[PATCH] doc: kgdb: Add description about rodata=off kernel parameter

From: junan

Date: Fri Jan 16 2026 - 00:05:40 EST


STRICT_KERNEL_RWX can not be turned off throught menuconfig on some
architectures, pass "rodata=off" to the kernel in this case.

Tested with qemu on arm64.

Signed-off-by: junan <junan76@xxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst b/Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst
index b29b0aac2717..f2c57de7992f 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst
@@ -380,6 +380,13 @@ virtual address where the kernel image is mapped and confuses
gdb which resolves addresses of kernel symbols from the symbol table
of vmlinux.

+Kernel parameter: ``rodata``
+----------------------------
+
+``CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX`` is turned on by default and is not
+visible to menuconfig on some architectures (arm64 for example),
+you can pass ``rodata=off`` to the kernel in this case.
+
Using kdb
=========

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