linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sound/pci/hda: Changes 'blacklist/whitelist' to 'blocklist/allowlist'

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Message-ID: <CAGt04nb7Z436TWRWGuphQO2MzfwbZch3kUFqK4jy-9ib+JF2EA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:45:25 +0930
From:   Paul Schulz <paul@...sonlakes.org>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sound/pci/hda: Changes 'blacklist/whitelist' to 'blocklist/allowlist'

Yep. +1 for logic

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 03:11, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 01:52:04 +0930
> Paul Schulz <paul@...sonlakes.org> wrote:
>
> > -static bool pm_blacklist = true;
> > -module_param(pm_blacklist, bool, 0644);
> > -MODULE_PARM_DESC(pm_blacklist, "Enable power-management blacklist");
> > +static bool pm_blocklist = true;
> > +module_param(pm_blocklist, bool, 0644);
> > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(pm_blocklist, "Enable power-management blocklist");
>
> This will break any user specifying this parameter now, which isn't
> something you want to do, methinks...
>
> jon