linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] x86/entry/vdso: rename vdso_image_* to vdso*

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Message-ID: <7a44475b-19d1-451e-94ac-5b5e61969198@citrix.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:31:50 +0000
From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
 "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] x86/entry/vdso: rename vdso_image_* to vdso*_image

On 12/11/2025 8:22 pm, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> The .so files for the vdso are named vdso*.so, and these structures
> are image of the corresponding vdso.

I'm afraid I can't parse this, and it's not obvious what you're trying
to say.

>  Naming them accordingly is more
> consistent, very slightly more compact (by one character...) and
> simplifies the Makefile just a little bit.
>
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@...or.com>

The change itself looks fine.

~Andrew