Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/spelling: Recommend blocklist/allowlist instead of blacklist/whitelist

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jun 09 2020 - 08:56:15 EST


On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 02:25:49PM +0200, SeongJae Park wrote:
> From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> This commit recommends the patches to replace 'blacklist' and
> 'whitelist' with the 'blocklist' and 'allowlist', because the new
> suggestions are incontrovertible, doesn't make people hurt, and more
> self-explanatory.
>
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> scripts/spelling.txt | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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