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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>, corbet@lwn.net
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        SeongJae Park <sjpark@amazon.de>,
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        Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
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From:   Laura Abbott <laura@labbott.name>
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Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2020 17:13:36 -0400
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On 7/8/20 2:14 PM, 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@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Acked-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@amazon.de>
> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
> Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> ---
> Changes since v2 [1]:
> - Pick up missed sign-offs and acks from Jon, Shuah, and Christian
>    (sorry about missing those earlier).
> 
> - Reformat the replacement list to make it easier to read.
> 
> - Add 'controller' as a suggested replacement (Kees and Mark)
> 
> - Fix up the paired term for 'performer' to be 'director' (Kees)
> 
> - Collect some new acks, reviewed-by's, and sign-offs for v2.
> 
> - Fix up Chris's email
> 
> [1]: http://lore.kernel.org/r/159419296487.2464622.863943877093636532.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com
> 
> 
>   Documentation/process/coding-style.rst |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
> index 2657a55c6f12..1bee6f8affdb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
> @@ -319,6 +319,26 @@ If you are afraid to mix up your local variable names, you have another
>   problem, which is called the function-growth-hormone-imbalance syndrome.
>   See chapter 6 (Functions).
>   
> +For symbol names and documentation, avoid introducing new usage of
> +'master / slave' (or 'slave' independent of 'master') and 'blacklist /
> +whitelist'.
> +
> +Recommended replacements for 'master / slave' are:
> +    '{primary,main} / {secondary,replica,subordinate}'
> +    '{initiator,requester} / {target,responder}'
> +    '{controller,host} / {device,worker,proxy}'
> +    'leader / follower'
> +    'director / performer'
> +
> +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are:
> +    'denylist / allowlist'
> +    'blocklist / passlist'
> +
> +Exceptions for introducing new usage is to maintain a userspace ABI/API,
> +or when updating code for an existing (as of 2020) hardware or protocol
> +specification that mandates those terms. For new specifications
> +translate specification usage of the terminology to the kernel coding
> +standard where possible.
>   
>   5) Typedefs
>   -----------
> 

Acked-by: Laura Abbott <laura@labbott.name>