Re: [PATCH v2] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

From: tytso
Date: Wed Jul 08 2020 - 10:22:58 EST


On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 12:23:59AM -0700, 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <clm@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>