From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 895B7C433DF for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 09:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63F02206E2 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 09:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726729AbgGIJp1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2020 05:45:27 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:41868 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726339AbgGIJpX (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2020 05:45:23 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.221.27]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCEC7B033; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 09:45:20 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology To: Dan Williams , corbet@lwn.net Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , SeongJae Park , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tech-board-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, James Bottomley , Dave Airlie , Christian Brauner , Dan Carpenter References: <159423201991.2466245.8461410729774664077.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> From: Matthias Brugger Message-ID: <5be5abc9-c2db-1f96-bc29-61cd90d985ab@suse.com> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 11:45:18 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <159423201991.2466245.8461410729774664077.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 08/07/2020 20:14, 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 > Acked-by: Dave Airlie > Acked-by: SeongJae Park > Acked-by: Christian Brauner > Acked-by: James Bottomley > Reviewed-by: Mark Brown > Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook > Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet > Signed-off-by: Chris Mason > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams Reviewed-by: Matthias Brugger > --- > 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 > ----------- > > _______________________________________________ > Ksummit-discuss mailing list > Ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss >