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b=DGgrrB0I2oqVS+p8oatAec00Eyrzsv3qWmTOMyFJ9AjOOrxeDn/YwNdYZ0mUlEW0o SkOBQ0RHlMd5wTxJY1b8AzovMzbflW6nOMSTPVjA/4wk1+4rOw0z6Kih8RPlkau8BM mb0wjE3pf5R8Nnn/0quxlIrcohgrucbnWISAXhyE9cDUA1rpoTiV2kJJ8iE81K2NDd Ol+he5di/FMJSMlBV9/JMlKs+g397OwEYSm2egp2vgSHemIv6zA7cPU0VS4Q50c1Bi WfLODRTeuC6Xjf/GVQkqh6y9pfc1WJrjBGmBhH1G3916dDnFjS6ybUZQ3rYp3lq/s0 QolPJ6q9bXNfg== Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:28:03 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore To: pratmal@google.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, shuah@kernel.org, yosryahmed@google.com, ljs@kernel.org, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, vbabka@suse.cz, rppt@kernel.org, surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <03a23a7a-58fe-42f4-a294-9d688ce33e2d@kernel.org> <20260422190847.216343-1-pratmal@google.com> From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" Content-Language: en-US Autocrypt: addr=david@kernel.org; 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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Stat-Signature: k9jq35wqqf5que8j98bx9ywwm6gbfpzj X-Rspamd-Server: rspam04 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 608D340002 X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1776950890-848636 X-HE-Meta: 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 0mWnh/ze abTLMzh8u9hJF8IywXhAHnYOrhSjD5Uk7RWThy9cnfGoVJh1iwa0np5OTctViEUpPU3G4jFlyq+f48DqOVDeKXkQ0cyKIYuL6dLWKkeplk6cpZVFVl8uPf4vwTaVF/HraJMDVShoiq5OplYlqH55tqf5i6CuAQfXDzdD4BjrvoTMY759+YJql1V0inpjS31La+vUfoWr+NHqWovR2Oy0neuxOWxfw0bd17hrv+78uZ8IvHc8fFMwVOdl1r5XqlLTDABntM/6T+pl743Hpz9BI2avADZR6XCC0H+R2 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 4/22/26 21:08, pratmal@google.com wrote: > (Resending to correct David's email address. Apologies for the noise!) > Heh, no worries, I didn't even notice. As long as you CC one of the mailing lists I'm subscribed to, even mails to my old RH address will still hit my inbox. > On 4/22/26 18:04, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: >> On 4/21/26 20:30, pratmal@google.com wrote: >>> From: Pratyush Mallick >>> >>> 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?) > > Exactly that. I verified that the build works fine, however I sent it > as an RFC just to be cautious. I wanted to get some feedback in case this > might introduce some unwanted behavior that I'm not aware of. :) After taking a peek at the KVM one, I think what you propose makes perfect sense. I do wonder, whether we want to make our lives easier and rename "local_config.h" to something like "local_config.h_gen", so we don't need the "re-ignore" part. -- Cheers, David