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Date:   Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:05:46 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To:     Anand K Mistry <amistry@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: Provide details on indirect branch speculation
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:27:54 +1100 Anand K Mistry <amistry@google.com> wrote:

> Similar to speculation store bypass, show information about the indirect
> branch speculation mode of a task in /proc/$pid/status.

Why is this considered useful?