[Users] I've noticed a new 'readykernel' package

Volker Janzen voja at voja.de
Fri Nov 4 09:41:50 PDT 2016


Hi,

it depends on the requirements needed to perform these tests.

I still have other issues with using OpenVZ 7 in production at all (e.g. difficult setup for my environment) and the kernel updates are one thing on the list.


Regards
    Volker


> Am 04.11.2016 um 14:48 schrieb Andre Moruga <amoruga at virtuozzo.com>:
> 
> Hi Volker,
> 
> yes, of course we do. They are, however, part of the company QA framework. Are you interested in testing these kernels on regular basis? I can check with the QA team how difficult it would be to extract them and use independently
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at openvz.org [mailto:users-bounces at openvz.org] On Behalf Of Volker Janzen
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2016 2:31 AM
> To: OpenVZ users <users at openvz.org>
> Subject: Re: [Users] I've noticed a new 'readykernel' package
> 
> Hi Andre,
> 
> do you have test plans for kernels?
> 
> 
> Regards
>    Volker
> 
> 
> Am 03.11.2016 um 22:17 schrieb Andre Moruga <amoruga at virtuozzo.com>:
> 
>>> Thanks for your instructions to get the latest patched vzkernel. 
>>> Generally I don't want to run nightly kernel builds in production. 
>>> Will the Dirty COW and future security patches make their way into 
>>> stable OpenVZ 7 kernels soon after testing in nightly builds? (Same 
>>> as with OpenVZ 6 stable kernel series?)
>> 
>> Hi Frank,
>> I understand your concern; not yet sure if we can offer an immediate solution though.
>> 
>> Virtuozzo team uploads stable kernels for OpenVZ version 7, tested for our commercial customers, approximately once a quarter. In between, we do not test or release any kernels - all the intermediate updates are delivered to our commercial customers in rebootless (kpatch) format without building full kernel updates. Again, this is a part of our commercial offering.
>> 
>> As for the contributions to the community product, we still build 
>> these kernels for the "factory" repository. However, we are not equipped to test them on regular basis, between these quarterly updates We do however invite anyone from the OpenVZ community to contribute resources into testing of these intermediate kernel updates - we will be more than happy to cooperate and publish these kernels appropriately tagged as stable/community tested.
>> 
>> This time, due to the severity of the Dirty COW issue, we'll try to allocate our own QA resources to test a kernel with that vulnerability fixed specifically for OpenVZ. However, moving forward we definitely need a better solution.
>> 
>> So please consider it as open invitation and volunteering opportunity 
>> to contribute into the project
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Andre Moruga @ Virtuozzo Team
>> 
>> 
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