Re: [PATCH] riscv: selftests: Add hwprobe binaries to .gitignore

[Andrew Jones]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 12:58:03PM GMT, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> The cbo and which-cpu hwprobe selftests leave their artifacts in the
> kernel tree and end up being tracked by git. Add the binaries to the
> hwprobe selftest .gitignore so this no longer happens.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: a29e2a48afe3 ("RISC-V: selftests: Add CBO tests")
> Fixes: ef7d6abb2cf5 ("RISC-V: selftests: Add which-cpus hwprobe test")
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/riscv/hwprobe/.gitignore | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/hwprobe/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/hwprobe/.gitignore
> index 8113dc3bdd03..6e384e80ea1a 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/hwprobe/.gitignore
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/hwprobe/.gitignore
> @@ -1 +1,3 @@
>  hwprobe
> +cbo
> +which-cpus
> 
> ---
> base-commit: ed30a4a51bb196781c8058073ea720133a65596f
> change-id: 20240425-gitignore_hwprobe_artifacts-fb0f2cd3509c
> -- 
> - Charlie
>

We can also consider doing what kvm selftests does, which is to just have
the top-level .gitignore which ignores everything except the code. See
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore

But, until (if at all) we go that way, we can do what this patch does,

Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
drew