Bug 2231256 - [DDF] This is a modification request for a note about empty kpatch in RHEL 9 documentation.
Summary: [DDF] This is a modification request for a note about empty kpatch in RHEL 9 ...
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Documentation
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jana Heves
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Reported: 2023-08-11 06:30 UTC by Direct Docs Feedback
Modified: 2023-08-11 17:26 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-165590 0 None None None 2023-08-11 06:31:16 UTC

Description Direct Docs Feedback 2023-08-11 06:30:29 UTC
An empty live patching package will be installed when there are no live patches available for a given kernel. An empty live patching package will have a kpatch_version-kpatch_release of 0-0, for example kpatch-patch-5_14_0-1-0-0.x86_64.rpm. The installation of the empty RPM subscribes the system to all future live patches for the given kernel. 

I have noticed that customers have habit to check installed kpatches using kpatch list.
However, empty kpatch will not be present/listed in the output of kpatch list.
And hence, it can confuse customers that even after installing the kpatch-patch package, it is not listed under 'kpatch list' output.

Can we please add a one liner note at the end of this note that:
Empty kpatches will not be recorded under output of 'kpatch list'. Presence of empty kpatch can be checked using '#rpm -qa | grep kpatch' command.

Example from the test machine:

# uname -r
5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64

# kpatch list
Loaded patch modules:

Installed patch modules:

# rpm -qa | grep kpatch
kpatch-dnf-0.4-3.el9.noarch
kpatch-0.9.7-2.el9.noarch
kpatch-patch-5_14_0-284_25_1-0-0.el9_2.x86_64


Reported by: rhn-support-aratnapa

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/managing_monitoring_and_updating_the_kernel/applying-patches-with-kernel-live-patching_managing-monitoring-and-updating-the-kernel#annotations:349cdfbc-3794-4a8c-bd82-5da8b16ca8f5


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