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Even if they had the fixed version the branch predictor could still decide to predict the instruction would be hit right? Your ultimate analysis seems correct:
by xenadu02 9y ago
Even if they had the fixed version the branch predictor could still decide to predict the instruction would be hit right? Your ultimate analysis seems correct: the instruction is unsafe to have anywhere.
- syncsynchalt 9y agoIn humans we have a similar problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironic_process_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironic_process_theory aka "don't think of a pink elephant"