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No reboot patching comes to Linux 4.0

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ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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With the new Linux 4.0 kernel, you'll need to reboot Linux less often than ever.

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Comments (3)

skelband ·
That's one of the coolest things I've seen in IT for a long time.
750 ·
Only to have to reboot to patch your init because of a vulnerability in its networking service.

Yeah, sure, it can "reboot" in place. But if something balks during that process you end up with a full reboot anyways because the kernel will panic if the init keels over...
JaseP ·
Not to mention that some services just won't be able to be stopped/restarted... I like it,... but it won't be perfect.

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