2.5. Version Manager

The list of possible updates is maintained in a version database inside the kernel module. This version manager tracks the list of possible different versions of a particular function. All updates must first be registered with the version manager before they can be dynamically applied.

By design, the original version of a function (the one that is active since bootup) must be the first version of a function that is registered with the version manager. This action installs the execution flow redirection mechanism. Alternate versions can only be registered after execution flow can be redirected away from the original.

Registering an alternate version of a function first, will result in the execution flow redirection mechanism applied to the alternate function instead of the original. This would render the redirection ineffective.