Article 545WW [$] A possible end to the FSGSBASE saga

[$] A possible end to the FSGSBASE saga

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The FSGSBASEpatch series is up to its thirteenth version as of late May. Itenables some "new" instructions for the x86 architecture, opening the way for a number ofsignificant performance improvements. One might think that such a patchseries would be a shoo-in, but FSGSBASE has had a troubled history;meanwhile, the delays in getting it merged may have led to a number ofusers installing root holes on their Linux systems in the hope of improvingsecurity.
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