+ lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

+ lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: lib: glob: fix grammar and replace non-inclusive terminology
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Josh Law <hlcj1234567@gmail.com>
Subject: lib: glob: fix grammar and replace non-inclusive terminology
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 15:45:53 +0000

Fix a missing article ('a') in the comment describing the glob
implementation, and replace 'blacklists' with 'denylists' to align with
the kernel's inclusive terminology guidelines.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260301154553.2592681-1-objecting@objecting.org
Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/glob.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/lib/glob.c~lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology
+++ a/lib/glob.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL");
  * Pattern metacharacters are ?, *, [ and \.
  * (And, inside character classes, !, - and ].)
  *
- * This is small and simple implementation intended for device blacklists
+ * This is a small and simple implementation intended for device denylists
  * where a string is matched against a number of patterns.  Thus, it
  * does not preprocess the patterns.  It is non-recursive, and run-time
  * is at most quadratic: strlen(@str)*strlen(@pat).
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from hlcj1234567@gmail.com are

lib-glob-add-missing-spdx-license-identifier.patch
lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology.patch

Re: + lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Josh Law]

Hello, Sorry for being annoying, but can you have a look at all of my other patches? You will benefit from these patches, sorry I haven't ordered them correctly, I usually use GitHub and this is new to me lol

V/R

1 Mar 2026 19:20:12 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>:

> 
> The patch titled
>      Subject: lib: glob: fix grammar and replace non-inclusive terminology
> has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
>      lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology.patch
> 
> This patch will shortly appear at
>      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology.patch
> 
> This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
>     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> 
> Before you just go and hit "reply", please:
>    a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
>    b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well
>    c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
>       reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's
> 
> *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code ***
> 
> The -mm tree is included into linux-next via various
> branches at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> and is updated there most days
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> From: Josh Law <hlcj1234567@gmail.com>
> Subject: lib: glob: fix grammar and replace non-inclusive terminology
> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 15:45:53 +0000
> 
> Fix a missing article ('a') in the comment describing the glob
> implementation, and replace 'blacklists' with 'denylists' to align with
> the kernel's inclusive terminology guidelines.
> 
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260301154553.2592681-1-objecting@objecting.org
> Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
> 
> lib/glob.c |    2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/lib/glob.c~lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology
> +++ a/lib/glob.c
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL");
>   * Pattern metacharacters are ?, *, [ and \.
>   * (And, inside character classes, !, - and ].)
>   *
> - * This is small and simple implementation intended for device blacklists
> + * This is a small and simple implementation intended for device denylists
>   * where a string is matched against a number of patterns.  Thus, it
>   * does not preprocess the patterns.  It is non-recursive, and run-time
>   * is at most quadratic: strlen(@str)*strlen(@pat).
> _
> 
> Patches currently in -mm which might be from hlcj1234567@gmail.com are
> 
> lib-glob-add-missing-spdx-license-identifier.patch
> lib-glob-fix-grammar-and-replace-non-inclusive-terminology.patch