* Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> > > index e2ee403865eb..ac2bc3a18427 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> > > @@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ enum x86_regset {
> > > REGSET_IOPERM64 = REGSET_XFP,
> > > REGSET_XSTATE,
> > > REGSET_TLS,
> > > + REGSET_CET64 = REGSET_TLS,
> > > REGSET_IOPERM32,
> > > + REGSET_CET32,
> > > };
> > Why does REGSET_CET64 alias on REGSET_TLS?
>
> In x86_64_regsets[], there is no [REGSET_TLS]. The core dump code
> cannot handle holes in the array.
Is there a fundamental (ABI) reason for that?
> > to "CET" (which is a well-known acronym for "Central European Time"),
> > not to CFE?
> >
>
> I don't know if I can change that, will find out.
So what I'd suggest is something pretty simple: to use CFT/cft in kernel internal
names, except for the Intel feature bit and any MSR enumeration which can be CET
if Intel named it that way, and a short comment explaining the acronym difference.
Or something like that.
Thanks,
Ingo
