Re:Disable SMT/Hyperthreading in all Intel BIOSes
by walterbell on Thursday August 23, 2018 @06:25PM
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Should truth-in-advertising laws require OEMs to stop advertising hyper-threading, e.g. 4C/8T on new hardware, if the advertised feature is not fit for purpose?
Re:Disable SMT/Hyperthreading in all Intel BIOSes
by Klathmon on Thursday August 23, 2018 @07:46PM
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My personal opinion is "not yet".
Give intel some time to cope with this newest set of vulns, see if they can find a way to re-enable hyper threading safely, and if they can't and are still advertising hyper threading, then start going after them.
¹ For example in SPECvirt_sc2013 the patch reduces performance by 31% (https://www.servethehome.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Inte...) 31% is unheard of for a security patch! It's a difficult security-speed tradeoff that businesses must carefully consider.