From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758937AbYDXNm6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:42:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752485AbYDXNmu (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:42:50 -0400 Received: from smtp-out01.alice-dsl.net ([88.44.60.11]:10356 "EHLO smtp-out01.alice-dsl.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752210AbYDXNmt (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:42:49 -0400 To: Jeff Arnold Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: A system for rebootless kernel security updates From: Andi Kleen References: Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:42:46 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Jeff Arnold's message of "Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:59:05 -0400 (EDT)") Message-ID: <87r6cvgyi1.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Apr 2008 13:35:57.0353 (UTC) FILETIME=[20697990:01C8A610] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jeff Arnold writes: > I've put together an automatic system for applying kernel security > patches to the Linux kernel without rebooting it, and I wanted to > share this system with the community in case others find it useful or > interesting. Sounds interesting. You should consider bringing the kernel module up to kernel coding standards and submitting it for mainline. That would be the best way to get more users and testers. Have you also considered to turn it into a generic incremental binary linker too? I guess most of the infrastructure needed for it is already there. Even though gold looks very promising long link times can be still a problem in development. -Andi