From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E5D8C433DF for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org (smtp4.osuosl.org [140.211.166.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C8A5E20772 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="JufFr+0g" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org C8A5E20772 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ksummit-discuss-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5904D86B7E; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id UAzy70kkp7aZ; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.linuxfoundation.org (lf-lists.osuosl.org [140.211.9.56]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D1986B2D; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lf-lists.osuosl.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4339C0888; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org (smtp4.osuosl.org [140.211.166.137]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67D2FC016F; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFCF86B2D; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2_NUCXLrMliF; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:20 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E070D86B26; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1F7EE2073E; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:22:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1594020140; bh=gKp3g1bxO6Epz5NAk4E1pJBvKl8b9XpmYD9Xk7Fl920=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=JufFr+0gHoxadzahDRSG2gCHqcnRkW9pANK7oExJ2xVU52xIpdQrekouQAcCKjgaQ sDnOhnay4RY9Cr2KqMaxtiOdZiD6lDATCvh5sj7aTD059yzyR3+F+qBrD5zfxSsTa7 PvX18zdzs4ZNYFThXfTSDqlIgQwKo/nhtEkbLRZU= Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 09:22:21 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: NeilBrown Message-ID: <20200706072221.GA1947246@kroah.com> References: <159389297140.2210796.13590142254668787525.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> <87h7ul15le.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87h7ul15le.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> Cc: ksummit , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tech-board-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Chris Mason Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology X-BeenThere: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ksummit-discuss-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Sender: "Ksummit-discuss" On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 05:10:37PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > On Sat, Jul 04 2020, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > Another suggestion for "slave" replacement should be "device". This is in > > the context of the w1 bus which is by far the largest user of the > > master/slave terminology in the kernel. > > Ugh. Please, no. "device" doesn't mean anything, in that you can use > it to refer to any thing. (i.e. it is almost semantically equivalent to > "thing"). Context is everything, you can have a "controller" and a "device" that the controller controls. These are common terms in many specs today, look at the USB spec for an example of these terms being used in this way for many decades. So while the term might be generic, like the word it is replacing, it makes sense when used in the context it will show up in, so it is a good replacement in many instances. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Ksummit-discuss mailing list Ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss