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Kernel Livepatching: An Introduction

Recorded May 22, 2024

View an interactive, complimentary Mentorship Session exploring Kernel Livepatching: An Introduction with Marcos Paulo de Souza, Software Engineer, SUSE and Joe Lawrence, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat

Kernel livepatching provides a means of updating a running kernel without suffering the downtime of rebooting. In this session, learn about various livepatching use cases and how the kernel implements this feature. We'll go over a brief subsystem history and how it has evolved to meet the needs of several Linux vendors.

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Marcos Paulo de Souza Mentorship edited

Marcos Paulo de Souza, Software Engineer, SUSE

Marcos Paulo de Souza is a Software Engineer at SUSE, where he works with Kernel Livepatching. Besides livepatching, Marcos has contributions on input and block subsystems, and also on the btrfs filesystem.

joe-lawrence

Joe Lawrence, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat

Joe Lawrence is a Principal Software Engineer in the Core Kernel group at Red Hat, focusing primarily on kpatch.  Before joining Red Hat, he was at Stratus Technologies, hardening linux device drivers on fault tolerant platforms.  Outside of work Joe plays squash and enjoys frisbee with his dog, Ray.