From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kees Cook Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/29] powerpc: Rename "notes" PT_NOTE to "note" Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:36:21 -0700 Message-ID: <201910151034.A21FDCA32@keescook> References: <20191011000609.29728-1-keescook@chromium.org> <20191011000609.29728-2-keescook@chromium.org> <20191011082519.GI9749@gate.crashing.org> <201910110910.48270FC97@keescook> <20191011162552.GK9749@gate.crashing.org> <20191015165412.GD596@zn.tnic> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=chromium.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=m+oSkq2BGDVnMXCTCZOGBY+AVAcaQgizlBaC3TfYgbk=; b=JV+TKEsIejeoGguft/smdhcOhD8TznOS3FDgaThCNzjFd/zO9Gf+USti5K/cmcvGGL VL+DN5u7ePo4IWynJI4kZyUxYCOiGUo31kRO4IGsw0RDA7MEE9P0Lx+Gh5T4vmOLDPmO nAWj+aCJO3XdoGRVZfY2JbnQgqczJYP20lPBE= Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191015165412.GD596@zn.tnic> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Segher Boessenkool , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Michal Simek , x86@kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, Dave Hansen , Heiko Carstens , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Yoshinori Sato , linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski , linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rick Edgecombe , Will Deacon , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 06:54:13PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 11:25:52AM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > > Names *matter*, internal names doubly so. So why replace a good name with > > a worse name? Because it is slightly less work for you? > > So if we agree on the name "notes" and we decide to rename the other > arches, this should all be done in a separate patchset anyway, and ontop > of this one. And I believe Kees wouldn't mind doing it ontop since he's > gotten his hands dirty already. :-P Yeah, I'm fine with that. I would prefer to do it as a separate step, just to minimize the logical steps each patch takes. Shall I spin a v3 with the Acks added and a final rename for this? -- Kees Cook