Re: live kernel upgrades (was: live kernel patching design)

[Ingo Molnar]

* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We have many of the building blocks in place and have 
> them available:
> 
>   - the freezer code already attempts at parking/unparking
>     threads transparently, that could be fixed/extended.
> 
>   - hibernation, regular suspend/resume and in general
>     power management has in essence already implemented
>     most building blocks needed to enumerate and
>     checkpoint/restore device state that otherwise gets
>     lost in a shutdown/reboot cycle.
> 
>   - c/r patches started user state enumeration and
>     checkpoint/restore logic

I forgot to mention:

    - kexec allows the loading and execution of a new 
      kernel image.

It's all still tons of work to pull off a 'live kernel 
upgrade' on native hardware, but IMHO it's tons of very 
useful work that helps a dozen non-competing projects, 
literally.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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