[RFC PATCH 2/2] kpatch: add kpatch core module

2014-05-01 Thread Josh Poimboeuf
Add the kpatch core module. It's a self-contained module with a kernel patching infrastructure that enables patching a running kernel without rebooting or restarting any processes. Kernel modules ("patch modules") can call kpatch_register() to replace new functions with old ones. Before

[RFC PATCH 2/2] kpatch: add kpatch core module

2014-05-01 Thread Josh Poimboeuf
Add the kpatch core module. It's a self-contained module with a kernel patching infrastructure that enables patching a running kernel without rebooting or restarting any processes. Kernel modules (patch modules) can call kpatch_register() to replace new functions with old ones. Before applying