From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: pratmal@google.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, shuah@kernel.org
Cc: yosryahmed@google.com, ljs@kernel.org, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com,
vbabka@kernel.org, rppt@kernel.org, surenb@google.com,
mhocko@suse.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:04:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <03a23a7a-58fe-42f4-a294-9d688ce33e2d@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260421183000.1541546-1-pratmal@google.com>
On 4/21/26 20:30, 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 patten-matching approach similar to KVM:selftests.
> Ignore everything by default and then allow source extensions (.c, .h, .sh)
> and tracked non-source files.
That looks pretty nice. Any reason for the RFC? (iow, are you unsure about some
side-effects?)
--
Cheers,
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-22 18:04 UTC|newest]
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2026-04-21 18:30 [RFC PATCH] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore pratmal
2026-04-22 18:04 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-04-22 19:01 ` pratmal
2026-04-22 19:08 ` pratmal
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