linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/spelling: Recommend blocklist/allowlist instead of blacklist/whitelist

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Date:   Tue, 9 Jun 2020 14:56:07 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, colin.king@...onical.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/spelling: Recommend blocklist/allowlist
 instead of blacklist/whitelist

On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 02:25:49PM +0200, SeongJae Park wrote:
> From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> 
> This commit recommends the patches to replace 'blacklist' and
> 'whitelist' with the 'blocklist' and 'allowlist', because the new
> suggestions are incontrovertible, doesn't make people hurt, and more
> self-explanatory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> ---
>  scripts/spelling.txt | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>