From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB7CB988 for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 12:30:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail7.hitachi.co.jp (mail7.hitachi.co.jp [133.145.228.42]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79E3320163 for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 12:30:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mlsv4.hitachi.co.jp (unknown [133.144.234.166]) by mail7.hitachi.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3937A37AC4 for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 21:30:47 +0900 (JST) Received: from vshuts02.hitachi.co.jp (vshuts02.hitachi.co.jp [10.201.6.84]) by mfilter03.hitachi.co.jp (Switch-3.3.4/Switch-3.3.4) with ESMTP id s46CUkHX016002 for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 21:30:46 +0900 Message-ID: <5368D5F1.1090502@hitachi.com> Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 21:30:41 +0900 From: Masami Hiramatsu MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] [TECH TOPIC] live kernel patching List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , (2014/05/03 4:42), 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 I'd like to participate this discussion since I'm helping kpatch :) Live patching is a desired feature for some mission-critical non-stop systems. Thank you, -- Masami HIRAMATSU Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Research Center Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com