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SubjectRe: [RFC v2 0/6] x86: dynamic indirect branch promotion
On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 11:20 PM Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> wrote:
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> This is a revised version of optpolines (formerly named retpolines) for
> dynamic indirect branch promotion in order to reduce retpoline overheads
> [1].

Some of your changelogs still call them "relpolines".

I have a crazy suggestion: maybe don't give them a cute name at all?
Where it's actually necessary to name them (like in a config option),
use a description like CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEVIRTUALIZATION or
CONFIG_PATCH_INDIRECT_CALLS or something.

--Andy

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