Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Jul 2020 15:30:52 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology |
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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.
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