Re: [PATCH 0/2] Kernel Live Patching

From: Vojtech Pavlik
Date: Thu Nov 06 2014 - 13:52:05 EST


On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 10:44:46AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 08:39:06AM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote:
> > An example patch module can be found here:
> > https://github.com/spartacus06/livepatch/blob/master/patch/patch.c
>
> Please include the generator for this patch in the kernel tree.
> Providing interfaces for out of tree modules (or generators) is not
> how the kernel internal APIs work.

I don't think this specific example was generated.

I also don't think including the whole kpatch automation into the kernel
tree is a viable development model for it. (Same would apply for kGraft
automation.)

So I believe including one or more human produced examples makes most sense.

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Vojtech Pavlik
Director SUSE Labs
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