On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 08:55:07PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Thu, 18 Apr 2019, Jiri Kosina wrote: > > > === cut here === > > Thanks Joao for spotting my mistake, I copy/pasted outdated version. Below > is what I *actually* submitted. Sorry for the noise. > > === cut here === > > The main purpose of the Linux Plumbers 2019 Live kernel patching miniconf > is to involve all stakeholders in open discussion about remaining issues > that need to be solved in order to make Live patching of the Linux Kernel > and Linux userspace livepatching feature complete. > > The intention is puting main focus on the features that have been proposed > (some even with a preliminary implementation), but not yet finished, with > the ultimate goal of sorting out the remaining issues. > > This proposal follows up on the history of past LPC live patching > miniconferences, that have been very useful and pushed the development > forward a lot. > > Currently proposed discussion / presentation topic proposals (we've not > gone through "internal selection process yet") with tentatively confirmed > attendance: > > - API for state changes made by callbacks (Petr Mladek, Joe Lawrence) > - source-based livepatch creation tooling (Nicolai Stange, Joe Lawrence) > - "What happened in kernel live patching over the last year" (Miroslav > Benes) > - klp-convert (*) (Joe Lawrence) > - livepatch developers guide (Joe Lawrence) > - userspace livepatching (Joao Moreira) > - elivepatch update (Alice Ferrazzi) > > (*) this might get merged into "source-based creation" topic > > More will gradually be added. > > === cut here === > Very interesting list of topics, I am interested in participating in their discussions. I would like to discuss the framework used for testing livepatch. The discussion would help to understand/provide feedback on how/what should be tested. The improvements which can be made to improve the testing coverage. I would also like to give an update on the objtool for power, if there is interest, I should have made good progress before the conference. -- Kamalesh
