dynup/kpatch">Kpatch</a> is a feature of the Linux kernel for livepatching made by Red Hat.<br />
kpatch-build is one of the kpatch modules that convert patch files into kernel module.</p>
<pre><code class="language-c">+---------+    +---------------------+    +--------------+
| patch   |    | kpatch-build        |    | patch module |
+---------+ =&gt; | ============        | =&gt; +--------------+
| *.patch |    | Create patch module |    | *.ko         |
+---------+    +---------------------+    +--------