CentOS - Oct 2019 - Livepatch: Linux kernel updates without rebooting

Hi,

I am running CentOS Linux release 7.7.1908 (Core). Does CentOS Linux kernel
3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64 support kernel updates without rebooting (Live
Patching)?

I look forward to hearing from you and thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Kaushal

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 11:27 AM Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at
gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running CentOS Linux release 7.7.1908 (Core). Does CentOS Linux kernel
> 3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64 support kernel updates without rebooting (Live
> Patching)?
>
> I look forward to hearing from you and thanks in advance.
>
>
>
this was just discussed in length on this list a few days ago.   See the
thread starting here,
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2019-October/173703.html

the short answer is, no.  and even the paid distributions that do support
live patching, its pretty iffy.


-- 
-john r pierce
  recycling used bits in santa cruz

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 1:33 AM John Pierce <jhn.pierce at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 11:27 AM Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am running CentOS Linux release 7.7.1908 (Core). Does CentOS Linux
> kernel
> > 3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64 support kernel updates without rebooting
(Live
> > Patching)?
> >
> > I look forward to hearing from you and thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> this was just discussed in length on this list a few days ago.   See the
> thread starting here,
> https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2019-October/173703.html
>
> the short answer is, no.  and even the paid distributions that do support
> live patching, its pretty iffy.
>
Thanks John for the reply and much appreciated.