From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: pratmal@google.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>,
Sarthak Sharma <sarthak.sharma@arm.com>,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>, Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:12:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acd8e75a-33db-4670-991d-591d646df61e@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803221732.3651981-3-pratmal@google.com>
On 8/4/26 00:17, pratmal@google.com wrote:
> From: Pratyush Mallick <pratmal@google.com>
>
> The current .gitignore hardcodes each generated test binary by name,
> requiring updates every time a new test is added.
>
> Switch to the pattern-matching approach similar to KVM:selftests.
> Ignore everything by default and then allow source extensions (.c, .h, .sh)
> and tracked non-source files.
>
> Note that local_config.h was renamed to local_config.h_gen in a previous
> patch so that un-ignoring *.h files does not cause generated build
> artifacts to become untracked.
>
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Mallick <pratmal@google.com>
> ---
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
--
Cheers,
David
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 9:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-03 22:17 [PATCH v4 0/2] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore pratmal
2026-08-03 22:17 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] selftests/mm: rename local_config.h to local_config.h_gen pratmal
2026-08-03 23:57 ` SJ Park
2026-08-04 0:02 ` SJ Park
2026-08-03 22:17 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore pratmal
2026-08-04 0:01 ` SJ Park
2026-08-04 9:12 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
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