OPERATING SYSTEMSOS Linux

Mentorship Session: Kernel Livepatching: An Introduction

Mentors: Marcos Paulo de Souza, Software Engineer, SUSE; Joe Lawrence, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat

Kernel livepatching provides a means of updating a running kernel without suffering the downtime of rebooting. In this session, learn about various livepatching use cases and how the kernel implements this feature. We’ll go over a brief subsystem history and how it has evolved to meet the needs of several Linux vendors.

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by The Linux Foundation

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