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=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_2 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 EA483C433E0 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 22:10:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B677A206E9 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 22:10:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727082AbgGFWKz (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2020 18:10:55 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:43528 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726329AbgGFWKz (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2020 18:10:55 -0400 Received: from oasis.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2BB9B206E9; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 22:10:54 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 18:10:52 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Pavel Begunkov Cc: Dan Williams , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tech-board-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Chris Mason , torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [Tech-board-discuss] [PATCH] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology Message-ID: <20200706181052.174c290a@oasis.local.home> In-Reply-To: <1cceba0f-c8ad-260d-9a09-5417bee32d50@gmail.com> References: <159389297140.2210796.13590142254668787525.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> <1cceba0f-c8ad-260d-9a09-5417bee32d50@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 00:31:49 +0300 Pavel Begunkov wrote: > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst > > index 2657a55c6f12..4b15ab671089 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst > > @@ -319,6 +319,18 @@ 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, avoid introducing new usage of the words 'slave' and > > +'blacklist'. Recommended replacements for 'slave' are: 'secondary', > > +'subordinate', 'replica', 'responder', 'follower', 'proxy', or > > +'performer'. Recommended replacements for blacklist are: 'blocklist' or > > +'denylist'. > > "Subordinate" means that they are unequal, and inequality is a big issue. This And if two objects are unequal, then that seems to be an appropriate term. We are not concerned about the inequality of devices. -- Steve