NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options for CVE-2020-0551

	* NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options for CVE-2020-0551.

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+2020-03-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options for CVE-2020-0551.
+
 2020-03-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
        * testsuite/gas/i386/i386.exp: Run new tests.

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+* Add -mlfence-after-load=, -mlfence-before-indirect-branch= and
+  -mlfence-before-ret= options to x86 assembler to help mitigate
+  CVE-2020-0551.
+
 * Add --gdwarf-5 option to the assembler to generate DWARF 5 debug output
   (if such output is being generated).  Added the ability to generate
   version 5 .debug_line sections.