Article 50NA0 Intel Developer's Patch To Let SECCOMP Processes Like Web Browsers Opt Out Of Spectre V4

Intel Developer's Patch To Let SECCOMP Processes Like Web Browsers Opt Out Of Spectre V4

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Currently the Linux kernel SECCOMP secure computing mode force-enables Spectre protections, which comes with obvious performance implications. When force-enabled, however, processes can't opt-out of the protection if they are not at risk to the likes of Spectre V4 "Speculative Store Bypass" issues. But a simple change being proposed would let such processes opt out if desired...
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