linux-kernel - [PATCH] docs: update self-protection __ro_after

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Date:   Wed,  8 Dec 2021 09:40:51 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     corbet@....net
Cc:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] docs: update self-protection __ro_after_init status

__ro_after_init is no longer new and under development. Update the
document to reflect the correct status.

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 Documentation/security/self-protection.rst | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/security/self-protection.rst b/Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
index f584fb74b4ff..910668e665cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ of the kernel, gaining the protection of the kernel's strict memory
 permissions as described above.
 
 For variables that are initialized once at ``__init`` time, these can
-be marked with the (new and under development) ``__ro_after_init``
-attribute.
+be marked with the ``__ro_after_init`` attribute.
 
 What remains are variables that are updated rarely (e.g. GDT). These
 will need another infrastructure (similar to the temporary exceptions
-- 
2.32.0