linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 10/10] x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts

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Date:   Sun, 21 Jan 2018 08:50:29 -0500
From:   Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:     KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@...zon.de>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 10/10] x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts

On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 08:23:01PM +0100, KarimAllah Ahmed wrote:
> From: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Stop Indirect Branch Speculation on every user space to kernel space
> transition and reenable it when returning to user space./

How about interrupts?

That is should .macro interrupt have the same treatment?