Re: [PATCH 1/6] x86/bugs: Create single parameter for VERW based mitigations

[Daniel Sneddon]

On 10/9/24 09:39, Daniel Sneddon wrote:
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>>>
>>> Are you suggesting a name change away from "clear_cpu_buffers" since it is
>>> clearly about the mitigation rather than the bug? I'm not sure there is a good
>>> common name for those 4 bugs that isn't about the mitigation, but I'm open
>>> to any suggestions.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I think that would be better.  I wasn't sure on a name either.  In the RFDS webpage I see it described as "similar to data sampling transient execution attacks".  Perhaps something like that could be an umbrella term?
>>

data sampling feels a little too generic. How about something like
microarch_data_sampling?