Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:18:50 +0200 | From | Jesper Juhl <> | Subject | Re: Hot-patching |
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On 9/21/05, John Richard Moser <nigelenki@comcast.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Oftentimes distributions spin on a stable kernel, but occasionally > update it for security bugs. This then demands a reboot, or you sit on > a buggy kernel for however long. >
This has been discussed time and time again on this list and elsewhere over the years. The most recent discussion I recall is the "[PATCH x86_64] Live Patching Function on 2.6.11.7" thread which drew over 50 comments and got into a lot of corners - I'd suggest you go read it in the archives. Spend a little time searching and you'll find several other threads about this in lkml archives.
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