An analysis of performance evolution of Linux’s core operations (2019)

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Note that recovering some performance is possible when the system only ever runs trusted code. E.g., start the kernel with the mitigations=off option. For more, see:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/kernel-pa...

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/i...

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