Re: [PATCH 5/5] Documentation/x86: Add CET description

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* Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx> 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



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