Re: [PATCH -v2] treewide: Rename "unencrypted" to "decrypted"

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Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 06:25:49PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> TBH, I don't see how
>> 
>> 	if (force_dma_decrypted(dev))
>> 		set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)cpu_addr, 1 << page_order);
>>
>> makes more sense than the above. It's both non-sensical unless there is
>
> 9087c37584fb ("dma-direct: Force unencrypted DMA under SME for certain DMA masks")

Reading the changelog again...

I have to say that force_dma_unencrypted() makes way more sense in that
context than force_dma_decrypted(). It still wants a comment.

Linguistical semantics and correctness matters a lot. Consistency is
required as well, but not for the price of ambiguous wording.

Thanks,

        tglx





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