jd writes: Linus Torvalds will not be a cheerful camper and is condemning {hardware} distributors for poor safety and the plethora of precise and theoretical assaults, particularly as among the new options being added affect the workarounds. These workarounds are actually getting very costly, CPU-wise.
TFA quotes Linus Torvalds:
“Actually, I am fairly rattling fed up with buggy {hardware} and utterly theoretical assaults which have by no means truly proven themselves for use in observe.
“So I feel this time we push again on the {hardware} individuals and inform them it is *THEIR* rattling downside, and if they cannot even be bothered to say yay-or-nay, we simply sit tight.
As a result of dammit, let’s put the onus on the place the blame lies, and never simply take any random shit from dangerous {hardware} and say ‘oh, but it surely *would possibly* be an issue.'”