[$] Topics in live kernel patching

Getting live-patching capabilities into the mainline kernel has been amulti-year process. Basic patching support was merged for the 4.0 release,but further work has been stalled overdisagreements on how the consistency model - the code ensuring that a patchis safe to apply to a running kernel - should work. The addition of kernel stack validation has addressed thebiggest of the objections, so, arguably, it is time to move forward. Atthe 2016 Linux PlumbersConference, developers working on live patching got together to discusscurrent challenges and future directions.

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