linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

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Date:   Tue, 7 Jul 2020 08:56:12 +0200
From:   SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC:     <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        <ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <tech-board-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>,
        Chris Mason <clm@...clm>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

Hello,

On Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:02:51 -0700 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:

> Recent events have prompted a Linux position statement on inclusive
> terminology. Given that Linux maintains a coding-style and its own
> idiomatic set of terminology here is a proposal to answer the call to
> replace non-inclusive terminology.

I'm glad to see this patch.

> 
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <clm@...clm>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>

Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>

> ---
>  Documentation/process/coding-style.rst          |   12 ++++
>  Documentation/process/inclusive-terminology.rst |   64 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/process/index.rst                 |    1 
>  3 files changed, 77 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/process/inclusive-terminology.rst
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
> index 2657a55c6f12..4b15ab671089 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
> @@ -319,6 +319,18 @@ If you are afraid to mix up your local variable names, you have another
>  problem, which is called the function-growth-hormone-imbalance syndrome.
>  See chapter 6 (Functions).
>  
> +For symbol names, avoid introducing new usage of the words 'slave' and
> +'blacklist'. Recommended replacements for 'slave' are: 'secondary',
> +'subordinate', 'replica', 'responder', 'follower', 'proxy', or
> +'performer'.  Recommended replacements for blacklist are: 'blocklist' or
> +'denylist'.

I have submitted a couple of patches for automated encouragement of the the
inclusive terms and those merged in the -next tree[1,2] now.  Nonetheless, the
version says only "please consider using 'denylist' and 'allowlist' instead of
'blacklist' and 'whitelist'" for now.  I think we could add more terms in there
based on this discussion.  I could do that after this patch is merged, or you
could do that yourself in the next spin of this patch.  Please do whatever you
feel comfort.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7d0bea01dec27195d95d929c1ee49a4a74dd6671
[2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=95a94258ceb27052f00b7e51588a128d20bf05ed


Thanks,
SeongJae Park