Re: [RFC PATCH v2 25/27] x86/cet: Add PTRACE interface for CET

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Fri Jul 13 2018 - 02:28:10 EST



> > > to "CET" (which is a well-known acronym for "Central European Time"),
> > > not to CFE?
> > >
> >
> > I don't know if I can change that, will find out.
>
> So what I'd suggest is something pretty simple: to use CFT/cft in kernel internal
> names, except for the Intel feature bit and any MSR enumeration which can be CET
> if Intel named it that way, and a short comment explaining the acronym difference.
>
> Or something like that.

Actually, I don't think CFT is much better -- there's limited number
of TLAs (*). "ENFORCE_FLOW"? "FLOWE"? "EFLOW"?

Pavel

(*) Three letter accronyms.
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