> On Dec 31, 2018, at 11:51 AM, Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org> wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 11:20 PM Nadav Amit <na...@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.
I’m totally fine with that (don’t turn me into a "marketing” guy). It was just a way to refer to the mechanism. I need more feedback about the more fundamental issues to go on.
