Linux 5.9 Performance Is Off To A Great Start With FSGSBASE Boost

Linux 5.9 Performance Is Off To A Great Start With FSGSBASE Boost: The FSGSBASE support that was finally mainlined a few days ago for Linux 5.9 is off to providing a nice performance boost for both Intel and AMD systems. Looking at FSGSBASE is one of the first areas I've dived into for Linux 5.9 kernel testing with this article serving as some preview/teaser data points.