Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Jan 2020 21:55:16 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v12] x86/split_lock: Enable split lock detection by kernel |
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On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 08:03:28PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote: > I could abbreviate CAPABILITIES as "CAP", that would save 9 > characters. Is that enough?
Sure, except...
> I'm not fond of the "remove the vowels": SPLT_LCK_DTCT, but that is > sort of readable and would save 4 more. What do you think?
... we've been trying to keep the MSR names as spelled in the SDM to avoid confusion.
Looking at it,
MSR_IA32_CORE_CAPABILITIES -> MSR_IA32_CORE_CAPS
along with a comment above its definition sounds like a good compromise to me. IMO, of course.
Thx.
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
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