On Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:35:46 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2020-06-09 at 14:25 +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. > > nack. Spelling is for typos not for politics. Agreed, I'm abusing the spell checking. I personally believe the terms will eventually removed from the dictionary and become typos, though. I will update checkpatch to support deprecated terms checking, and set the 'blacklist' and 'whitelist' as the deprecated terms in the next spin. Thanks, SeongJae Park > > > Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > scripts/spelling.txt | 2 ++ > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt > > index d9cd24cf0d40..ea785568d8b8 100644 > > --- a/scripts/spelling.txt > > +++ b/scripts/spelling.txt > > @@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ beter||better > > betweeen||between > > bianries||binaries > > bitmast||bitmask > > +blacklist||blocklist > > boardcast||broadcast > > borad||board > > boundry||boundary > > @@ -1495,6 +1496,7 @@ whcih||which > > whenver||whenever > > wheter||whether > > whe||when > > +whitelist||allowlist > > wierd||weird > > wiil||will > > wirte||write