Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 9 Jul 2020 12:43:27 +0200 | From | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <> | Subject | Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [Tech-board-discuss] [PATCH] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology |
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Em Tue, 7 Jul 2020 01:58:21 +0200 Tibor Raschko <tibrasch@gmail.com> escreveu:
> > Allowlist/denylist terms are intuitive and action based which have a > > globally uniform meaning. > > Nobody has a problem understanding "blacklist" and "whitelist". These > are universally understood words even outside of computing. Claiming > that we need clearer alternatives is smoke and mirrors.
Actually, as a non-native English speaker, the first time I saw "<color>list", I had to do some research in order to understand what it means :-)
That reminds me: what about "graylist"?
For coherency, if "blacklist/whitelist" won't be used anymore, an alternative to graylist should also be provided.
Right now, it seems that only ACPI uses it:
$ git grep -i graylist drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c:static void acpi_pm_check_graylist(struct pci_dev *dev) drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c: acpi_pm_check_graylist); drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c: acpi_pm_check_graylist);
Thanks, Mauro
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