static const char      *length_str     = "1MB";
 static const char      *routine        = "all";
 static int             iterations      = 1;
-static bool            use_cycle;
-static int             cycle_fd;
+static bool            use_cycles;
+static int             cycles_fd;
 
 static const struct option options[] = {
        OPT_STRING('l', "length", &length_str, "1MB",
                    "Specify routine to copy, \"all\" runs all available routines"),
        OPT_INTEGER('i', "iterations", &iterations,
                    "repeat memcpy() invocation this number of times"),
-       OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "cycle", &use_cycle,
-                   "Use cycles event instead of gettimeofday() for measuring"),
+       OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "cycles", &use_cycles,
+                   "Use a cycles event instead of gettimeofday() to measure performance"),
        OPT_END()
 };
 
        .config         = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
 };
 
-static void init_cycle(void)
+static void init_cycles(void)
 {
-       cycle_fd = sys_perf_event_open(&cycle_attr, getpid(), -1, -1, perf_event_open_cloexec_flag());
+       cycles_fd = sys_perf_event_open(&cycle_attr, getpid(), -1, -1, perf_event_open_cloexec_flag());
 
-       if (cycle_fd < 0 && errno == ENOSYS)
+       if (cycles_fd < 0 && errno == ENOSYS)
                die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
        else
-               BUG_ON(cycle_fd < 0);
+               BUG_ON(cycles_fd < 0);
 }
 
-static u64 get_cycle(void)
+static u64 get_cycles(void)
 {
        int ret;
        u64 clk;
 
-       ret = read(cycle_fd, &clk, sizeof(u64));
+       ret = read(cycles_fd, &clk, sizeof(u64));
        BUG_ON(ret != sizeof(u64));
 
        return clk;
 
 struct bench_mem_info {
        const struct routine *routines;
-       u64 (*do_cycle)(const struct routine *r, size_t len);
+       u64 (*do_cycles)(const struct routine *r, size_t len);
        double (*do_gettimeofday)(const struct routine *r, size_t len);
        const char *const *usage;
 };
 {
        const struct routine *r = &info->routines[r_idx];
        double result_bps = 0.0;
-       u64 result_cycle = 0;
+       u64 result_cycles = 0;
 
        printf("Routine %s (%s)\n", r->name, r->desc);
 
        if (bench_format == BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT)
                printf("# Copying %s Bytes ...\n\n", length_str);
 
-       if (use_cycle) {
-               result_cycle = info->do_cycle(r, len);
+       if (use_cycles) {
+               result_cycles = info->do_cycles(r, len);
        } else {
                result_bps = info->do_gettimeofday(r, len);
        }
 
        switch (bench_format) {
        case BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT:
-               if (use_cycle) {
-                       printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte\n", (double)result_cycle/totallen);
+               if (use_cycles) {
+                       printf(" %14lf cycles/Byte\n", (double)result_cycles/totallen);
                } else {
                        print_bps(result_bps);
                }
                break;
 
        case BENCH_FORMAT_SIMPLE:
-               if (use_cycle) {
-                       printf("%lf\n", (double)result_cycle/totallen);
+               if (use_cycles) {
+                       printf("%lf\n", (double)result_cycles/totallen);
                } else {
                        printf("%lf\n", result_bps);
                }
 
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, info->usage, 0);
 
-       if (use_cycle)
-               init_cycle();
+       if (use_cycles)
+               init_cycles();
 
        len = (size_t)perf_atoll((char *)length_str);
        totallen = (double)len * iterations;
        memset(*src, 0, length);
 }
 
-static u64 do_memcpy_cycle(const struct routine *r, size_t len)
+static u64 do_memcpy_cycles(const struct routine *r, size_t len)
 {
        u64 cycle_start = 0ULL, cycle_end = 0ULL;
        void *src = NULL, *dst = NULL;
         */
        fn(dst, src, len);
 
-       cycle_start = get_cycle();
+       cycle_start = get_cycles();
        for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
                fn(dst, src, len);
-       cycle_end = get_cycle();
+       cycle_end = get_cycles();
 
        free(src);
        free(dst);
 {
        struct bench_mem_info info = {
                .routines               = memcpy_routines,
-               .do_cycle               = do_memcpy_cycle,
+               .do_cycles              = do_memcpy_cycles,
                .do_gettimeofday        = do_memcpy_gettimeofday,
                .usage                  = bench_mem_memcpy_usage,
        };
                die("memory allocation failed - maybe length is too large?\n");
 }
 
-static u64 do_memset_cycle(const struct routine *r, size_t len)
+static u64 do_memset_cycles(const struct routine *r, size_t len)
 {
        u64 cycle_start = 0ULL, cycle_end = 0ULL;
        memset_t fn = r->fn.memset;
         */
        fn(dst, -1, len);
 
-       cycle_start = get_cycle();
+       cycle_start = get_cycles();
        for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
                fn(dst, i, len);
-       cycle_end = get_cycle();
+       cycle_end = get_cycles();
 
        free(dst);
        return cycle_end - cycle_start;
 {
        struct bench_mem_info info = {
                .routines               = memset_routines,
-               .do_cycle               = do_memset_cycle,
+               .do_cycles              = do_memset_cycles,
                .do_gettimeofday        = do_memset_gettimeofday,
                .usage                  = bench_mem_memset_usage,
        };