Messages in this thread | | | From | Andy Lutomirski <> | Date | Mon, 31 Dec 2018 11:51:04 -0800 | Subject | Re: [RFC v2 0/6] x86: dynamic indirect branch promotion |
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 11:20 PM Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> wrote: > > 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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