Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] [TECH TOPIC] live kernel patching

[Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>]

On 2014/5/3 3:42, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> Runtime/live kernel patching is becoming a topic these days. There are 
> several parallel implementations currently evolving in parallel (kpatch, 
> kgraft, criu-based solution, ksplice to some extent), all of them having 
> their pros and cons. 
> 
> It's clear that what is going to get merged at the end of the day would 
> have to be some super-position of the currently existing solutions. 
> 
> Finding a reasonable compromise might be challenging. Having discussion 
> between the groups working on those solutions (tech topic) and with 
> "general maintainer audience" to face the flame^W^W^Wobtain feedback 
> (core topic) would be very valuable step in converging to unified 
> solution.
> 
> Suggested participants: see the list of "competing" projects above
> 

Thanks for working on KGraft!

In Huawei we want to use live patching, but we're conservative, so we really
want to see a mainline solution.