>>> On 29.08.18 at 15:55, wrote:
> While indirect calls have always been more expensive than direct ones,
> their cost has further increased with the Spectre v2 mitigations. In a
> number of cases we simply pointlessly use them in the first place. In
> many other cases the indirection solely exist
While indirect calls have always been more expensive than direct ones,
their cost has further increased with the Spectre v2 mitigations. In a
number of cases we simply pointlessly use them in the first place. In
many other cases the indirection solely exists to abstract from e.g.
vendor specific ha