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

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Message-ID: <20200711133052.GA6407@amd>
Date:   Sat, 11 Jul 2020 15:30:52 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     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>,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        tech-board-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

On Wed 2020-07-08 00:23:59, 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.
> 

> +replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are: 'denylist/allowlist' or
> +'blocklist/passlist'.

I don't see what is "non inclusive" about blacklist and whitelist...

Plus, please grep kernel for actual usages. blocklist/denylist is
_not_ suitable replacement for kernel use of blacklist.

									Pavel
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