linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Recommend blocklist/allowlist instead of blacklist/whitelist

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Message-ID: <21c42f96b7f2b105e863a9f4ddf87f4e95a86393.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:06:17 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        apw@...onical.com
Cc:     colin.king@...onical.com, sj38.park@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Recommend blocklist/allowlist instead of
 blacklist/whitelist

On Wed, 2020-06-10 at 08:52 +0200, SeongJae Park wrote:
> This patchset 1) adds support of deprecated terms in the 'checkpatch.pl'
> and 2) set the 'blacklist' and 'whitelist' as deprecated with
> replacement suggestion of 'blocklist' and 'allowlist', because the
> suggestions are incontrovertible, doesn't make people hurt, and more
> self-explanatory.

I don't care for the politics of the patch myself.

>From a technical perspective, it may be better to
have a single routine for both spelling and whatever
this is called.