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> the prolonged build time of CI and edit-compile-run debugging cycles Does Linux kernel development have hot reload on the C side as a comparison?
by eviks 2y ago
> the prolonged build time of CI and edit-compile-run debugging cycles
Does Linux kernel development have hot reload on the C side as a comparison?
- aaronmdjones 2y agoIt used to, until Oracle bought it out. It is not usable for changes to the ABI though; only kernel functions. The use case was hot-patching a running kernel to fix a security vulnerability in e.g. a device driver, but it could be used to modify almost any function. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice