Reply to post: Re: "Think of it more as a workaround than a resolution" @LDS

Microsoft patches Windows to cool off Intel's Meltdown – wait, antivirus? Slow your roll

Simon Harris

Re: "Think of it more as a workaround than a resolution" @LDS

It's a long time since I've had to read an Intel CPU data sheet.

Was (prior to this) mapping kernel code into every application's virtual memory space their recommended way of calling kernel functions from an application for better performance, or did they advocate a proper separation and context switch?

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