Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v2] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

Pavel Machek <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jul 2020 15:30:52 +0200

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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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