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Linux 6.19 Gets Rid Of The Kernel's "Genocide" Function (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 5 days ago by RockBottom@feddit.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Crossposted from https://lemmy.cafe/post/28218826

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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[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

pitcher/catcher gets used a lot but also makes me giggle because I’m immature

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Iv legit heard someone call that terminology bigoted. You literally CANT win with plugs. Iv tried. Iv tried hard.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Well they’re dumbasses then, because it’s using baseball as the metaphor.

One side pitches the ball to the other. Ball goes in glove.

It’s silly because pitching and catching are older terms for top and bottom.