Indirect branch tracking for Intel CPUs

Posted Apr 1, 2022 4:56 UTC (Fri) by donald.buczek (subscriber, #112892)
In reply to: Indirect branch tracking for Intel CPUs by milesrout
Parent article: Indirect branch tracking for Intel CPUs

Good question. It looks like Make Linux Fast Again benchmarks find only 2% gain (10% maximum on some specific tests) and that you don't perceive a difference during normal interactive usage outside of benchmarks. [1] [2] [...]

[1]: https://wonky.computer/post/make-linux-fast-again/
[2]: https://www.linux-community.de/ausgaben/linuxuser/2019/08... (german)