The search for the correct amount of split-lock misery

The question is simple - if the majority of apps affected by this are games, then this is a user space regression. It needs to be reverted.

Seeing as it appears to be pretty much only gaming systems that are affected, then it most definitely is a user space regression. Especially as a lot of these applications cannot be fixed by the users. And driving gamers to Windows/Apple will be seriously damaging to linux.

And lastly, isn't the (mis)feature itself actually a HARDWARE bug? "Mitigating" the bug by rendering the computer pretty much unusable for its intended purpose isn't a good idea!

Cheers,
Wol