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-rw-r--r--kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
index 20059ef4459a..8418c2f8ec5d 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ static int _kdb_bp_install(struct pt_regs *regs, kdb_bp_t *bp)
} else {
kdb_printf("%s: failed to set breakpoint at 0x%lx\n",
__func__, bp->bp_addr);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+ if (!bp->bp_type) {
+ kdb_printf("Software breakpoints are unavailable.\n"
+ " Change the kernel CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=n\n"
+ " OR use hw breaks: help bph\n");
+ }
+#endif
return 1;
}
return 0;
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