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Date:   Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:55:01 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [patch 00/24] x86/speculation: Remedy the STIBP/IBPB overhead
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2018, Tim Chen wrote:
> On 11/21/2018 12:14 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > This is based on Tim Chen's V5 patch series. The following changes have
> > been made:
> > 
> ...
> > 
> > TODO: Write documentation
> > 
> 
> Andi took a crack at the document.  I made some 
> modifications on top.  It can be used as a
> starting point for the final document.

Nice. Thanks a lot for starting this. I'll go through it later.

      Thomas