diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
index f3abca7ec53d62e4bd416da9f53395aef9269855..856ac20bf36782f0aab56612abfd4cba2a69b861 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@
     </para>
     <para>
     If the architecture that you are using supports the kernel option
-    CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA, you should consider turning it off.  This
+    CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX, you should consider turning it off.  This
     option will prevent the use of software breakpoints because it
     marks certain regions of the kernel's memory space as read-only.
     If kgdb supports it for the architecture you are using, you can
     use hardware breakpoints if you desire to run with the
-    CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA option turned on, else you need to turn off
+    CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX option turned on, else you need to turn off
     this option.
     </para>
     <para>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     <para>Here is an example set of .config symbols to enable or
     disable for kgdb:
     <itemizedlist>
-    <listitem><para># CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA is not set</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para># CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is not set</para></listitem>
     <listitem><para>CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y</para></listitem>
     <listitem><para>CONFIG_KGDB=y</para></listitem>
     <listitem><para>CONFIG_KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y</para></listitem>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     </para>
     <para>Here is an example set of .config symbols to enable/disable kdb:
     <itemizedlist>
-    <listitem><para># CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA is not set</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para># CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is not set</para></listitem>
     <listitem><para>CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y</para></listitem>
     <listitem><para>CONFIG_KGDB=y</para></listitem>
     <listitem><para>CONFIG_KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y</para></listitem>
diff --git a/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt b/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt
index 3010576c9fca047af63b668a926e6bd9f923563d..141acfebe6ef16109c23d16613564f01e0730a21 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt
@@ -51,11 +51,17 @@ kernel, they are implemented in a way where the memory is temporarily
 made writable during the update, and then returned to the original
 permissions.)
 
-In support of this are (the poorly named) CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA and
-CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX, which seek to make sure that code is not
+In support of this are CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX and
+CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX, which seek to make sure that code is not
 writable, data is not executable, and read-only data is neither writable
 nor executable.
 
+Most architectures have these options on by default and not user selectable.
+For some architectures like arm that wish to have these be selectable,
+the architecture Kconfig can select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX to enable
+a Kconfig prompt. CONFIG_ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT determines
+the default setting when ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is enabled.
+
 #### Function pointers and sensitive variables must not be writable
 
 Vast areas of kernel memory contain function pointers that are looked
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 99839c23d453fa8ded2061968aead8a6ee4b2317..33f5a555c32a5820f614341bb758a88447dbd2cb 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -781,4 +781,38 @@ config VMAP_STACK
 	  the stack to map directly to the KASAN shadow map using a formula
 	  that is incorrect if the stack is in vmalloc space.
 
+config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
+	def_bool n
+
+config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
+	def_bool n
+
+config ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+	def_bool n
+
+config STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+	bool "Make kernel text and rodata read-only" if ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
+	depends on ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+	default !ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX || ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
+	help
+	  If this is set, kernel text and rodata memory will be made read-only,
+	  and non-text memory will be made non-executable. This provides
+	  protection against certain security exploits (e.g. executing the heap
+	  or modifying text)
+
+	  These features are considered standard security practice these days.
+	  You should say Y here in almost all cases.
+
+config ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
+	def_bool n
+
+config STRICT_MODULE_RWX
+	bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO" if ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
+	depends on ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX && MODULES
+	default !ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX || ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
+	help
+	  If this is set, module text and rodata memory will be made read-only,
+	  and non-text memory will be made non-executable. This provides
+	  protection against certain security exploits (e.g. writing to text)
+
 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 186c4c214e0a756b4468b597d5680093408c28c3..8748353ed5e0e1160355c18e471125897e9b7fb8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if MMU && !XIP_KERNEL
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select ARCH_HAVE_CUSTOM_GPIO_H
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
+	select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX if ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+	select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT if CPU_V7
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
index d83f7c369e514de41cfa0d56fc7c64b0e7bad256..426d2716f55d37603de6b2eab2114a19af625418 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1738,17 +1738,6 @@ config PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR
 	  additional instructions during context switch. Say Y here only if you
 	  are planning to use hardware trace tools with this kernel.
 
-config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
-	bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
-	depends on MODULES && MMU
-	---help---
-	  This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
-	  kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
-	  of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
-	  patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
-	  against certain classes of kernel exploits.
-	  If in doubt, say "N".
-
 source "drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig"
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig
index ca39c04fec6b7af28847b78b6b3ff36a75811b31..05b99bc1c1ce03e2adbb3cd9a2fbccb6b2ff3164 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g4_defconfig
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 # CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V7 is not set
 CONFIG_ARCH_ASPEED=y
 CONFIG_MACH_ASPEED_G4=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
 CONFIG_AEABI=y
 CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY=y
 CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
@@ -79,7 +78,8 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_PHYS=0x1e784000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_VIRT=0xe8784000
 CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX=y
+CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=y
+CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=y
 # CONFIG_XZ_DEC_X86 is not set
 # CONFIG_XZ_DEC_POWERPC is not set
 # CONFIG_XZ_DEC_IA64 is not set
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g5_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g5_defconfig
index 4f366b0370e939a27056f0230b49140ddee85503..05a16d53d03c40570293a7dce2099c05ba706dcc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g5_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/aspeed_g5_defconfig
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V6=y
 # CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V7 is not set
 CONFIG_ARCH_ASPEED=y
 CONFIG_MACH_ASPEED_G5=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
 CONFIG_AEABI=y
 CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY=y
 CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
@@ -81,7 +80,8 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_PHYS=0x1e784000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_VIRT=0xe8784000
 CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX=y
+CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=y
+CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=y
 # CONFIG_XZ_DEC_X86 is not set
 # CONFIG_XZ_DEC_POWERPC is not set
 # CONFIG_XZ_DEC_IA64 is not set
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index bdd283bc5842c31fd9f399e8353adcaf1eadfe39..02454fa15d2c42a979b06f387e41d2b5d35ecee7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static inline int set_memory_x(unsigned long addr, int numpages) { return 0; }
 static inline int set_memory_nx(unsigned long addr, int numpages) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 void set_kernel_text_rw(void);
 void set_kernel_text_ro(void);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c b/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
index 69bda1a5707ee826ededa348a90a55c394ad8613..020560b2dcb78a9c6b4591148c2df5669fab0f4d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ static void __kprobes *patch_map(void *addr, int fixmap, unsigned long *flags)
 	bool module = !core_kernel_text(uintaddr);
 	struct page *page;
 
-	if (module && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX))
+	if (module && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX))
 		page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
-	else if (!module && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA))
+	else if (!module && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX))
 		page = virt_to_page(addr);
 	else
 		return addr;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f7f55df0bf7b3b654f40c3c847646f5ec482a0d9..ce18007f9e4eb08d1b36ad7103f15e7adadaae9e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		HEAD_TEXT
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
 #endif
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	NOTES
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
 #else
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	PERCPU_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
 #else
 	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	STABS_DEBUG
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 /*
  * Without CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA, __start_rodata_section_aligned will
  * be the first section-aligned location after __start_rodata. Otherwise,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index f68e8ec294473d9b44991610a8dbcba7d12b9c76..35e3a56e5d865bc38fed7a86ce91563c08e3dfa7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -1051,21 +1051,9 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
 	  This option specifies the architecture can support big endian
 	  operation.
 
-config DEBUG_RODATA
-	bool "Make kernel text and rodata read-only"
-	depends on MMU && !XIP_KERNEL
-	default y if CPU_V7
-	help
-	  If this is set, kernel text and rodata memory will be made
-	  read-only, and non-text kernel memory will be made non-executable.
-	  The tradeoff is that each region is padded to section-size (1MiB)
-	  boundaries (because their permissions are different and splitting
-	  the 1M pages into 4K ones causes TLB performance problems), which
-	  can waste memory.
-
 config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
 	bool "Make rodata strictly non-executable"
-	depends on DEBUG_RODATA
+	depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	default y
 	help
 	  If this is set, rodata will be made explicitly non-executable. This
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 370581aeb87104273df695409af37876956c639f..4be0bee4c35700aacbaaa3994d5ae4a7ce92bfb5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	}
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 struct section_perm {
 	const char *name;
 	unsigned long start;
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ void set_kernel_text_ro(void)
 
 #else
 static inline void fix_kernmem_perms(void) { }
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA */
+#endif /* CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX */
 
 void free_tcmmem(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index f7dfd6d5865977fe23c156e47c3c5f49775362b6..3bebdaf1d00998e22e0194c8dd6cde24099c91a8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ config ARM64
 	select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
 	select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
@@ -123,9 +125,6 @@ config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
 config MMU
 	def_bool y
 
-config DEBUG_RODATA
-	def_bool y
-
 config ARM64_PAGE_SHIFT
 	int
 	default 16 if ARM64_64K_PAGES
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
index d1ebd46872fdf746b1f2c84e0af3959522051009..560a8d85a4f8a2ccb7abe32f40b4030ae5a89a02 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -71,19 +71,8 @@ config DEBUG_WX
 
 	  If in doubt, say "Y".
 
-config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
-	bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
-	depends on MODULES
-	default y
-	help
-	  Is this is set, kernel module text and rodata will be made read-only.
-	  This is to help catch accidental or malicious attempts to change the
-	  kernel's executable code.
-
-	  If in doubt, say Y.
-
 config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
-	depends on DEBUG_RODATA
+	depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	bool "Align linker sections up to SECTION_SIZE"
 	help
 	  If this option is enabled, sections that may potentially be marked as
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
index 94b62c1fa4df0e95f6554da420ef7ef3112c7b04..67f9cb9e8512824dbe358a54f6d15dd48c6f33c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void __kprobes *patch_map(void *addr, int fixmap)
 	bool module = !core_kernel_text(uintaddr);
 	struct page *page;
 
-	if (module && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX))
+	if (module && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX))
 		page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
 	else if (!module)
 		page = pfn_to_page(PHYS_PFN(__pa(addr)));
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 3a71f38cdc0553eeb8c026b2b12d3b412e2f2657..ad294b3fb90be4bb4e4a800fdd50354e7a5e970c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config PARISC
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	select RTC_CLASS
 	select RTC_DRV_GENERIC
 	select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug
index 68b7cbd0810a77bf321f524b9c8809b508f864d6..0d856b94c9b1126c7e21c1bdb97cc8087dbbfb71 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -5,15 +5,4 @@ source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
 config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
 	def_bool y
 
-config DEBUG_RODATA
-       bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
-       depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
-       default y
-       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".
-
 endmenu
diff --git a/arch/parisc/configs/712_defconfig b/arch/parisc/configs/712_defconfig
index db8f56bf388392d71f99046ac6ccb1862b0e412d..143d0265279204ef9e51288640ba091eb2453c27 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/configs/712_defconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/configs/712_defconfig
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y
 # CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR is not set
-CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_HMAC=y
diff --git a/arch/parisc/configs/c3000_defconfig b/arch/parisc/configs/c3000_defconfig
index fb92b8920785c3e943392576ac0ba91902c9346a..8e8f0e34f8174c5905ca8b3b3b65c829c3557265 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/configs/c3000_defconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/configs/c3000_defconfig
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE is not set
 # CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR is not set
-CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5=m
diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
index e02ada312be8239d687f491b7b75824a82b1204e..a055e5b6b3807770288a65e60c169e82abf743cc 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ void free_initmem(void)
 }
 
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 {
 	/* rodata memory was already mapped with KERNEL_RO access rights by
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index c6722112527d6ed5937bd98870dbb8fb843b3dd1..53bb0e3e0db3cc2eb4112143a174237cda85a392 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ config PCI_QUIRKS
 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
 	def_bool y
 
-config DEBUG_RODATA
-	def_bool y
-
 config S390
 	def_bool y
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
@@ -73,6 +70,8 @@ config S390
 	select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
 	select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select ARCH_INLINE_READ_LOCK
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug b/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug
index 26c5d5beb4bebd2e060654d2d9d6e480f7f5da34..57f8ea9c49e32714bced886a1348a5e38728a77d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug
@@ -17,7 +17,4 @@ config S390_PTDUMP
 	  kernel.
 	  If in doubt, say "N"
 
-config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
-	def_bool y
-	depends on MODULES
 endmenu
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index f8fbfc5a98babdc2208932970e8a98099b577950..4ca8c41623f40112c4dcc483a9078f896cc8a273 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_MMIO_FLUSH
 	select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API		if X86_64
 	select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC		if ACPI
@@ -309,9 +311,6 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
 config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
 	def_bool y
 
-config DEBUG_RODATA
-	def_bool y
-
 config PGTABLE_LEVELS
 	int
 	default 4 if X86_64
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 783099f2ac72bc45c7196f71f344c81728521d95..c4cba00dbdee5ec48af1fff44adbe0f7e6582c26 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -109,17 +109,6 @@ config DEBUG_WX
 
 	  If in doubt, say "Y".
 
-config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
-	bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
-	depends on MODULES
-	---help---
-	  This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
-	  kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
-	  of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
-	  patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
-	  against certain classes of kernel exploits.
-	  If in doubt, say "N".
-
 config DOUBLEFAULT
 	default y
 	bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index e4eb2546339afbf2764f5ba335e1e66947fc5af3..c2d282764d5de739555212814a86259606a77841 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static inline bool bpf_prog_was_classic(const struct bpf_prog *prog)
 
 #define bpf_classic_proglen(fprog) (fprog->len * sizeof(fprog->filter[0]))
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 static inline void bpf_prog_lock_ro(struct bpf_prog *fp)
 {
 	set_memory_ro((unsigned long)fp, fp->pages);
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static inline void bpf_prog_lock_ro(struct bpf_prog *fp)
 static inline void bpf_prog_unlock_ro(struct bpf_prog *fp)
 {
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX */
+#endif /* CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX */
 
 int sk_filter_trim_cap(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int cap);
 static inline int sk_filter(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 885c3e6d0f9d763669a63d41bc90d5764f264681..79af0962fd525980064241c653d748f2f9be63c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ void prepare_namespace(void);
 void __init load_default_modules(void);
 int __init init_rootfs(void);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX)
+#if defined(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX) || defined(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX)
 extern bool rodata_enabled;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 void mark_rodata_ro(void);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 5cddadff2c25a2040c8610fa2ae4a47a33b1257e..f4f542ed3d9204c8f48a6fb9a1b5571bff8ed192 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ extern int module_sysfs_initialized;
 
 #define __MODULE_STRING(x) __stringify(x)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 extern void set_all_modules_text_rw(void);
 extern void set_all_modules_text_ro(void);
 extern void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod, bool after_init);
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 6d98664e843b0a4bb9d4d6ebdc71fd98797bff14..c8a00f0f10ff692956afd0ce7651eb1919457c63 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static int try_to_run_init_process(const char *init_filename)
 
 static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX)
+#if defined(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX) || defined(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX)
 bool rodata_enabled __ro_after_init = true;
 static int __init set_debug_rodata(char *str)
 {
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ static int __init set_debug_rodata(char *str)
 __setup("rodata=", set_debug_rodata);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 static void mark_readonly(void)
 {
 	if (rodata_enabled)
diff --git a/kernel/configs/android-recommended.config b/kernel/configs/android-recommended.config
index 297756be369c68d9e56c3c5823de5530118671f6..99127edc52043ce74c84536613ed0c3e3044ed7f 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/android-recommended.config
+++ b/kernel/configs/android-recommended.config
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=8192
 CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
+CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=y
 CONFIG_DM_CRYPT=y
 CONFIG_DM_UEVENT=y
 CONFIG_DM_VERITY=y
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 1a17ec0c8ae7889a34ffcf53cde513b3d0ebc2c5..a3889169a3ae2e50091fcb019f41a9a43ce17a19 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
 /*
  * Modules' sections will be aligned on page boundaries
  * to ensure complete separation of code and data, but
- * only when CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX=y
+ * only when CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=y
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 # define debug_align(X) ALIGN(X, PAGE_SIZE)
 #else
 # define debug_align(X) (X)
@@ -1846,7 +1846,7 @@ static void mod_sysfs_teardown(struct module *mod)
 	mod_sysfs_fini(mod);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 /*
  * LKM RO/NX protection: protect module's text/ro-data
  * from modification and any data from execution.
diff --git a/kernel/power/hibernate.c b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
index b26dbc48c75b9fa9045fafeccde8b23e69b9ab2e..86385af1080f09e325cc53f9a1d300d364f660dd 100644
--- a/kernel/power/hibernate.c
+++ b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ static int __init hibernate_setup(char *str)
 	} else if (!strncmp(str, "no", 2)) {
 		noresume = 1;
 		nohibernate = 1;
-	} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA)
+	} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX)
 		   && !strncmp(str, "protect_image", 13)) {
 		enable_restore_image_protection();
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/power/power.h b/kernel/power/power.h
index 1dfa0da827d3c4e77cc6a2e49c25d170c8ce3fb8..7fdc40d31b7db455fadbc20569a6b49faa8f01f6 100644
--- a/kernel/power/power.h
+++ b/kernel/power/power.h
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ extern int hibernation_snapshot(int platform_mode);
 extern int hibernation_restore(int platform_mode);
 extern int hibernation_platform_enter(void);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 /* kernel/power/snapshot.c */
 extern void enable_restore_image_protection(void);
 #else
 static inline void enable_restore_image_protection(void) {}
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA */
+#endif /* CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX */
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
 
diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
index 2d8e2b227db84598f1523fa8fdadca5ccd7e9f44..905d5bbd595fa3dae632e0eda882ad9e15de69ba 100644
--- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 #include "power.h"
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 static bool hibernate_restore_protection;
 static bool hibernate_restore_protection_active;
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static inline void hibernate_restore_protection_begin(void) {}
 static inline void hibernate_restore_protection_end(void) {}
 static inline void hibernate_restore_protect_page(void *page_address) {}
 static inline void hibernate_restore_unprotect_page(void *page_address) {}
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA */
+#endif /* CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX */
 
 static int swsusp_page_is_free(struct page *);
 static void swsusp_set_page_forbidden(struct page *);