linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] x86: undwarf unwinder

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:13:23 -0500
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] x86: undwarf unwinder

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 09:12:56AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > > I'm not tied to the 'undwarf' name, other naming ideas are welcome.
> > 
> > Ha, a new bike shed painting job! ;-)
> > 
> > I think 'undwarf' isn't a bad name, it's short, catchy and describes the purpose 
> > of the effort.
> > 
> > But I cannot resist some other suggestions, after 'elf' and 'dwarf' the obvious 
> > candidates from the peoples of Middle-earth would be:
> > 
> >  - 'Hobbit'
> >  - 'Eagle'
> >  - 'Ent'
> >  - 'Dragon'
> >  - 'Troll'
> >  - 'Ainur'
> > 
> > 'struct troll_entry' has a certain charm to it.
> > 
> > 'Eagle' is even nicer IMHO: larger than a dwarf but so much faster - and eagles 
> > are beautiful! Plus the name is 2 letters shorter than 'unwdwarf', win-win.
> 
> Finally, we get to the important part ;-)
> 
> Thus far I've been partial to undwarf, and I haven't been able to shake
> it.
> 
> But I like some of your suggestions.  Especially troll and hobbit.  Will
> need to do some more deep thinking about it :-)

After doing some research (i.e., skimming the "Middle-earth peoples"
article on Wikipedia), my favorite is "Orc".

I don't have a reason other than the fact that "orc unwinder" sounds
badass.  And it's short.  And also, orcs are enemies of dwarves :-)

I did like the symbolism of "Eagle", but unfortunately our own universe
also has eagles, which diminishes down the word's Tolkien and Germanic
mythology connotations.  And I think we can all agree that such
connotations are extremely important for an unwinder data format.

That said, while I like "orc", I also still like "undwarf", since I've
been staring at that name for a few months, and as you said, it does
describe its purpose.

So I'm leaning towards either "orc" or "undwarf".

-- 
Josh