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Re: [rhelv5-list] ksplice

t35t0r

2008-04-25

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> world. Creating random pieces of code to be inserted in such an important

Kernel patches are hardly random. Ksplice probably works similarly to
how run-time memory patchers/loaders work.

> piece as the running kernel is quite opposite to this idea. So those pieces
> of code would have to come from RH (compiled with the exact same toolchain
> as the kernel they are inserted into) and they would have to be released and
> tested for every possible kernel version that is affected... doesn't sound
> easy.

They try to do this already with normal kernel updates. Only RHEL
(ksplice) updates would be supported obviously.

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