Live patch on AWS

[Oliver Grawert]

Hi,
Am Sonntag, dem 24.03.2024 um 17:11 -0400 schrieb Jerry Geis:
> 
> so when I do "apt update; apt upgrade"
> 
> and re-login - its still says 
> 
> 
> *** System restart required ***
> 
> 
> With "Live Patch" why is restart required.  What am I "not" doing -
> so I can completely minimize any restarts on this AWS server ?

It is a common misconception that live-patch completely prevents you
from ever rebooting ... the way livepatch works is that it provides the
fixes like a module you load over the existing running kernel ... once
these changes actually land in the kernel itself, you should reboot to
not have them "sideloaded" 

it is indeed less critical to do that reboot because the fixes are
there "somehow", but the packaging system will still remind you that
you should eventually reboot to have them fully integrated in the
kernel binary itself.

beyond this, there are plenty of userspace pieces that will ask for a
reboot as well ... systemd, udev, dbus and other server pieces might
trigger this message too ...

ciao
	oli
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