linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation: DocBook: kgdb: update CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL

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Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:58:45 -0700
From:   Li Qiang <liq3ea@...il.com>
To:     jason.wessel@...driver.com, corbet@....net, labbott@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net, Li Qiang <liqiang6-s@....cn>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: DocBook: kgdb: update CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX info

CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is no longer selectable on most architectures.
Update this info to the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Li Qiang <liqiang6-s@....cn>
---
 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
-- 
2.7.4