Re: [PATCH] Documentation: DocBook: kgdb: update CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX info

[Daniel Thompson]

On 19/04/17 02:58, Li Qiang wrote:
> CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is no longer selectable on most architectures.
> Update this info to thedocumentation.

"git grep STRICT_KERNEL_RWX" comes up with nothing.

It is selectable on any architecture? If not we should remove it entirely!


Daniel.


> Signed-off-by: Li Qiang <liqiang6-s@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
> index 856ac20..ef0b67b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
> @@ -121,7 +121,9 @@
>      If kgdb supports it for the architecture you are using, you can
>      use hardware breakpoints if you desire to run with the
>      CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX option turned on, else you need to turn off
> -    this option.
> +    this option. In most architectures, this option is not selectable.
> +    For this situation, it can be turned off by adding a runtime parameter
> +    'rodata=off'.
>      </para>
>      <para>
>      Next you should choose one of more I/O drivers to interconnect