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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] doc: change to diverse and inclusive language
Date: Thu,  4 Jun 2020 14:02:00 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200604210200.25405-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)

For diversity reasons, the DPDK should take every effort
to eliminate master and slave terminology. The actual code change
is just syntax, but it has bigger impacts.

Lets announce this now and do it in the next API changing
release.
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 0bee924255af..6b5cbf8d0b0c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -138,3 +138,30 @@ Deprecation Notices
   driver probe scheme. The legacy virtio support will be available through
   the existing VFIO/UIO based kernel driver scheme.
   More details at https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/69351/
+
+* eal: To be more inclusive in choice of naming, the DPDK project
+  will follow established diversity guidelines.
+  The code base will be changed to replace references to sexist
+  and offensive terms used in function, documentation and variable
+  names. This change will be progressive across several releases.
+
+  The immediate impact to the API/ABI is that references to
+  master and slave related to DPDK lcore will be changed to
+  primary and secondary.
+
+  For example: ``rte_get_master_lcore()`` will be renamed
+  to ``rte_get_primary_lcore()``.  For the 20.11, release
+  both names will be present and the old function will be
+  marked with the deprecated tag.
+
+  The macros related to primary and secondary lcore will also
+  be change:  ``RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE`` will be replaced
+  with ``RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SECONDARY``.
+
+  Drivers and source not governed by API/ABI policy will change
+  as soon as practical.
+
+  This change aligns DPDK with the MIT diversity guidelines:
+  https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/Language/NonSexist/vuw.non-sexist-language-guidelines.txt
+  and follows precedent of other open source projects: Django, Gnome,
+  ISC, Python, Rust
-- 
2.26.2


             reply	other threads:[~2020-06-04 21:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 186+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-04 21:02 Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2020-06-05  1:04 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC] replace master/slave with primary/secondary Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 10:43   ` Gaëtan Rivet
2020-06-05 11:14     ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2020-06-05 16:33       ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 17:10         ` Wiles, Keith
2020-06-05 17:45           ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 19:23             ` Wiles, Keith
2020-06-05 19:53               ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 20:09                 ` Wiles, Keith
2020-06-05 11:28     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-06-05 12:15       ` Gaëtan Rivet
2020-06-05 15:27     ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05  7:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC] doc: change to diverse and inclusive language Luca Boccassi
2020-06-05  8:35   ` Bruce Richardson
2020-06-05 21:40 ` Aaron Conole
2020-06-05 22:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 00/26] Change references to master/slave to Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 01/26] eal: rename terms used for DPDK lcores Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-29 17:04     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 02/26] kni: fix reference to master/slave process Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 03/26] bbdev: rename master to initial lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 04/26] librte_power: change reference to rte_master_lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 05/26] drivers: replace master/slave terminolgy Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 06/26] examples/distrutor: rename master to initial Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 07/26] examples/bond: replace references to master lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 08/26] examples/ethtool-app: replace references to slave with worker Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 09/26] examples/ip_pipeline: replace references to master_lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 10/26] examples/qos_{meter/sched}: replace references to master lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 11/26] examples/l3fwd: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 12/26] examples/l2fwd: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 13/26] examples/multi_process: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 14/26] examples/performance-thread: replace reference " Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 15/26] examples/ptpclient: replace references " Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 16/26] examples/ipcsec-secgw: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 17/26] examples: replace reference " Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 18/26] app/test-pmd: change references to master/slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 19/26] test-eventdev: replace references to slave with worker lcores Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 20/26] app/test: repalce refernces to master/slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 21/26] doc: fix incorrect reference to master process Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 22/26] doc: update references to master/slave lcore in samples Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 23/26] doc: replace master lcore terminology Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 24/26] app/pdump: replace references to master/slave lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 25/26] app/test-XXX: replace reference to master/slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-06-05 22:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 26/26] eal: mark old naming as deprecated Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/27] Replace references to master and slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/27] eal: rename terms used for DPDK lcores Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/27] kni: fix reference to master/slave process Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/27] bbdev: rename master to initial lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/27] librte_power: change reference to rte_master_lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/27] drivers: replace master/slave terminolgy Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/27] examples/distrutor: rename master to initial Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/27] examples/bond: replace references to master lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/27] examples/ethtool-app: replace references to slave with worker Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/27] examples/ip_pipeline: replace references to master_lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/27] examples/qos_{meter/sched}: replace references to master lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/27] examples/l3fwd: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 12/27] examples/l2fwd: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 13/27] examples/multi_process: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 14/27] examples/performance-thread: replace reference " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 15/27] examples/ptpclient: replace references " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 16/27] examples/ipcsec-secgw: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 17/27] examples: replace reference " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 18/27] app/test-pmd: change references to master/slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 19/27] test-eventdev: replace references to slave with worker lcores Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 20/27] app/test: replace refernces to master/slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 21/27] doc: fix incorrect reference to master process Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 22/27] doc: update references to master/slave lcore in documentation Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 23/27] app/pdump: replace references to master/slave lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 24/27] app/test-XXX: replace reference to master/slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 25/27] eal: mark old naming as deprecated Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 26/27] memif: replace master/slave with server/client Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 19:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 27/27] vhost: rename SLAVE to CLIENT Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 20:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/27] Replace references to master and slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 01/27] eal: rename terms used for DPDK lcores Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-17 14:07     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/27] kni: fix reference to master/slave process Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-13 12:23     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/27] bbdev: rename master to initial lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-13 12:26     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/27] librte_power: change reference to rte_master_lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-13 12:37     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/27] drivers: replace master/slave terminology Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-13 12:52     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/27] examples/distributor: rename master to initial Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-13 12:53     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/27] examples/bond: replace references to master lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-13 12:56     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/27] examples/ethtool-app: replace references to slave with worker Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-13 12:59     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 09/27] examples/ip_pipeline: replace references to master_lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-13 13:01     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-09-10  9:52       ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 10/27] examples/qos_{meter/sched}: replace references to master lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 11:31     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 11/27] examples/l3fwd: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 11:46     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 12/27] examples/l2fwd: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 11:51     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 13/27] examples/multi_process: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 11:53     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 14/27] examples/performance-thread: replace reference " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 12:09     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 15/27] examples/ptpclient: replace references " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 12:24     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 16/27] examples/ipcsec-secgw: " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 12:27     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 17/27] examples: replace reference " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 12:33     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 18/27] app/test-pmd: change references to master/slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 12:39     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 19/27] test-eventdev: replace references to slave with worker lcores Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 12:41     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 20/27] app/test: replace refernces to master/slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 13:23     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 21/27] doc: fix incorrect reference to master process Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 13:24     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 22/27] doc: update references to master/slave lcore in documentation Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-17 14:01     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 23/27] app/pdump: replace references to master/slave lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 13:25     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 24/27] app/test-XXX: replace reference to master/slave Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-17 12:56     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 25/27] eal: mark old naming as deprecated Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-15 13:28     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-15 20:29       ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-16 13:41         ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-16 22:04           ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-17 15:21             ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-17 15:35               ` Dmitry Kozliuk
2020-07-17 15:43                 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-17 15:44                   ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-18  2:22               ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-20 12:32                 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-20 18:51                   ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-22  9:05                     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-22 10:07                       ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-22 13:53                       ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-16 22:05           ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 26/27] memif: replace master/slave with server/client Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-17 13:01     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-18  2:23       ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-01 20:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 27/27] vhost: rename SLAVE to CLIENT Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-02 11:17     ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-07-03  7:36       ` Adrian Moreno
2020-07-13 11:05   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/27] Replace references to master and slave Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-13 12:33   ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-27 19:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.08 0/6] Inclusive language fixes and deprecation notices Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-27 19:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.08 1/6] doc: announce deprecation of master lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-29  9:23     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-27 19:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.08 2/6] kni: fix reference to master/slave process Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-27 19:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.08 3/6] doc: fix incorrect reference to master process Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-29  9:24     ` Burakov, Anatoly
2020-07-27 19:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.08 4/6] doc: announce deprecation blacklist/whitelist Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-27 19:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.08 5/6] rte_ethdev: change comment to rte_dev_eth_mac_addr_add Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-27 19:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.08 6/6] check_maintainers: change variable names Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-28  5:16   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.08 0/6] Inclusive language fixes and deprecation notices Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-30  0:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 0/6] inclusive " Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-30  0:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 1/6] doc: announce deprecation of master lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-30  8:42     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-08-06 16:49     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-08-06 17:00       ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-08-06 17:14         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-30  0:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 2/6] kni: fix reference to master/slave process Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-30  8:42     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-07-30  0:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 3/6] doc: fix incorrect reference to master process Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-30  0:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 4/6] doc: announce deprecation blacklist/whitelist Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-30  8:45     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-07-30 15:10       ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-07-30  0:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 5/6] rte_ethdev: change comment to rte_dev_eth_mac_addr_add Stephen Hemminger
2020-08-06 16:53     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-30  0:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 6/6] check_maintainers: change variable names Stephen Hemminger
2020-08-06 16:55     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-08-06 16:56   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 20.08 0/6] inclusive language fixes and deprecation notices Thomas Monjalon
2020-08-07 10:45     ` Mcnamara, John
2020-08-06 17:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Stephen Hemminger
2020-08-06 17:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 20.08 1/6] doc: announce deprecation of master lcore Stephen Hemminger
2020-08-07  0:10     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-08-06 17:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 20.08 2/6] kni: fix reference to master/slave process Stephen Hemminger
2020-08-06 17:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 20.08 3/6] doc: fix incorrect reference to master process Stephen Hemminger
2020-08-06 17:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 20.08 4/6] doc: announce deprecation blacklist/whitelist Stephen Hemminger
2020-08-07  0:15     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-08-07  8:43       ` Gaëtan Rivet
2020-08-06 17:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 20.08 5/6] rte_ethdev: change comment to rte_dev_eth_mac_addr_add Stephen Hemminger
2020-08-06 17:19   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 20.08 6/6] check_maintainers: change variable names Stephen Hemminger
2020-08-07 10:45   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 20.08 0/6] inclusive language fixes and deprecation notices Mcnamara, John
2020-08-07 10:56     ` Thomas Monjalon

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