Re: [PATCH] x86: pad assembly functions with INT3

[Ingo Molnar]

* hpa@xxxxxxxxx <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I guess it won't try to speculatively execute the 'pad' instructions - but you 
> > can never really tell!
> >
> >	David
> 
> The CPU doesn't speculate down past an unconditional control transfer. Doing so 
> would be idiotic.

I think, when it comes to speculative execution, our general expectation that CPUs 
don't do idiotic things got somewhat weakened in the past year or so ...

Thanks,

	Ingo