> Even if you know the why and the how, you're still in the same place as everybody else If you know then you at least have the option to turn off PTI and comp

> Even if you know the why and the how, you're still in the same place as everybody else If you know then you at least have the option to turn off PTI and compile your performance-critical binaries without retpoline. And maybe disable microcode updates if intel's updates eat another few percent.