Re: [PATCH] docs: kernel-hacking: Remove inappropriate text

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Sep 03 2021 - 17:57:51 EST


Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Remove inappropriate sexual (and ableist) text from the locking
> documentation, aligning it with the kernel code-of-conduct. As the text
> was unrelated to locking, this change streamlines the document and
> improves readability.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst | 8 +-------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

That text dates all the way back to pre-2.4 kernels...there goes a bit
of history. It's history that we can do without at this point, though;
patch applied, thanks.

jon