On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 12:48 PM Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Unlike Intel's Enhanced IBRS feature, AMD's Automatic IBRS does not > provide protection to processes running at CPL3/user mode [1]. > > Explicitly enable STIBP to protect against cross-thread CPL3 > branch target injections on systems with Automatic IBRS enabled. Is there any performance penalty to enabling STIBP + AUTOIBRS, aside from the lost sharing? Or does this just effectively tag the branch prediction information with thread ID?