (and regexes) as literal text for improved
+                    # readability and to escape any escapes.
+                    if field in ['F', 'N', 'X', 'K']:
+                        # But only if not already marked :)
+                        if not ':doc:' in details:
+                            details = '``%s``' % (details)
+
+                    # Comma separate email field continuations.
+                    if field == field_prev and field_prev in ['M', 'R', 'L']:
+                        field_content = field_content + ","
+
+                    # Do not repeat field names, so that field entries
+                    # will be collapsed together.
+                    if field != field_prev:
+                        output = field_content + "\n"
+                        field_content = ":%s:" % (fields.get(field, field))
+                    field_content = field_content + "\n\t%s" % (details)
+                    field_prev = field
+            else:
+                output = line
+
+            # Re-split on any added newlines in any above parsing.
+            if output != None:
+                for separated in output.split('\n'):
+                    result.append(separated)
+
+            # Update the state machine when we find heading separators.
+            if line.startswith('----------'):
+                if prev.startswith('Descriptions'):
+                    descriptions = True
+                if prev.startswith('Maintainers'):
+                    maintainers = True
+
+            # Retain previous line for state machine transitions.
+            prev = line
+
+        # Flush pending field contents.
+        if field_content != "":
+            for separated in field_content.split('\n'):
+                result.append(separated)
+
+        output = "\n".join(result)
+        # For debugging the pre-rendered results...
+        #print(output, file=open("/tmp/MAINTAINERS.rst", "w"))
+
+        self.state_machine.insert_input(
+          statemachine.string2lines(output), path)
+
+    def run(self):
+        """Include the MAINTAINERS file as part of this reST file."""
+        if not self.state.document.settings.file_insertion_enabled:
+            raise self.warning('"%s" directive disabled.' % self.name)
+
+        # Walk up source path directories to find Documentation/../
+        path = self.state_machine.document.attributes['source']
+        path = os.path.realpath(path)
+        tail = path
+        while tail != "Documentation" and tail != "":
+            (path, tail) = os.path.split(path)
+
+        # Append "MAINTAINERS"
+        path = os.path.join(path, "MAINTAINERS")
+
+        try:
+            self.state.document.settings.record_dependencies.add(path)
+            lines = self.parse_maintainers(path)
+        except IOError as error:
+            raise self.severe('Problems with "%s" directive path:\n%s.' %
+                      (self.name, ErrorString(error)))
+
+        return []
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh b/doc/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e54c44ce117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+#
+# Figure out if we should follow a specific parallelism from the make
+# environment (as exported by scripts/jobserver-exec), or fall back to
+# the "auto" parallelism when "-jN" is not specified at the top-level
+# "make" invocation.
+
+sphinx="$1"
+shift || true
+
+parallel="$PARALLELISM"
+if [ -z "$parallel" ] ; then
+	# If no parallelism is specified at the top-level make, then
+	# fall back to the expected "-jauto" mode that the "htmldocs"
+	# target has had.
+	auto=$(perl -e 'open IN,"'"$sphinx"' --version 2>&1 |";
+			while (<IN>) {
+				if (m/([\d\.]+)/) {
+					print "auto" if ($1 >= "1.7")
+				}
+			}
+			close IN')
+	if [ -n "$auto" ] ; then
+		parallel="$auto"
+	fi
+fi
+# Only if some parallelism has been determined do we add the -jN option.
+if [ -n "$parallel" ] ; then
+	parallel="-j$parallel"
+fi
+
+exec "$sphinx" $parallel "$@"
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/parse-headers.pl b/doc/sphinx/parse-headers.pl
index c518050ffc3..b063f2f1cfb 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx/parse-headers.pl
+++ b/doc/sphinx/parse-headers.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 use strict;
 use Text::Tabs;
 use Getopt::Long;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ while (<IN>) {
 	    ) {
 		my $s = $1;
 
-		$structs{$s} = "struct :c:type:`$s`\\ ";
+		$structs{$s} = "struct $s\\ ";
 		next;
 	}
 }
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ Report bugs to Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
 
 Copyright (c) 2016 by Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>.
 
-License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2 <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
 
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/requirements.txt b/doc/sphinx/requirements.txt
index 742be3e1261..5030d346d23 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/sphinx/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-docutils==0.12
-Sphinx==1.4.9
+docutils
+Sphinx==2.4.4
 sphinx_rtd_theme
+six