Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [Tech-board-discuss] [PATCH] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology
Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Jul 2020 09:41:47 -0400
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On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 01:54:23 -0700 Kees Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > "I will whitelist the syscall" -- sounds correct to me (same for > "it is whitelisted" or "it is in whitelisting mode"). > > "I will allow-list the syscall" -- sounds wrong to me (same for > "it is allow-listed" or "it is in allow-listing mode"). That's because we can't just make "allow-list" a drop in replacement for "whitelist" as I too (native English speaker) find it awkward. But then we don't need to make it a drop in replacement. "I will whitelist the syscall" will become "I will add the syscall to the allow-list", which sounds perfectly fine, and even better than saying "I will add the syscall to the whitelist". -- Steve _______________________________________________ Ksummit-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss