jfb added a comment.

In D60593#1498622 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D60593#1498622>, @hctim wrote:

> In D60593#1495428 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D60593#1495428>, @gribozavr wrote:
>
> > What does GWP stand for?
>
>
> Google Wide Profiling 
> <https://storage.googleapis.com/pub-tools-public-publication-data/pdf/36575.pdf>.
>
> We use the name GWP-ASan, even though it's "technically neither GWP nor 
> ASan", but because it describes well what the outcome is (sampled allocations 
> with memory detection capabilities). It also mirrors the name used for the 
> identical mechanism implemented in Chromium 
> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/components/gwp_asan>.


Hello I'm here to bikeshed, and this is a terrible name for an LLVM project. Or 
super appropriate because LLVM itself is a terrible name? In any case, 
backronym it to something else, or rename it. Thanks!


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