Re: [Tech-board-discuss] [PATCH v2] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[James Bottomley]

On Wed, 2020-07-08 at 04:04 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-07-08 at 00:23 -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/159389297140.2210796.135901422546687
> > 87525.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>
> > ---
> > Changes since v1 [1]
> > - Drop inclusive-terminology.rst, it is in the lore archives if the
> >   arguments are needed for future debates, but otherwise no
> > pressing
> >   need to carry it in the tree (Linus, James)

Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Where did Linus publicly state this was unnecessary?

https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/tech-board-discuss/2020-July/000412.html

James