Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore

[SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>]

Cc-ed Liam's up-to-date email address.

On Mon,  3 Aug 2026 22:17:32 +0000 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.

Looks nice and smart to me!

> 
> 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>

Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>

> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/mm/.gitignore | 71 ++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

What a lovely diffstat. :)


Thanks,
SJ

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