Linux to introduce Live Patching

[Chicog]

Linux kernel set to get live patching in release 3.20 Come and get this Git pull, Linus!

11 Feb 2015 at 04:55, Richard Chirgwin

A collaboration between SUSE and Red Hat is going to bring relief to Linux users the world over: they'll be able to patch their systems without reboots.

The live patching infrastructure looks set to become available in version 3.20 of the Linux kernel.

The two organisations introduced their distribution-specific live patching solutions a month apart in 2013 – SUSE's kGraft hit in February, and Red Hat's Kpatch arrived in March.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/11/linux_to_get_live_patching_in_320/

Edited February 16, 2015 by Chicog

[phazey]

What a mess it'll be for large organisations