linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Kernel Live Patching

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Message-ID: <20141107074642.GB22703@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 6 Nov 2014 23:46:42 -0800
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>,
	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
	kpatch@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Kernel Live Patching

On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 02:49:26PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> I understand that there is two methods in doing this. Is it possible to
> create a "simple generator" that only does the simple case. Perhaps can
> detect non simple cases where it rejects the change and tells the user
> they need to reboot.

Especially the complicated case needs to be in tree, otherwise we're
almost guaranteed to break it constantly.

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