[PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Dan Williams]

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
 -----------

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 8:30 PM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> 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>

Replied to the old version, once more here so it's not lost.

Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>

> ---
> 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



-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Matthias Brugger]

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 <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>

Reviewed-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.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
>   -----------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ksummit-discuss mailing list
> Ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org
> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss
> 

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Dan Williams]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 12:26 AM Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 8:30 PM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> 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>
>
> Replied to the old version, once more here so it's not lost.
>
> Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>

Got it, thanks Daniel.

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Dan Williams]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 2:45 AM Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@suse.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> 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 <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>
>
> Reviewed-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>

Got it, thanks Matthias.

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Andy Lutomirski]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 11:30 AM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> 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.

Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Laura Abbott]

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>

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 2:12 PM Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 11:30 AM Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> 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.
>
> Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>

Thanks, Andy.

Re: [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 2:13 PM Laura Abbott <laura@labbott.name> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
[..]
> Acked-by: Laura Abbott <laura@labbott.name>

Thanks, Laura.

Re: [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Gustavo A. R. Silva]

On 7/8/20 13:14, 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 <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>

Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>

Thanks
--
Gustavo

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[josh]

On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 11:14:27AM -0700, 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>

Thank you for working on this, Dan!

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Vinod Koul]

Hi Dan,

On 08-07-20, 11:14, 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 <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>

Acked-By: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>

Thanks for working on this

> ---
> 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

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Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Joerg Roedel]

On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 11:14:27AM -0700, 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.

Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Takashi Iwai]

On Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:14:27 +0200,
Dan Williams wrote:
> 
> +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are:
> +    'denylist / allowlist'
> +    'blocklist / passlist'

I started looking through the tree now and noticed there are lots of
patterns like "whitelisted" or "blacklisted".  How can the words fit
for those?  Actually, there are two cases like:

- Foo is blacklisted
- Allow to load the non-whitelisted cards

Currently I'm replacing the former with "Foo is in denylist", but not
sure about the latter case.  I thought Kees mentioned about this, but
don't remember the proposal...

In anyway, I'm for the action:
  Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>


thanks,

Takashi

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Julia Lawall]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2020, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:14:27 +0200,
> Dan Williams wrote:
> >
> > +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are:
> > +    'denylist / allowlist'
> > +    'blocklist / passlist'
>
> I started looking through the tree now and noticed there are lots of
> patterns like "whitelisted" or "blacklisted".  How can the words fit
> for those?  Actually, there are two cases like:
>
> - Foo is blacklisted
> - Allow to load the non-whitelisted cards
>
> Currently I'm replacing the former with "Foo is in denylist", but not

In the denylist?

julia


> sure about the latter case.  I thought Kees mentioned about this, but
> don't remember the proposal...
>
> In anyway, I'm for the action:
>   Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Takashi
> _______________________________________________
> Ksummit-discuss mailing list
> Ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org
> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss
>

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Takashi Iwai]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:43:28 +0200,
Julia Lawall wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2020, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:14:27 +0200,
> > Dan Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are:
> > > +    'denylist / allowlist'
> > > +    'blocklist / passlist'
> >
> > I started looking through the tree now and noticed there are lots of
> > patterns like "whitelisted" or "blacklisted".  How can the words fit
> > for those?  Actually, there are two cases like:
> >
> > - Foo is blacklisted
> > - Allow to load the non-whitelisted cards
> >
> > Currently I'm replacing the former with "Foo is in denylist", but not
> 
> In the denylist?

Not really, only the allowlist exists in this case.


thanks,

Takashi

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Julia Lawall]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2020, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:43:28 +0200,
> Julia Lawall wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Jul 2020, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:14:27 +0200,
> > > Dan Williams wrote:
> > > >
> > > > +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are:
> > > > +    'denylist / allowlist'
> > > > +    'blocklist / passlist'
> > >
> > > I started looking through the tree now and noticed there are lots of
> > > patterns like "whitelisted" or "blacklisted".  How can the words fit
> > > for those?  Actually, there are two cases like:
> > >
> > > - Foo is blacklisted
> > > - Allow to load the non-whitelisted cards
> > >
> > > Currently I'm replacing the former with "Foo is in denylist", but not
> >
> > In the denylist?
>
> Not really, only the allowlist exists in this case.

I'm not sure to understand.  in denylist is not grammatical.  It needs "a"
or "the".

Maybe it has to be foo is denylisted?  foo is in the implicit denyList?
foo is not in the allowList?

julia

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Takashi Iwai]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:39:56 +0200,
Julia Lawall wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2020, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:43:28 +0200,
> > Julia Lawall wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 13 Jul 2020, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:14:27 +0200,
> > > > Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are:
> > > > > +    'denylist / allowlist'
> > > > > +    'blocklist / passlist'
> > > >
> > > > I started looking through the tree now and noticed there are lots of
> > > > patterns like "whitelisted" or "blacklisted".  How can the words fit
> > > > for those?  Actually, there are two cases like:
> > > >
> > > > - Foo is blacklisted
> > > > - Allow to load the non-whitelisted cards
> > > >
> > > > Currently I'm replacing the former with "Foo is in denylist", but not
> > >
> > > In the denylist?
> >
> > Not really, only the allowlist exists in this case.
> 
> I'm not sure to understand.  in denylist is not grammatical.  It needs "a"
> or "the".

Ah, now I see how I confused you.  The two cases I mentioned in the
above are completely individual.  They were found in two different
drivers.  I put those just as two distinct examples for the passive
form usages.  Sorry for unclearness.

What I meant about the latter was that "not in allowlist" doesn't mean
it being "in denylist".  It's simply unknown.


Takashi

Re: [Tech-board-discuss] [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[James Bottomley]

On Mon, 2020-07-13 at 10:02 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:14:27 +0200,
> Dan Williams wrote:
> > 
> > +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are:
> > +    'denylist / allowlist'
> > +    'blocklist / passlist'
> 
> I started looking through the tree now and noticed there are lots of
> patterns like "whitelisted" or "blacklisted".  How can the words fit
> for those?  Actually, there are two cases like:
> 
> - Foo is blacklisted
> - Allow to load the non-whitelisted cards
> 
> Currently I'm replacing the former with "Foo is in denylist", but not
> sure about the latter case.  I thought Kees mentioned about this, but
> don't remember the proposal...

Remember these are suggestions for going forwards, not requirements for
changing everything.  We tend to be a community that likes make work
projects because they're easier to do than solving the hard problems,
but since we have over 100k occurrences of the various words in the
kernel, changing them all would cause massive churn and disrupt forward
development, which would cause way more harm than any gain from the
change.

James

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[josh]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 10:02:24AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:14:27 +0200,
> Dan Williams wrote:
> > 
> > +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are:
> > +    'denylist / allowlist'
> > +    'blocklist / passlist'
> 
> I started looking through the tree now and noticed there are lots of
> patterns like "whitelisted" or "blacklisted".  How can the words fit
> for those?  Actually, there are two cases like:
> 
> - Foo is blacklisted
> - Allow to load the non-whitelisted cards
> 
> Currently I'm replacing the former with "Foo is in denylist", but not
> sure about the latter case.  I thought Kees mentioned about this, but
> don't remember the proposal...

I find that "blocklist" works well as a verb: "foo is blocklisted",
"blocklist foo", or in some cases just "block foo" or "deny foo". For
the second case, phrasings like "allow loading non-safelisted cards" or
"allow loading cards not on the passlist" seem clear.

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Takashi Iwai]

On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 06:39:49 +0200,
josh@joshtriplett.org wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 10:02:24AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > On Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:14:27 +0200,
> > Dan Williams wrote:
> > > 
> > > +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are:
> > > +    'denylist / allowlist'
> > > +    'blocklist / passlist'
> > 
> > I started looking through the tree now and noticed there are lots of
> > patterns like "whitelisted" or "blacklisted".  How can the words fit
> > for those?  Actually, there are two cases like:
> > 
> > - Foo is blacklisted
> > - Allow to load the non-whitelisted cards
> > 
> > Currently I'm replacing the former with "Foo is in denylist", but not
> > sure about the latter case.  I thought Kees mentioned about this, but
> > don't remember the proposal...
> 
> I find that "blocklist" works well as a verb: "foo is blocklisted",
> "blocklist foo", or in some cases just "block foo" or "deny foo". For
> the second case, phrasings like "allow loading non-safelisted cards" or
> "allow loading cards not on the passlist" seem clear.

Yes, that makes sense.  I have wished some simple replacement with
sed, but it seems that it'd be better to rephrase such texts in
anyway.


thanks,

Takashi

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Jani Nikula]

On Wed, 08 Jul 2020, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> 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>

FWIW,

Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@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
>  -----------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ksummit-discuss mailing list
> Ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org
> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss

-- 
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Re: [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Pavel Machek]

On Wed 2020-07-08 11:14:27, 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(+)
> 
> +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.

Please try to understand how "blacklist" is used in the kernel before suggesting replacements.

NAK.
									Pavel

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Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH v3] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology

[Andy Lutomirski]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 1:02 AM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 08 Jul 2020 20:14:27 +0200,
> Dan Williams wrote:
> >
> > +Recommended replacements for 'blacklist/whitelist' are:
> > +    'denylist / allowlist'
> > +    'blocklist / passlist'
>
> I started looking through the tree now and noticed there are lots of
> patterns like "whitelisted" or "blacklisted".  How can the words fit
> for those?  Actually, there are two cases like:
>
> - Foo is blacklisted
> - Allow to load the non-whitelisted cards
>
> Currently I'm replacing the former with "Foo is in denylist", but not
> sure about the latter case.  I thought Kees mentioned about this, but
> don't remember the proposal...

Hmm.  In these cases, we're trying to convey one of two things.  A
given device/platform/CPU/whatever could be known to be problematic
and thus disallowed, or we could have a policy that we generally don't
trust hardware but we have specific reason to believe that this
particular hardware is okay.  After doing a highly scientific sampling
of a few cases, some of these are indeed lists and some are not.

If we're going to look for new words for these concepts, perhaps we
shouldn't focus on the *list* aspect -- after all, that's just a
rather popular implementation detail, but it's not the core concept
we're trying to express.  As an example case, we have a horrible
concept in which some Intel CPUs support a form of memory failure
recovery, and there is no enumeration mechanism.  Instead, there's a
list (sigh).  So we could say "your CPU is whitelisted for
such-and-such," which at least gets the idea across, but saying "your
CPU is allowlisted for such-and-such" seems like a stretch.  It's not
that we have a policy to allow things on the list -- it's that we
think that CPUs not on the list simply don't have the relevant
capability.

Here are some brainstormed ideas:

 - Such-and-such feature is quirked off.  (Or disabled due to a quirk.)

 - Your device is not on the known-good list.

 - Your device is not known-good.  It might work anyway -- to try it,
set such-and-such option.

 - Your device is known bad.

 - Your device is busted and we think you should pressure the
manufacturer to fix it.

 - Your device is too old and no longer supported.

 - Seriously, you're trying to use an 80386 on a modern kernel?  No
thanks.  We think it's neat that you still have one that works,
though.

 - (Specifically for modules and not part of the Linux kernel tree)
disable_autoload instead of blacklist, perhaps?

Part of my point is that we use blacklist and whitelist to mean
various things, and I don't think we should try to invent a couple of
new catch-all terms to replace them.  Perhaps replacing these words
could be an opportunity to come up with better descriptions at the
same time.