>That being said, if this can increase difficulty of sidechannel attacks and branch prediction, maybe it'd actually make sense for very isolated parts of some s

>That being said, if this can increase difficulty of sidechannel attacks and branch prediction, maybe it'd actually make sense for very isolated parts of some services. I agree, I can see how it certain special circumstances/services this could be very useful. However, I still expect someone to compile Quake with it by the end of the year.