On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:29:19 +0100 "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbac...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > Michael Lange wrote: > > compiler that is "retpoline-aware" (as the > > "checker"-script calls it, whatever that means) > > The term was coined by Google engineers > > https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/7625886 > "The name “retpoline” is a portmanteau of “return” and “trampoline.” > It is a trampoline construct constructed using return operations > which also figuratively ensures that any associated speculative > execution will “bounce” endlessly. > > (If it brings you any amusement: imagine speculative execution as an > overly energetic 7-year old that we must now build a warehouse of > trampolines around.)" Thanks, very well explained for technically limited people like me. And this also explains why they made the common name of their fix sound so similar to "Ritalin" :) Regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. Men will always be men -- no matter where they are. -- Harry Mudd, "Mudd's Women", stardate 1329.8
