kpatch

kpatch

patch a Linux kernel without rebooting or restarting any processes

* kpatch is currently in active development. For now, it should not be used in production environments.

Linux 3.14

Ubuntu 14.04

apt-get install build-essentials libelf-dev
 
# Packages required to compile Linux Kernel
apt-get build-dep linux
 
# Compiler cache
apt-get install ccache
 
# Optional: kernel source code
apt-get install linux-source

 

CentOS 7
 

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