[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
“Ksplice, according to its developers, “enables running
systems to stay secure without the disruption of re-booting.
Specifically, Ksplice creates re-bootless updates that are based on
traditional source code patches. These updates are as effective as
traditional updates, but they can be applied seamlessly, with no
downtime.”“Guess what? It works.”