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										 |  |  | config DEBUG_RODATA | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |        bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |        help | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |          Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |          in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |          data. This option may have a slight performance impact because a | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |          portion of the kernel code won't be covered by a TLB anymore. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |          If in doubt, say "N". | 
					
						
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