From 6ab0493dfc6255a99eb5f157e012eeafd75f5b56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:05:26 -0700
Subject: deprecated.rst: Include details on "no_hash_pointers"

Linus decided a debug toggle for %p was tolerable, so update the
%p deprecation documentation.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210723200526.3424128-1-keescook@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
---
 Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'Documentation/process')

diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
index 9d83b8db8874..8ced754a5a0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ Paraphrasing Linus's current `guidance <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwQEd
   up to Linus's scrutiny, maybe you can use "%px", along with making sure
   you have sensible permissions.
 
-And finally, know that a toggle for "%p" hashing will `not be accepted <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwieC1-nAs+NFq9RTwaR8ef9hWa4MjNBWL41F-8wM49eA@mail.gmail.com/>`_.
+If you are debugging something where "%p" hashing is causing problems,
+you can temporarily boot with the debug flag "`no_hash_pointers
+<https://git.kernel.org/linus/5ead723a20e0447bc7db33dc3070b420e5f80aa6>`_".
 
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