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Message-ID: <83686f5b-7957-432c-9e2c-d54e381c06c9@linux.intel.com> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 12:44:13 -0700 From: Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com> To: "Kaplan, David" <David.Kaplan@....com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org> Cc: "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com" <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] x86/bugs: Create single parameter for VERW based mitigations On 10/9/24 09:39, Daniel Sneddon wrote: > >>> >>> Are you suggesting a name change away from "clear_cpu_buffers" since it is >>> clearly about the mitigation rather than the bug? I'm not sure there is a good >>> common name for those 4 bugs that isn't about the mitigation, but I'm open >>> to any suggestions. >>> >> >> Yes, I think that would be better. I wasn't sure on a name either. In the RFDS webpage I see it described as "similar to data sampling transient execution attacks". Perhaps something like that could be an umbrella term? >> data sampling feels a little too generic. How about something like microarch_data_sampling?
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