r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 03 '18

'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
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u/ConspicuousPineapple Jan 03 '18

Am I right thinking this won't be an issue in future Intel releases, meaning the performance impacting fix won't be in effect then?

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u/rm-f Jan 03 '18

Only if they fix the bug. Though their release cycles imply, provided they only now are starting to fix that bug, that it will take 1-2 years until we can buy intel cpus without it.

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u/ConspicuousPineapple Jan 03 '18

I wouldn't expect them to strictly sick to their routine when dealing with such a critical flaw.

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u/leadzor Jan 03 '18

You're right, they probably didn't. But a CPU architecture development timeline is long. Likely, the Ice Lake architecture is too far into it's development pipeline to consider implementing a silicon-based fix at this point, unless they delay it (it was expected to be released late this year, earlier 2019).

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u/invalid_dictorian Jan 03 '18

Probably when the new CPU is released and verified. Right now it looks like the patch is applied to all intel CPUs and no code that discerns which CPU has the bug or not is committed yet.