linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 17/20] selftests/liveupdate: Add userspace API selftests

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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:38:40 -0800
From: David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>
To: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 17/20] selftests/liveupdate: Add userspace API selftests

On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM Pasha Tatashin
<pasha.tatashin@...een.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/.gitignore
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..af6e773cf98f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/.gitignore
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +/liveupdate

I would recommend the following .gitignore so you don't have to keep
updating it every time there's a new executable or other build
artifact. This is what we use in the KVM and VFIO selftests.

# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
*
!/**/
!*.c
!*.h
!*.S
!*.sh
!*.mk
!.gitignore
!config
!Makefile