linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 08/16] x86/stackprotector/64: Convert to normal percpu variable

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Message-ID: <CAMzpN2hTYCB6f1v2RjzCZV_Kx0WjVzE0U1ALhZ-C=Rjya9Puvw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 17:10:55 -0500
From: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 08/16] x86/stackprotector/64: Convert to normal percpu variable

On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 12:38:21PM -0500, Brian Gerst wrote:
> > The convention appears to me to be that all caps are used for global
> > variables used by the core build scripts and/or exported to
> > subdirectory makefiles, whereas lower case is for local variables.
>
> First time I hear of such a convention:

If you want it changed, please just say so.  I don't care either way.


Brian Gerst