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authorShuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>2021-12-08 19:40:51 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2021-12-11 00:02:06 +0300
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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@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211208164051.8783-1-skhan@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/security/self-protection.rst b/Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
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@@ -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