[dundee] Dynamic Kernel Patching problem

[gordon dunlop]

On 11 June 2014 13:42, Andrew Clayton <andrew at digital-domain.net> wrote:


> > Ksplice gave the reason that it could not install the update because
> > one or more programs are constantly using the kernel functions
> > patched by this update and gave me the list of the programs running.
> > On the list was libvirtd, you cannot stop this service if this is
> > being used for the running of virtual machines (catch 22). It also
> > mentioned mysqld which was weird as I don't have this running.
>
> Can libvirtd take a SIGHUP or something? It may kick it enough to
> allow the patch to take.
>
>
I never got to that stage as there were other processes/services in the
list that I did not want to stop. Obviously there is something seriously
wrong with this patch so I have informed the Ksplice people.

-- 
Gordon
www.zubenel.org.uk
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