Live Kernel Patching Support Called For Linux 3.20 Kernel

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Live Kernel Patching Support Called For Linux 3.20 Kernel

09 February 2015, 05:00 PM

Phoronix: Live Kernel Patching Support Called For Linux 3.20 Kernel

It looks like the infrastructure to facilitate live kernel patching will be added to the Linux 3.20 kernel, the result of collaboration for SUSE's kGraft and Red Hat's Kpatch...

Live Kernel Patching Support Called For Linux 3.20 Kernel - Phoronix

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11 February 2015, 01:41 AM

Assuming I understand this correctly, this actually fixes one of my objections to systemd-- the tendency to rely on newer kernel interfaces. I don't want to have to reboot to apply updates to systemd, but perhaps this live-patching feature could obviate that requirement.

It just goes to show that sometimes "social" or "political" disagreements are just feature requests in disguise.
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