linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 06/17] x86/cpu: Add SRSO untrain to retbleed=

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Message-ID: <20230812121034.GDZNd2umHEqcQNaFbJ@fat_crate.local>
Date:   Sat, 12 Aug 2023 14:10:34 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David.Kaplan@....com,
        Andrew.Cooper3@...rix.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 06/17] x86/cpu: Add SRSO untrain to retbleed=

On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 01:24:04PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> That very experience wants me to avoid doing it again :-/ But you all
> really want to keep the parameter, can we at least rename it something
> you can remember how to type, like 'srso=' instead of this horrific
> 'spec_rstack_overflow=' thing?

I'm all for short'n'sweet but last time I did that, Linus said we should
have option names which aren't abbreviations which don't mean anything.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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