[kpatch] [PATCH 0/2] Kernel Live Patching

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 10:58:57AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 07:51:57PM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > I don't think this specific example was generated. 

So there are two ways to use this live patching API: using a generated
module (e.g., using the kpatch-build tool) or manually compiling a
module via kbuild.

Vojtech's right, the provided example was not generated.  Maybe it
belongs in samples/livepatch?

> > 
> > 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.)
> 
> Why?  We (IMHO incorrectly) used the argument of tight coupling to put
> perf into the kernel tree.  Generating kernel live patches is way more
> integrated that it absolutely has to go into the tree to be able to do
> proper development on it in an integrated fashion.

I agree that we should also put kpatch-build (or some converged
kpatch/kGraft-build tool) into the kernel tree, because of the tight
interdependencies between it and the kernel.  I think it would make
development much easier.  Otherwise, for example, it may end up having a
lot of #ifdef hacks based on what kernel version it's targeting.

-- 
Josh