Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore

[Sarthak Sharma]

Hi Pratyush and SeongJae!

On 5/12/26 6:31 AM, SeongJae Park wrote:
> On Mon, 11 May 2026 17:34:09 +0000 pratmal@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> From: Pratyush Mallick <pratmal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The current selftests/mm/.gitignore hardcodes each generated test binary
>> by name, which requires manual updates every time a new test is added.
>>
>> This series switches to a pattern-matching approach (similar to KVM
>> selftests), ignoring everything by default and allowing specific source
>> extensions. To accommodate this without tracking generated headers,
>> local_config.h is renamed to local_config.h_gen.
>>
>> Changelog since v2:
>> - Split the changes into two separate patches (header rename and
>>   .gitignore update)
>> - Added Suggested-by for David Hildenbrand for the header rename approach.
>> - Dropped David's and Yosry's Reviewed-by tags.
>> - Kept Lorenzo Stoakes's Reviewed-by and added Mike Rapoport's Acked-by.
>>
>> Changelog since v1 (RFC):
>> - Renamed local_config.h to local_config.h_gen to avoid conflict with !*.h.
>> - Updated Makefile, check_config.sh, and affected .c files for the rename.
>> - Removed *.mod.c as it was unnecessary.
> 
> Adding previous revision links together [1] would be helpful for people who
> willing to see details of previous discussions.
> 
>>
>> Pratyush Mallick (2):
>>   selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore
>>   selftests/mm: rename local_config.h to local_config.h_gen
> 
> So, after applying the first patch, we may show local_config.h unexpectedly
> shown on 'git status' output?  Maybe too trivial thing, but I'm wondering if we
> already considered doing the renaming first.

Just a gentle ping on this patchset, since it has been some time since
the last discussion :).

Would it make sense to reorder the patches as SeongJae suggested and
respin? Pratyush, if you don't have time to send a v4, I would be happy
to prepare and send it. Please let me know if you'd like me to.

> 
> [1] https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#commentary
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> SJ
> 
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> 

Thanks,
Sarthak