Comment on Speculative Dereferencing of Registers: Reviving Foreshadow [pdf]parentComments−sroussey6yWasn’t sparc like this? Lots of noop instructions had to be inserted by the compiler.−tlb6yMIPS was. It had a single branch delay slot, which was often unused and also not enough for long pipelines. DJB’s variable-length system could work better.
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Wasn’t sparc like this? Lots of noop instructions had to be inserted by the compiler.
MIPS was. It had a single branch delay slot, which was often unused and also not enough for long pipelines. DJB’s variable-length system could work better.