Return-Path: Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:36:30 +0200 From: Pavel Machek Message-ID: <20200717083630.GE1027@bug> References: <159423201991.2466245.8461410729774664077.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <159423201991.2466245.8461410729774664077.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> Subject: Re: [Tech-board-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology List-Id: Public TAB discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Dan Williams Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , Randy Dunlap , SeongJae Park , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tech-board-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, James Bottomley , Dave Airlie , Christian Brauner , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, Dan Carpenter On Wed 2020-07-08 11:14:27, 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/159389297140.2210796.13590142254668787525.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com > Acked-by: Randy Dunlap > Acked-by: Dave Airlie > Acked-by: SeongJae Park > Acked-by: Christian Brauner > Acked-by: James Bottomley > Reviewed-by: Mark Brown > Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook > Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet > Signed-off-by: Chris Mason > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams > --- > Changes since v2 [1]: > - Pick up missed sign-offs and acks from Jon, Shuah, and Christian > (sorry about missing those earlier). > > - Reformat the replacement list to make it easier to read. > > - Add 'controller' as a suggested replacement (Kees and Mark) > > - Fix up the paired term for 'performer' to be 'director' (Kees) > > - Collect some new acks, reviewed-by's, and sign-offs for v2. > > - Fix up Chris's email > > [1]: http://lore.kernel.org/r/159419296487.2464622.863943877093636532.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com > > > Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) > > +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are: + 'denylist / allowlist' + > 'blocklist / passlist' + +Exceptions for introducing new usage is to maintain a > userspace ABI/API, +or when updating code for an existing (as of 2020) hardware or > protocol +specification that mandates those terms. For new specifications +translate > specification usage of the terminology to the kernel coding +standard where possible. Please try to understand how "blacklist" is used in the kernel before suggesting replacements. NAK. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html