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A comment on Meltdown Proof-of-Concept. Parent comment

Re:Meltdown Proof-of-Concept by mehrdadn on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @04:18AM (#16113539)
I've never heard of a term for them but I would find "speculated instructions" clear enough in context.
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Re:Meltdown Proof-of-Concept by tptacek on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @09:47AM (#16115231)
"Speculated instructions" is ambiguous, because it includes instructions that are retired, and we specifically care about the ones that aren't.
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