linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/bugs: Correct RSB terminology in Kconfig

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Message-ID: <c2cfc0a8-50bf-480d-be7b-1e6a2adfbbe1@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:40:04 -0700
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: corbet@....net,
 "open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)"
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/bugs: Correct RSB terminology in Kconfig

On 9/13/24 05:27, Breno Leitao wrote:
> RSB stands for "Return Stack Buffer" in industry literature[1]. Update
> the kernel Kconfig to use this standard term instead of the current
> "Return-Speculation-Buffer".

Thanks.  I'll throw this in my queue, but I'm too chicken to mess with
the branches that will be going up in this merge window.

Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>