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minus-squarejbk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 months agoSo according to the official page on Hotpatching (without any trackers like in the article), this reminds me of kpatch. I guess Microsoft really wants to spend the effort of making that work. Isn’t kpatch not really supported (without $$$) by many larger distros since it’s prone to break easily?
minus-squaresquozenode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoIsn’t the concept of kernel live-patching just “wait until the kernel’s not using that module, and slip in anupdatesd version”
minus-squarescvlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoI don’t know about Windows, on Linux it’s at the function level, and some cases are tricky.
minus-squarejbk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoI found more info: Microsoft SQL Server Engine already does hot patching and I guess the same way will be used in other MS apps: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Azure-SQL-Database/Hot-Patching-SQL-Server-Engine-in-Azure-SQL-Database/ba-p/849700
So according to the official page on Hotpatching (without any trackers like in the article), this reminds me of kpatch. I guess Microsoft really wants to spend the effort of making that work. Isn’t kpatch not really supported (without $$$) by many larger distros since it’s prone to break easily?
Isn’t the concept of kernel live-patching just “wait until the kernel’s not using that module, and slip in anupdatesd version”
I don’t know about Windows, on Linux it’s at the function level, and some cases are tricky.
I found more info: Microsoft SQL Server Engine already does hot patching and I guess the same way will be used in other MS apps: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Azure-SQL-Database/Hot-Patching-SQL-Server-Engine-in-Azure-SQL-Database/ba-p/849700