On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:58:14 +0000
David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Fix the rules in tools/testing/selftests/vfio/.gitignore to not ignore
> some already tracked files (.gitignore, Makefile, lib/libvfio.mk).
>
> This change should be a no-op, since these files are already tracked by git and
> thus git will not ignore updates to them even though they match the ignore
> rules in the VFIO selftests .gitignore file.
>
> However, they do generate warnings with W=1, as reported by the kernel test
> robot.
>
> $ KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN=1 scripts/misc-check
> tools/testing/selftests/vfio/.gitignore: warning: ignored by one of the .gitignore files
> tools/testing/selftests/vfio/Makefile: warning: ignored by one of the .gitignore files
> tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/libvfio.mk: warning: ignored by one of the .gitignore files
>
> Fix this by explicitly un-ignoring the tracked files.
>
> Fixes: 292e9ee22b0a ("selftests: Create tools/testing/selftests/vfio")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202508280918.rFRyiLEU-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Note, this is on top of the vfio/next branch so I'm not sure if the hash
> in the fixes tag is guaranteed to be stable. It might be simpler to
> squash this into commit 292e9ee22b0a ("selftests: Create
> tools/testing/selftests/vfio") before sending the pull request to Linus.
>
> tools/testing/selftests/vfio/.gitignore | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
Applied to vfio next branch for v6.18. Let's consider the commit
hashes sufficiently stable for now. In the off chance that I need to
back something out, I can fix them. I think it's useful for the log
to have the fixes separate, as evidenced by being able to reference
Sean's similar fix. Thanks,
Alex
