Extension Compatibility Policy: Pitfalls and Red Flags

Pitfalls and red flags

Pitfalls and Red Flags for Extension Compatibility Policy is anchored on Software portability rate across SKUs and zero-regression compliance against declared ISA profiles.. Convert observations into mechanism-backed decisions with explicit ownership.

• Tuning knobs without proving first failing mechanism.

• Ignoring privilege, trap, and memory-protection side effects.

• Mixing extension profiles across benchmark runs.

• Shipping on one benchmark uplift without stress replay.