linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86/mm/kaiser: Add a banner

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Message-ID: <20171128125410.36t4uoh7a3pbk3hx@pd.tnic>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:54:10 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Gruss <daniel.gruss@...k.tugraz.at>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        michael.schwarz@...k.tugraz.at, moritz.lipp@...k.tugraz.at,
        richard.fellner@...dent.tugraz.at
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86/mm/kaiser: Add a banner

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 07:36:40PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> ** The word "shadow" needs to die, too.  I know what shadow page
> tables are, and they have *nothing* to do with KAISER.

ACK to that. Calling them "shadow" is mishandling an already overloaded
term.

Let's call them the user page tables as we call the other the kernel
page tables already. Nicely balanced.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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