[kpatch] kpatch with proprietary module

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 06:01:21PM +0530, Rahul Kumar wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I was able to successfully patch an "out of tree" GPL licensed kernel
> object using kpatch tools.  Now, I have this "out of tree" legacy kernel
> object with license type "proprietary". I want to patch this module using
> kpatch. Is it possible to use kpatch on proprietary modules? If not, does
> Red Hat have any plans that will allow us to use kpatch on proprietary
> modules?

Hi Rahul,

I've never tried it, but AFAIK kpatch doesn't check the license of the
code it's patching, so I don't know of any reason why it wouldn't work
the same as patching any other out of tree module.

-- 
Josh