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=-0.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no 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 DCA61C433E0 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 05:52:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F45208DB for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 05:52:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727066AbgFRFwW (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:52:22 -0400 Received: from smtprelay0228.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.228]:52010 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725837AbgFRFwW (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:52:22 -0400 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (clb03-v110.bra.tucows.net [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay02.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D4131DF8; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 05:52:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-HE-Tag: feast20_401413c26e0d X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2106 Received: from XPS-9350.home (unknown [47.151.133.149]) (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf15.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 05:52:19 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <5dc6fb7ebfd1d38079d63e54d6fb2b05fa69001a.camel@perches.com> Subject: Re: + scripts-deprecated_terms-recommend-denylist-allowlist-instead-of-blacklist-whitelist.patch added to -mm tree From: Joe Perches To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, mm-commits@vger.kernel.org, sj38.park@gmail.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, jslaby@suse.cz, colin.king@canonical.com, sjpark@amazon.de, LKML Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:52:18 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20200617213222.OcDiV%akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <20200617213222.OcDiV%akpm@linux-foundation.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" User-Agent: Evolution 3.36.2-0ubuntu1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2020-06-17 at 14:32 -0700, akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote: > The patch titled > Subject: scripts/deprecated_terms: recommend denylist/allowlist instead of blacklist/whitelist > has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is > scripts-deprecated_terms-recommend-denylist-allowlist-instead-of-blacklist-whitelist.patch [] > ------------------------------------------------------ > From: SeongJae Park > Subject: scripts/deprecated_terms: recommend denylist/allowlist instead of blacklist/whitelist > > This commit recommends that patches replace 'blacklist' and 'whitelist' > with 'denylist' and 'allowlist', because the new suggestions are > incontrovertible, doesn't make people hurt, and are more self-explanatory. [] > --- a/scripts/deprecated_terms.txt~scripts-deprecated_terms-recommend-denylist-allowlist-instead-of-blacklist-whitelist > +++ a/scripts/deprecated_terms.txt > @@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ > # The format of each line is: > # deprecated||suggested > # > +blacklist||denylist > +whitelist||allowlist I think this is a poor use of deprecated terms as it has nothing to do with skin color.