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Linux 6.19 Gets Rid Of The Kernel's "Genocide" Function (www.phoronix.com)
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While the Linux kernel has inclusive terminology guidelines for the past five years to replace phrases like master/slave and blacklist/whitelist, there has surprisingly been a "genocide" function within the kernel that was questioned when it was first submitted for inclusion but now removed in Linux 6.19.

Introduced to the Linux kernel back in 2023 was the d_genocide() function as part of various dcache updates to the kernel. The genocide name was questioned when the patches were first posted by longtime Linux developer Al Viro

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[–] groet@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago

Yeah allow/block does not need cultural context to be understood. You can take someone from an uncontacted tribe in the amazon (and through a magic translation device) they will understand what a allow list is. They wouldn't understand blacklist.