diff --git a/clang/docs/SanitizerSpecialCaseList.rst b/clang/docs/SanitizerSpecialCaseList.rst
--- a/clang/docs/SanitizerSpecialCaseList.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/SanitizerSpecialCaseList.rst
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@
 
 Entries contain an entity type, followed by a colon and a regular expression,
 specifying the names of the entities, optionally followed by an equals sign and
-a tool-specific category, e.g. ``fun:*ExampleFunc=example_category``.  The
-meaning of ``*`` in regular expression for entity names is different - it is
-treated as in shell wildcarding. Two generic entity types are ``src`` and
+a tool-specific category, e.g. ``fun:*ExampleFunc=example_category``.
+Two generic entity types are ``src`` and
 ``fun``, which allow users to specify source files and functions, respectively.
 Some sanitizer tools may introduce custom entity types and categories - refer to
 tool-specific docs.
@@ -72,19 +71,18 @@
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     # Lines starting with # are ignored.
-    # Turn off checks for the source file (use absolute path or path relative
-    # to the current working directory):
-    src:/path/to/source/file.c
+    # Turn off checks for the source file
+    src:path/to/source/file.c
+    src:*/source/file.c
     # Turn off checks for this main file, including files included by it.
     # Useful when the main file instead of an included file should be ignored.
     mainfile:file.c
     # Turn off checks for a particular functions (use mangled names):
-    fun:MyFooBar
     fun:_Z8MyFooBarv
     # Extended regular expressions are supported:
     fun:bad_(foo|bar)
     src:bad_source[1-9].c
-    # Shell like usage of * is supported (* is treated as .*):
+    # "*" is treated as ".*":
     src:bad/sources/*
     fun:*BadFunction*
     # Specific sanitizer tools may introduce categories.
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/profile-filter-new.c b/clang/test/CodeGen/profile-filter-new.c
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/profile-filter-new.c
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/profile-filter-new.c
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=llvm -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}"
+// RUN: split-file %s %t
 
-// RUN: echo -e "[llvm]\nfunction:foo=skip" > %t0.list
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=llvm -fprofile-list=%t0.list -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}" --check-prefixes=CHECK,SKIP-FOO
-
-// RUN: echo -e "[csllvm]\nfunction:bar=forbid" > %t1.list
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=csllvm -fprofile-list=%t1.list -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}" --check-prefixes=CHECK,FORBID-BAR
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=llvm -fprofile-list=%t1.list -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}"
-
-// RUN: echo -e "[llvm]\ndefault:forbid\nfunction:foo=allow" > %t2.list
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=llvm -fprofile-list=%t2.list -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}" --check-prefixes=CHECK,FORBID
-
-// RUN: echo "[llvm]" > %t2.list
-// RUN: echo "source:%s=forbid" | sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' >> %t2.list
-// RUN: echo "function:foo=allow" >> %t2.list
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=llvm -fprofile-list=%t2.list -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}" --check-prefixes=CHECK,FORBID
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=llvm -emit-llvm %t/Inputs/src/code.c -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}"
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=llvm -fprofile-list=%t/Inputs/skip-foo.txt -emit-llvm %t/Inputs/src/code.c -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}" --check-prefixes=CHECK,SKIP-FOO
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=csllvm -fprofile-list=%t/Inputs/forbid-bar.txt -emit-llvm %t/Inputs/src/code.c -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}" --check-prefixes=CHECK,FORBID-BAR
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=llvm -fprofile-list=%t/Inputs/forbid-bar.txt -emit-llvm %t/Inputs/src/code.c -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}"
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=llvm -fprofile-list=%t/Inputs/forbid-default.txt -emit-llvm %t/Inputs/src/code.c -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}" --check-prefixes=CHECK,FORBID
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=csllvm -fprofile-list=%t/Inputs/forbid-default.txt -emit-llvm %t/Inputs/src/code.c -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}" --check-prefixes=CHECK,FORBID
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fprofile-instrument=llvm -fprofile-list=%t/Inputs/forbid-source.txt -emit-llvm %t/Inputs/src/code.c -o - | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not="; {{.* (noprofile|skipprofile)}}" --check-prefixes=CHECK,FORBID
 
+//--- Inputs/src/code.c
 // SKIP-FOO: skipprofile
 // CHECK-LABEL: define {{.*}} @foo
 int foo(int a) { return 4 * a + 1; }
@@ -27,3 +21,26 @@
 // FORBID: noprofile
 // CHECK-LABEL: define {{.*}} @goo
 int goo(int a) { return 4 * a + 3; }
+
+//--- Inputs/skip-foo.txt
+[llvm]
+# This is a comment
+# Use mangled names to select functions
+function:foo=skip
+
+//--- Inputs/forbid-bar.txt
+[csllvm]
+function:bar=forbid
+
+//--- Inputs/forbid-default.txt
+[llvm|csllvm]
+default:forbid
+function:foo=allow
+
+//--- Inputs/forbid-source.txt
+[llvm]
+# The "*" prefix matches the whole directory "%t/Inputs/" and "(/|\\)" matches
+# unix-like and windows path separators
+source:*(/|\\)src(/|\\)code.c=forbid
+# Function entries take precedence over source entries
+function:foo=allow