Re:GNU Assembler Patches For Optimizing The Intel Jump Condi...
by raxxorrax on Thursday November 14, 2019 @09:30AM
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Well, if they fix this bug the hardware will become slower in any case. Honestly I don't understand the issue and wonder why it didn't manifest constantly.
> unpredictable behavior could happen when jump instructions cross cache lines
Under which kind of circumstances? What does it mean anyway? The jump-instruction itself with arguments crossing cache lines? Wouldn't that happen quite often?
> unpredictable behavior could happen when jump instructions cross cache lines
Under which kind of circumstances? What does it mean anyway? The jump-instruction itself with arguments crossing cache lines? Wouldn't that happen quite often?