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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Another security vulnerability Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 14:10:41 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 9 Message-ID: <jwvedbmco81.fsf-monnier+comp.arch@gnu.org> References: <utpoi2$b6to$1@dont-email.me> <2024Mar25.082534@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <20240326192941.0000314a@yahoo.com> <uu0kt1$2nr9j$1@dont-email.me> <VpVMN.731075$p%Mb.618266@fx15.iad> <2024Mar27.191411@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <HH_MN.732789$p%Mb.8039@fx15.iad> <5fc6ea8088c0afe8618d2862cbacebab@www.novabbs.org> <TfhNN.110764$_a1e.90012@fx16.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 18:13:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d97d774ac232f6e68641575478ad60df"; logging-data="93107"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+UFUNoErvr/5wYx3EfGSmU4oGKUOw+gTw=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:onaYJpzdR5zQbh8WNIcD4xUydSI= sha1:V8cH1LkdiJZblnhp8h60pmmC+bc= Bytes: 1555 > Since each chased pointer starts back at LSQ, the cost is no different > than an explicit Prefetch instruction, except without (a),(b) and (c) > having been applied first. I thought the important difference is that the decision to prefetch or not can be done dynamically based on past history. Stefan