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Do you want speed or security as expected? Spectre CPU defenses can cripple performance on Linux in tests
Tuesday June 22, 2021. 05:02 AM , from TheRegister
All depends on whether your workload is making a lot of system calls or not
The mitigations applied to exorcise Spectre, the family of data-leaking processor vulnerabilities, from computers hinders performance enough that disabling protection for the sake of speed may be preferable for some.…
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