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This patch apparently implements this mitigation: https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/7625886 https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/7625886

• kough 9y ago
  This is a really good writeup, thanks. I'm curious -- how often are google support faq articles deeply technical like this?
• JdeBP 9y ago
  And once one knows the technical background, one is better positioned to consider the response of Linus Torvalds to the idea that the entire Linux kernel be recompiled for all x86 CPUs with a compiler that implements this. * https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/3/797 https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/3/797 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16066968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16066968)
  • tptacek 9y ago
    This would be more interesting if the attack that the compiler mitigations was designed for wasn't cross-vendor, cross-architecture.
  • coolspot 9y ago
    0 usages of word "fuck" 1 usage of word "shit" Not bad for Linus.