https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83087
--- Comment #15 from Markus Trippelsdorf <trippels at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to H.J. Lu from comment #14) > (In reply to Markus Trippelsdorf from comment #13) > > (In reply to Jakub Jelinek from comment #12) > > > 1.4% increase is not negligible if it is forced on all users without easy > > > option to disable it when they don't need/want it. > > > > To be fair, it can be easily disabled with --disable-cet. > > The question is, if it should be enabled by default. > > We want to enable Intel CET by default in GCC and glibc, which can be > disabled by --disable-cet. Do you have any performance numbers? What is the impact of all these NOPs on non CET CPUs?