Re: [PATCH v2] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Linus Walleij]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 9:40 AM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> 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: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

An interesting piece on the topic is Douglas R. Hofstadter's
satirical "A Person paper On Purity in Language" from 1985,
which is funny, witty, Jonathan Swift-like and at one point
convinced me on the importance of proper language in
my professional work.
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/purity.html

Thanks,
Linus Walleij