From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: George Dunlap Subject: Re: further post-Meltdown-bad-aid performance thoughts Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:43:26 +0000 Message-ID: <6134e80b-8fd0-8a7d-61c8-df5892685c63@citrix.com> References: <5A6210B502000078001A06A5@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from all-amaz-eas1.inumbo.com ([34.197.232.57]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ecYpO-0003Yk-9h for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:43:38 +0000 In-Reply-To: <5A6210B502000078001A06A5@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> Content-Language: en-US List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Jan Beulich , xen-devel Cc: George Dunlap , Andrew Cooper List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org T24gMDEvMTkvMjAxOCAwMjozNyBQTSwgSmFuIEJldWxpY2ggd3JvdGU6Cj4gQWxsLAo+IAo+IGFs 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