Re: [CentOS-virt] Xen 4.6.6-9 (with XPTI meltdown mitigation) packages making their way to centos-virt-xen-testing

Hi Nathan,

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Nathan March nathan@gt.net wrote:

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-----Original Message----- As there are now quite many options to choose from, what would be the best option performance wise for running 32bit domUs under xen-4.6?

Best, Peter

It's worth taking a look at the table in the latest XSA, it helps clarify a fair bit:

https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-254.html

thanks for pointing this out, but there is a disclaimer:

"Everything in this section applies to 64-bit PV x86 guests only."

It also reads in the advisory "32-bit PV guests cannot exploit SP3"

So I am wondering if I just "yum update" will I get some fixes I do not need that will slow my guests down?

Best, Peter