Linus Torvalds: After big Linux performance hit, Spectre v2 patch needs curbs - ZDNet

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Linus Torvalds: After big Linux performance hit, Spectre v2 patch needs curbs ZDNet As noted by Linux news site Phoronix, the sudden slowdowns have been caused by a newly implemented mitigation called Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors (STIBP), which is on by default in the Linux 4.20 kernel for Intel systems with up-to-date ...