Hi,
it depends on the requirements needed to perform these tests.
I still have other issues with using OpenVZ 7 in production at all (e.g.
difficult setup for my environment) and the kernel updates are one thing on the
list.
Regards
Volker
> Am 04.11.2016 um 14:48 schrieb Andre Moruga <amor...@virtuozzo.com>:
>
> Hi Volker,
>
> yes, of course we do. They are, however, part of the company QA framework.
> Are you interested in testing these kernels on regular basis? I can check
> with the QA team how difficult it would be to extract them and use
> independently
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-boun...@openvz.org [mailto:users-boun...@openvz.org] On Behalf Of
> Volker Janzen
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2016 2:31 AM
> To: OpenVZ users <users@openvz.org>
> Subject: Re: [Users] I've noticed a new 'readykernel' package
>
> Hi Andre,
>
> do you have test plans for kernels?
>
>
> Regards
> Volker
>
>
> Am 03.11.2016 um 22:17 schrieb Andre Moruga <amor...@virtuozzo.com>:
>
>>> Thanks for your instructions to get the latest patched vzkernel.
>>> Generally I don't want to run nightly kernel builds in production.
>>> Will the Dirty COW and future security patches make their way into
>>> stable OpenVZ 7 kernels soon after testing in nightly builds? (Same
>>> as with OpenVZ 6 stable kernel series?)
>>
>> Hi Frank,
>> I understand your concern; not yet sure if we can offer an immediate
>> solution though.
>>
>> Virtuozzo team uploads stable kernels for OpenVZ version 7, tested for our
>> commercial customers, approximately once a quarter. In between, we do not
>> test or release any kernels - all the intermediate updates are delivered to
>> our commercial customers in rebootless (kpatch) format without building full
>> kernel updates. Again, this is a part of our commercial offering.
>>
>> As for the contributions to the community product, we still build
>> these kernels for the "factory" repository. However, we are not equipped to
>> test them on regular basis, between these quarterly updates We do however
>> invite anyone from the OpenVZ community to contribute resources into testing
>> of these intermediate kernel updates - we will be more than happy to
>> cooperate and publish these kernels appropriately tagged as stable/community
>> tested.
>>
>> This time, due to the severity of the Dirty COW issue, we'll try to allocate
>> our own QA resources to test a kernel with that vulnerability fixed
>> specifically for OpenVZ. However, moving forward we definitely need a better
>> solution.
>>
>> So please consider it as open invitation and volunteering opportunity
>> to contribute into the project
>>
>> Thanks
>> Andre Moruga @ Virtuozzo Team
>>
>>
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