Linux kernel will no longer use terms 'blacklist' and 'slave'(thenextweb.com)

4 pointsby lihaciudaniel6 yıl önce1 comments

Linux kernel will no longer use terms 'blacklist' and 'slave'

https://thenextweb.com/dd/2020/07/13/linux-kernel-will-no-longer-use-terms-blacklist-and-slave/

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Either the title is very misleading or we are going to see some ABI breakage in the kernel.

That "blocklist/passlist" alternative is horrible - blocklist has always been a list of blocks (and that's how it is used in kernel now).