Re: [cgl_tech_board] Re: Re: [cgl_specs] Use case - Live patching

Takashi,

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Takashi Ikebe wrote:

> Brian,
> 
> Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote:
> > Takashi,
> > 
> > How did live-patching specialized applications turn into live-patching
> > glibc?  Or, the kernel for that matter?
> 
> Do you mean what is the condition of live patching?
> 

What I meant to ask was what bearing your remarks with regard to glibc
and gdb had on live-patching if the purpose of live patching is to patch
specialized applications only.

What is the scope of live patching?  Specialized applications?  General
purpose fundamental libraries (glibc), the operating system in general
(kernel)?

--brian

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