diff --git a/tools/virtio/ringtest/.gitignore b/tools/virtio/ringtest/.gitignore
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/noring
+/ptr_ring
+/ring
+/virtio_ring_0_9
+/virtio_ring_inorder
+/virtio_ring_poll