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It can > potentially cause performance disadvantages in certain scenarios. > > If this is ever going to go anywhere, I would like to see: > > - a proper use case which people are *actually* asking for > > - have it properly documented in Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/ along with > the potential impact so that people can make an *informed* decision whether > they really want it This patch can be dropped for now then. Please continue your review on patch 2/8. Thanks, Kim