From 1ca28333e464989113e518b452eaaccc79d865c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:03:30 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] x86: keep legacy generated vdso files around in .gitignore file Commit 93d73005bff4 ("x86/entry/vdso: Rename vdso_image_* to vdso*_image") updated the vdso .gitignore file with the new filenames, which is certainly not incorrect. However, while adding new generated names is obviously the right thing to do, you should *not* immediately remove the old filenames from the .gitignore file when things move around or get renamed, because people still have those old generated files in their build trees - and they haven't suddenly become valid files to commit to the repository just because they were moved or renamed. While it's mostly just a slight visual nuisance for 'git status' that can be fixed up with a clean build tree, it can become more serious than that: see for example commit 04a3389b3535 ("Remove stale generated 'genheaders' file"). That commit removed up a stale generated file that had been carelessly committed by a kernel developer because it wasn't properly ignored any more and thus showed up as a new file in their tree. Fixes: 93d73005bff4 ("x86/entry/vdso: Rename vdso_image_* to vdso*_image") Cc: Peter Anvin Cc: Dave Hansen Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/x86/entry/vdso/.gitignore | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/.gitignore b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/.gitignore index eb60859dbcbf1..b57a52a8591b7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/.gitignore +++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/.gitignore @@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ *.lds *.so *.so.dbg -vdso*-image.c +vdso*-image*.c +vdso2c -- 2.47.3