linux-kernel - Re: + scripts-deprecated_terms-recommend-denylist-allowlist-instead-of-blacklist-whitelist.patch added to -mm tree

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:52:18 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mm-commits@...r.kernel.org,
        sj38.park@...il.com, mpe@...erman.id.au, jslaby@...e.cz,
        colin.king@...onical.com, sjpark@...zon.de,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: +
 scripts-deprecated_terms-recommend-denylist-allowlist-instead-of-blacklist-whitelist.patch
 added to -mm tree

On Wed, 2020-06-17 at 14:32 -0700, akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> The patch titled
>      Subject: scripts/deprecated_terms: recommend denylist/allowlist instead of blacklist/whitelist
> has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
>      scripts-deprecated_terms-recommend-denylist-allowlist-instead-of-blacklist-whitelist.patch
[]
> ------------------------------------------------------
> From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> Subject: scripts/deprecated_terms: recommend denylist/allowlist instead of blacklist/whitelist
> 
> This commit recommends that patches replace 'blacklist' and 'whitelist'
> with 'denylist' and 'allowlist', because the new suggestions are
> incontrovertible, doesn't make people hurt, and are more self-explanatory.
[]
> --- a/scripts/deprecated_terms.txt~scripts-deprecated_terms-recommend-denylist-allowlist-instead-of-blacklist-whitelist
> +++ a/scripts/deprecated_terms.txt
> @@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
>  # The format of each line is:
>  # deprecated||suggested
>  #
> +blacklist||denylist
> +whitelist||allowlist

I think this is a poor use of deprecated terms
as it has nothing to do with skin color.