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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:39:20 -0700 From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>, Chema Gonzalez <chema@...gle.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>, Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 net-next 02/16] bpf: update MAINTAINERS entry On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com> wrote: >>> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com> >>> --- >>> MAINTAINERS | 7 +++++++ >>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS >>> index ae8cd00215b2..32e24ff46da3 100644 >>> --- a/MAINTAINERS >>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS >>> @@ -1912,6 +1912,13 @@ S: Supported >>> F: drivers/net/bonding/ >>> F: include/uapi/linux/if_bonding.h >>> >>> +BPF (Safe dynamic programs and tools) >> >> bikeshed: I feel like this shouldn't be an acronym. Maybe instead: >> >> BERKELEY PACKET FILTER (BPF: Safe dynamic programs and tools) > > pile on :) > > I think eBPF is no longer acronym. 'e' stands for 'extended', > but BPF is no longer 'packet filter' only and definitely not 'berkeley'. > So I'd rather keep BPF as a magic abbreviation without spelling it out, > since full name is historic and no longer meaningful. > I've considered coming up with brand new abbreviation and full name > for this instruction set, but none looked good and all lose in comparison > to 'eBPF' name, which is concise and carries enough historical > references to explain the idea behind new ISA. Yeah, that's a fair point. No sense in using "BEE PEE EFF" :) -Kees -- Kees Cook Chrome OS Security -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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