[libre-riscv-dev] [Bug 209] spectre-proof speculative execution

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https://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209

--- Comment #5 from Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> ---
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 8:25 PM Yehowshua <yimmanuel3 at gatech.edu> wrote:

> > so basically this extends the Dependency Matrix "Shadow" concept actually
> > right down into the Caches.
>
> Exactly - keep in mind that this is only for variant 1.

there may still be some impact.  reduction in TLB entry availability
may cause timing alterations.

the L0 Cache/Buffer *might* actually be the accidentally-already-designed
place where speculation stops.  i stress "might".

> I’ll read up on the other variants later.
>
> Why do CPUs have to be so complicated...

:)

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