Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-04 Thread Lamar Owen
On 10/4/19 9:35 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: ... I'm still puzzled why RedHat is doing it then, and making it more generally available (to paying customers even), if it's so dire a proposition that it will fail so badly, so often. That seems counter-intuitive to me. It would likely boil down

Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-04 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 09:36, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 9:24 AM Stephen John Smoogen > wrote: > > Thanks for the explanation(s). > > I'm still puzzled why RedHat is doing it then, and making it more generally > available (to paying customers even), if it's so dire a propos

Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-04 Thread Kai Bojens
Am 04.10.19 um 15:35 schrieb Phelps, Matthew: > I'm still puzzled why RedHat is doing it then, and making it more generally > available (to paying customers even), if it's so dire a proposition that it > will fail so badly, so often. That seems counter-intuitive to me. I've been using kernel live

Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-04 Thread Phelps, Matthew
On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 9:24 AM Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 08:18, Phelps, Matthew > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 6:33 AM Jim Perrin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/3/19 9:35 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > > > On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 13:52, Phelps, Matthew

Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-04 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 08:18, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 6:33 AM Jim Perrin wrote: > > > > > > > On 10/3/19 9:35 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > > On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 13:52, Phelps, Matthew > > wrote: > > >> > > >> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:42 PM Jim Perrin wrote: > >

Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-04 Thread Phelps, Matthew
On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 6:33 AM Jim Perrin wrote: > > > On 10/3/19 9:35 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 13:52, Phelps, Matthew > wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:42 PM Jim Perrin wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 10/3/19 1:32 PM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > Fo

Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-04 Thread Jim Perrin
On 10/3/19 9:35 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 13:52, Phelps, Matthew wrote: On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:42 PM Jim Perrin wrote: On 10/3/19 1:32 PM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: Forgive me if this has been answered before and I've missed it. This https://access.redhat.c

Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-03 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 21:35:15 -0400 Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > There is a lot to go into making a correct kpatch. Thank you ever so much for your very clear description of what's needed to accomplish something like this. I, for one, had no idea. And I feel much smarter now than before! --

Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-03 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 13:52, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:42 PM Jim Perrin wrote: > > > > > > > On 10/3/19 1:32 PM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > > > Forgive me if this has been answered before and I've missed it. > > > > > > This https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2206511 says

Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-03 Thread Phelps, Matthew
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:42 PM Jim Perrin wrote: > > > On 10/3/19 1:32 PM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > > Forgive me if this has been answered before and I've missed it. > > > > This https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2206511 says live kernel > patches > > will be available via yum updates as of RHE

Re: [CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-03 Thread Jim Perrin
On 10/3/19 1:32 PM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: Forgive me if this has been answered before and I've missed it. This https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2206511 says live kernel patches will be available via yum updates as of RHEL 7.7. Is this carried over to CentOS 7.7.1908? The functionality

[CentOS] kpatch (live kernel patching) in CentOS 7.7?

2019-10-03 Thread Phelps, Matthew
Forgive me if this has been answered before and I've missed it. This https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2206511 says live kernel patches will be available via yum updates as of RHEL 7.7. Is this carried over to CentOS 7.7.1908? -- *Matt Phelps* *Information Technology Specialist, Systems Admi