From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Documentation/x86: Add CET description Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:05:11 +0200 Message-ID: <20180621130511.GA7895@gmail.com> References: <20180607143544.3477-1-yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> <20180607143544.3477-6-yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180607143544.3477-6-yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Yu-cheng Yu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H.J. Lu" , Vedvyas Shanbhogue , "Ravi V. Shankar" , Dave Hansen , Andy Lutomirski , Jonathan Corbet , Oleg Nesterov , Arnd Bergmann , Mike Kravetz List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org * Yu-cheng Yu wrote: > +Control Flow Enforcement Technology (CET) provides protection against > +return/jump-oriented programing (ROP) attacks. So the obvious abbreviation would be CFT or CFET. Exactly why is 'CET' used, which not only has very little to do with what it's supposed to mean, but is also a well-known timezone, Central European Time? Thanks, Ingo From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr0-f176.google.com ([209.85.128.176]:40556 "EHLO mail-wr0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933110AbeFUNFQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:05:16 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:05:11 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Documentation/x86: Add CET description Message-ID: <20180621130511.GA7895@gmail.com> References: <20180607143544.3477-1-yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> <20180607143544.3477-6-yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180607143544.3477-6-yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Yu-cheng Yu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H.J. Lu" , Vedvyas Shanbhogue , "Ravi V. Shankar" , Dave Hansen , Andy Lutomirski , Jonathan Corbet , Oleg Nesterov , Arnd Bergmann , Mike Kravetz Message-ID: <20180621130511.MErHlT-Oq147_fNKGBJwVCiLsOYJ6We4eom1FEdv1kI@z> * Yu-cheng Yu wrote: > +Control Flow Enforcement Technology (CET) provides protection against > +return/jump-oriented programing (ROP) attacks. So the obvious abbreviation would be CFT or CFET. Exactly why is 'CET' used, which not only has very little to do with what it's supposed to mean, but is also a well-known timezone, Central European Time? Thanks, Ingo