* h...@zytor.com <h...@zytor.com> wrote: > > I guess it won't try to speculatively execute the 'pad' instructions - but > > you > > can never really tell! > > > > David > > The CPU doesn't speculate down past an unconditional control transfer. Doing > so > would be idiotic.
I think, when it comes to speculative execution, our general expectation that
CPUs
don't do idiotic things got somewhat weakened in the past year or so ...
Thanks,
Ingo
