NAME¶

kpatch - hot patch module management

SYNOPSIS¶

kpatch <command> [<args>]

DESCRIPTION¶

kpatch is a user script that manages installing, loading, and displaying information about kernel patch modules installed on the system.

COMMANDS¶

install [-k|--kernel-version=<kernel version>] <module>
install patch module to be loaded at boot

uninstall [-k|--kernel-version=<kernel version>] <module>
uninstall patch module

load --all
load all installed patch modules into the running kernel

load <module>
load patch module into the running kernel

unload --all (UNSUPPORTED)
unload all patch modules from the running kernel

unload <module> (UNSUPPORTED)
unload patch module from the running kernel

info <module>
show information about a patch module

list
list installed patch modules

signal
signal/poke any process stalling the current patch transition.
This is only useful on systems that have the sysfs livepatch signal interface.
On other systems, the signaling should be done automatically by the OS and
this subcommand is a no-op.

version
display the kpatch version

BUGS¶

No known bugs.

AUTHOR¶

Udo Seidel (udoseidel@gmx.de)