From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68764C433EF for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2021 16:40:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234821AbhLHQo1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2021 11:44:27 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44346 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230390AbhLHQo0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2021 11:44:26 -0500 Received: from mail-io1-xd35.google.com (mail-io1-xd35.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d35]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D997DC0617A1 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2021 08:40:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-io1-xd35.google.com with SMTP id q72so3386541iod.12 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:40:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=google; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=dLp7ooqjkm3LCs3m7YGKT3KDP/GRqGUVpJDeFht0HwI=; b=SmPl6s5+V+iNXXZYYxli3T0CqmmSXs5B0qKfZoVwArEbPtubQqdg76iMQiEimyw5ic lR/jI6AIq8vSh0WuAYh7LKaWfBSQitAzKlxEvoh4JtVDGRFEdDPKYVKK/f1ut67nqSBI A5NLMtcPWp6JLp18SuDO/7vKzzG7Z4P8XYEZM= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=dLp7ooqjkm3LCs3m7YGKT3KDP/GRqGUVpJDeFht0HwI=; b=FlQ0jhctODZ7SELjKQNB8zRIR9jsGfdZLb1nFPw++YZujZ0zQCGwDeEbTdRxdKwtT6 8MpUowlGobGFwobOm1wlqVenlVPtXOM5fi/nKzFwBrG7BLt6BSbpar+GC6mGXPl8fTpP 4HIs3zLo7xKUEQ+iELIcKxDycr0UO1UB1CFJgyLkRdXhxu4Zr6MAIIy+kMwbuCkCoPO/ CID/bfL65GQoh+Rfk3Lr19tdGhBg3X9eBBZGTtGbkDjW22dx4Qm9v/2/00f2XlpCsfRC +bBF78D4Uyzu8JIUkgaPT9DCmGtxeIeDXvreVFQvinjruIbDBitICgxqPrNrXc3vWvgX eLdw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5318bYAEodUCpeP7rOoLyyPA4s2YOTZi3YHywf6kXHCr6N0+c9UW fdRcE8qiU0fRx0PqNVSWhrUaUA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzJfuomwPa7mM7YKDPxKKEjWO0HUnKMPZcF7SScBP7ZSfbt8vjbwxkB8kzBjpeyS45ecKl8uQ== X-Received: by 2002:a02:a91a:: with SMTP id n26mr840089jam.46.1638981653256; Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:40:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from shuah-t480s.internal (c-24-9-64-241.hsd1.co.comcast.net. [24.9.64.241]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n28sm2123182ioz.17.2021.12.08.08.40.52 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:40:52 -0800 (PST) From: Shuah Khan To: corbet@lwn.net Cc: Shuah Khan , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] docs: update self-protection __ro_after_init status Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 09:40:51 -0700 Message-Id: <20211208164051.8783-1-skhan@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org __ro_after_init is no longer new and under development. Update the document to reflect the correct status. Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan --- 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