linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Recommend denylist/allowlist instead of blacklist/whitelist

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Message-ID: <20200615073944.GA4722@duo.ucw.cz>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:39:44 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, apw@...onical.com,
        SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>, colin.king@...onical.com,
        sj38.park@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Recommend denylist/allowlist instead of
 blacklist/whitelist

On Mon 2020-06-15 00:00:56, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-06-15 at 08:46 +0200, SeongJae Park wrote:
> > So, I agree this patch is imperfect for many cases, but better than nothing.
> 
> Not necessarily.
> 
> Having people strain for unusual equivalents
> to generally well known terms is not good.

Exactly. Plus consistency is good, and having same structure named
blacklist here and naughtyhardwarelist there does not really help.

									Pavel

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