Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

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 <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Dave Airlie <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: SeongJae Park <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: James Bottomley <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <[email protected]>
> ---
> 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

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