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Meltdown mitigations do not flush the TLB when changing from kernel to/from user when the PCID feature is in place. That's basically everywhere from Haswell on
by hansendc 9y ago
Meltdown mitigations do not flush the TLB when changing from kernel to/from user when the PCID feature is in place. That's basically everywhere from Haswell on (for Linux and Windows), and in some places as early as Nehalem (>= 4.9 kernels on Linux, not Windows).