linux-kernel - Re: [Tech-board-discuss] [PATCH v2] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

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Date:   Wed, 08 Jul 2020 08:59:55 -0700
From:   James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tech-board-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        Chris Mason <clm@...clm>, Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Tech-board-discuss] [PATCH v2] CodingStyle: Inclusive
 Terminology

On Wed, 2020-07-08 at 04:04 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-07-08 at 00:23 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > Linux maintains a coding-style and its own idiomatic set of
> > terminology.
> > Update the style guidelines to recommend replacements for the terms
> > master/slave and blacklist/whitelist.
> > 
> > Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/159389297140.2210796.135901422546687
> > 87525.stgit@...llia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com
> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> > Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> > Acked-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>
> > Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> > Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
> > 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>
> > ---
> > Changes since v1 [1]
> > - Drop inclusive-terminology.rst, it is in the lore archives if the
> >   arguments are needed for future debates, but otherwise no
> > pressing
> >   need to carry it in the tree (Linus, James)

Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>

> Where did Linus publicly state this was unnecessary?

https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/tech-board-discuss/2020-July/000412.html

James