Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Privilege Levels Below User Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:15:05 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Computersprachen, Technische Universitaet Wien Lines: 11 Message-ID: <2024Jun10.091505@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> References: Injection-Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:16:37 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="60f29ca21e25855be1abdc6acb2f37f0"; logging-data="268994"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+ERtByBxarTmKk2d8Hr/oJ" Cancel-Lock: sha1:9RurgY9je3uSIfOLNAcED6prXVw= X-newsreader: xrn 10.11 Bytes: 1382 mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) writes: >My 66000 needs no retpolnes for external calls/returns or for >SVCs and SVRs. Retpolines are used for performing indirect branches without activating the indirect-branch predictor. - anton -- 'Anyone trying for "industrial quality" ISA should avoid undefined behavior.' Mitch Alsup,