Post #661 2.57K Apr 4, 2020, 05:23 UTC Reptolines vs Static Calls in GNU/Linuxhttps://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/815908/8fe01199eee0f77f/ lwn.net Avoiding retpolines with static calls January 2018 was a sad time in the kernel community. The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities had finally been disclosed, and the required workarounds hurt kernel performance in a number of ways. One of those workarounds — retpolines — continues to cause…