[cap-talk] [CapROS-devel] Rescind vs. sever

[David Hopwood]

Bill Frantz wrote:
> The "sever" operation provides a way to make an atomic snapshot of a
> page or node, with the assurances that the snapshot represents a single
> instance of time, and that the snapshot will not change without use of
> the new page or node key.  Cloning a page or node followed by deleting
> the old version does not provide these assurances.

Why not? (Assume that the page/node implementation is trusted and
correct.)

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David Hopwood