On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 07:58:20PM +0530, Sibi Sankar wrote: > Subject: cpufreq: blacklist SC7280 in cpufreq-dt-platdev > > Add SC7280 to cpufreq-dt-platdev blacklist since the actual scaling is > handled by the 'qcom-cpufreq-hw' driver. The coding style recommends the use of "allowlist" or "passlist" of "blacklist": https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.12/source/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst#L338 It's existing code so you aren't necessarily expected to change it. But you could still use the recommended terminology in the commit message.