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

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdax9wSFtYxyCu18bWwc5T1GqNx7EDVA6JN+Qu42hOCh_A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2020 18:02:28 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, Chris Mason <clm@...clm>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        tech-board-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        ksummit <ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 9:40 AM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> 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/159389297140.2210796.13590142254668787525.stgit@dwillia2-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>

Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

An interesting piece on the topic is Douglas R. Hofstadter's
satirical "A Person paper On Purity in Language" from 1985,
which is funny, witty, Jonathan Swift-like and at one point
convinced me on the importance of proper language in
my professional work.
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/purity.html

Thanks,
Linus Walleij