From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753269AbdF2TNg (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:13:36 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:54840 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751819AbdF2TNZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:13:25 -0400 DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com 840AFC0B89FE Authentication-Results: ext-mx08.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx08.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=jpoimboe@redhat.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mx1.redhat.com 840AFC0B89FE Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:13:23 -0500 From: Josh Poimboeuf To: Ingo Molnar Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Andy Lutomirski , Jiri Slaby , "H. Peter Anvin" , Peter Zijlstra Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] x86: undwarf unwinder Message-ID: <20170629191323.strlhbkdnl7y6bcw@treble> References: <20170629075547.y24s7aq4nqwt2rll@gmail.com> <20170629141256.ire7jhckc26hsute@treble> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170629141256.ire7jhckc26hsute@treble> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0.1 (2016-04-01) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.32]); Thu, 29 Jun 2017 19:13:24 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 09:12:56AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > > I'm not tied to the 'undwarf' name, other naming ideas are welcome. > > > > Ha, a new bike shed painting job! ;-) > > > > I think 'undwarf' isn't a bad name, it's short, catchy and describes the purpose > > of the effort. > > > > But I cannot resist some other suggestions, after 'elf' and 'dwarf' the obvious > > candidates from the peoples of Middle-earth would be: > > > > - 'Hobbit' > > - 'Eagle' > > - 'Ent' > > - 'Dragon' > > - 'Troll' > > - 'Ainur' > > > > 'struct troll_entry' has a certain charm to it. > > > > 'Eagle' is even nicer IMHO: larger than a dwarf but so much faster - and eagles > > are beautiful! Plus the name is 2 letters shorter than 'unwdwarf', win-win. > > Finally, we get to the important part ;-) > > Thus far I've been partial to undwarf, and I haven't been able to shake > it. > > But I like some of your suggestions. Especially troll and hobbit. Will > need to do some more deep thinking about it :-) After doing some research (i.e., skimming the "Middle-earth peoples" article on Wikipedia), my favorite is "Orc". I don't have a reason other than the fact that "orc unwinder" sounds badass. And it's short. And also, orcs are enemies of dwarves :-) I did like the symbolism of "Eagle", but unfortunately our own universe also has eagles, which diminishes down the word's Tolkien and Germanic mythology connotations. And I think we can all agree that such connotations are extremely important for an unwinder data format. That said, while I like "orc", I also still like "undwarf", since I've been staring at that name for a few months, and as you said, it does describe its purpose. So I'm leaning towards either "orc" or "undwarf". -- Josh