Re: [LAU] Major CPU bugs - Was: Christmas present for self.

From: Fons Adriaensen <fons@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu Jan 04 2018 - 22:27:25 EET

On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 02:56:46PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote:

> is this correct? my impression is that KPTI makes user->kernel and
> kernel->user switches more expensive th​a they used to be, but does not
> change the cost of a context switch that stays in the same ring mode.
>
> so, basically, system calls cost more; context switches stay at about the
> same cost.

That is what I understood as well. Maybe this will affect systems
using very small period sizes, we'll see.

Ciao,

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