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

Hi Sarthak,

Thanks for the reminder. I completely forgot about this.

Will send a V4 with the patches reordered.

Regards,
Pratyush

On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 2:16 AM Sarthak Sharma <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Pratyush and SeongJae!
>
> On 5/12/26 6:31 AM, SeongJae Park wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 May 2026 17:34:09 +0000 [email protected] wrote:
> >
> >> From: Pratyush Mallick <[email protected]>
> >>
> >> 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
> >
> > [...]
> >
>
> Thanks,
> Sarthak
>