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

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Message-ID: <875x8whrqu.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:57:29 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Daniel Thompson <danielt@...nel.org>, junan <junan76@....com>
Cc: jason.wessel@...driver.com, dianders@...omium.org,
 workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: kgdb: Add description about rodata=off kernel
 parameter

Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> writes:

> Daniel Thompson <danielt@...nel.org> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 01:03:13PM +0800, junan wrote:
>>> 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@....com>
>>> Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson (RISCstar) <danielt@...nel.org>
>>
>> Jonathan: do you want to take this or should I take it via the kgdb
>> tree?
>
> I'm fine either way; I'll pick it up shortly unless you say you've
> already done so.

...and I have just done that, thanks.

jon