Re: [PATCH 9/9] perf/x86: add syfs entry to disable HT bug workaround

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Jun 05 2014 - 09:29:42 EST


On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 02:02:51PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> It is enabled by default. Nothing is done to try and disable it later
> even once the kernel is fully booted. So this is mostly for testing
> and power-users.

You keep saying "power-users". What is the disadvantage for power users
running with the workaround disabled? I.e., why would anyone want to
disable it at all, what is the use case for that?

Thanks.

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Boris.

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