linux-kernel - Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0906250451210.22588@vinegar-pot.mit.edu>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:51:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@...lice.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	tabbott@...lice.com, wdaher@...lice.com, andersk@...lice.com,
	nelhage@...lice.com, price@...lice.com, geofft@...lice.com
Subject: Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

Hello,

The Ksplice team [1] is now providing rebootless kernel updates for Ubuntu 
9.04 Jaunty to anyone who configures their machine to receive them [2].  
In short, users can click a few buttons and start getting all of the 
Ubuntu kernel security updates applied to their system without rebooting.  
No initial kernel changes are needed.

[1] http://www.ksplice.com
[2] http://www.ksplice.com/uptrack

I first mentioned Ksplice to the LKML in April 2008 [3], and since then 
we've submitted several rounds of Ksplice patches [4,5,6].  So far we've 
gotten various improvements related to Ksplice merged into mainline.

[3] http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/23/330
[4] http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/6
[5] http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/21/484
[6] http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/12/5/330

Ksplice applies traditional source code patches to unmodified Linux 
kernels.  It can be used to apply all of the Linux security patches over 
multiple years [7], and it can also apply reliability patches and other 
bug fixes, such as from the Linux stable tree.

[7] http://www.ksplice.com/paper

- Jeff
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