On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 12:19:54PM +0900, Takashi Ikebe wrote: > This patch add function called "Live patching" which is defined on > OSDL's carrier grade linux requiremnt definition to linux 2.6.11.7 > kernel.
I;m curious as to what people decided this was a necessary requirement. > The live patching allows process to patch on-line (without > restarting process) on i386 and x86_64 architectures, by overwriting > jump assembly code on entry point of functions which you want to > fix, to patched functions. Why can't you use ptrace for all this? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
