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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001menu "Kernel hacking"
2
3source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
4
Nicolas Pitre087aaff2010-09-22 18:34:36 -04005config STRICT_DEVMEM
6 bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
7 depends on MMU
8 ---help---
9 If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
10 of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
11 access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
12 be used by people debugging the kernel.
13
14 If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
15 userspace access to memory mapped peripherals.
16
17 If in doubt, say Y.
18
Catalin Marinasadf8b372009-02-12 13:56:34 +010019# RMK wants arm kernels compiled with frame pointers or stack unwinding.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070020# If you know what you are doing and are willing to live without stack
21# traces, you can get a slightly smaller kernel by setting this option to
22# n, but then RMK will have to kill you ;).
23config FRAME_POINTER
24 bool
Catalin Marinas16c79652009-07-24 12:33:02 +010025 depends on !THUMB2_KERNEL
Rabin Vincent0e341af2010-11-06 23:03:53 +053026 default y if !ARM_UNWIND || FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070027 help
28 If you say N here, the resulting kernel will be slightly smaller and
Catalin Marinasadf8b372009-02-12 13:56:34 +010029 faster. However, if neither FRAME_POINTER nor ARM_UNWIND are enabled,
30 when a problem occurs with the kernel, the information that is
31 reported is severely limited.
32
33config ARM_UNWIND
Russell King4a50bfe2010-12-05 23:06:22 +000034 bool "Enable stack unwinding support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Catalin Marinasadf8b372009-02-12 13:56:34 +010035 depends on AEABI && EXPERIMENTAL
36 default y
37 help
38 This option enables stack unwinding support in the kernel
39 using the information automatically generated by the
40 compiler. The resulting kernel image is slightly bigger but
41 the performance is not affected. Currently, this feature
42 only works with EABI compilers. If unsure say Y.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070043
Rabin Vincent09bfafa2010-08-10 19:32:37 +010044config OLD_MCOUNT
45 bool
46 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER && FRAME_POINTER
47 default y
48
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070049config DEBUG_USER
50 bool "Verbose user fault messages"
51 help
52 When a user program crashes due to an exception, the kernel can
53 print a brief message explaining what the problem was. This is
54 sometimes helpful for debugging but serves no purpose on a
55 production system. Most people should say N here.
56
57 In addition, you need to pass user_debug=N on the kernel command
58 line to enable this feature. N consists of the sum of:
59
60 1 - undefined instruction events
61 2 - system calls
62 4 - invalid data aborts
63 8 - SIGSEGV faults
64 16 - SIGBUS faults
65
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070066# These options are only for real kernel hackers who want to get their hands dirty.
67config DEBUG_LL
Will Deacon4f5ef922011-09-01 19:04:44 +010068 bool "Kernel low-level debugging functions (read help!)"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070069 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
70 help
Russell King35efb602005-09-09 15:57:17 +010071 Say Y here to include definitions of printascii, printch, printhex
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070072 in the kernel. This is helpful if you are debugging code that
73 executes before the console is initialized.
74
Will Deacon4f5ef922011-09-01 19:04:44 +010075 Note that selecting this option will limit the kernel to a single
76 UART definition, as specified below. Attempting to boot the kernel
77 image on a different platform *will not work*, so this option should
78 not be enabled for kernels that are intended to be portable.
79
Will Deacon17916b22011-09-01 18:58:51 +010080choice
81 prompt "Kernel low-level debugging port"
82 depends on DEBUG_LL
83
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD13079a72011-11-02 01:43:31 +080084 config AT91_DEBUG_LL_DBGU0
85 bool "Kernel low-level debugging on rm9200, 9260/9g20, 9261/9g10 and 9rl"
86 depends on HAVE_AT91_DBGU0
87
88 config AT91_DEBUG_LL_DBGU1
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD9918cea2012-01-26 14:07:09 +010089 bool "Kernel low-level debugging on 9263 and 9g45"
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD13079a72011-11-02 01:43:31 +080090 depends on HAVE_AT91_DBGU1
91
Stephen Boyd164acf92011-09-22 20:28:35 +010092 config DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART1
93 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via UART1"
94 depends on ARCH_CLPS711X
95 help
96 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
97 their output to the first serial port on these devices.
Will Deacon17916b22011-09-01 18:58:51 +010098
99 config DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART2
100 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via UART2"
101 depends on ARCH_CLPS711X
102 help
103 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
104 their output to the second serial port on these devices.
Will Deacon17916b22011-09-01 18:58:51 +0100105
Russell Kinge76f4752011-11-23 17:44:05 +0000106 config DEBUG_DC21285_PORT
107 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via footbridge serial port"
108 depends on FOOTBRIDGE
109 help
110 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
111 their output to the serial port in the DC21285 (Footbridge).
112
113 config DEBUG_FOOTBRIDGE_COM1
114 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via footbridge 8250 at PCI COM1"
115 depends on FOOTBRIDGE
116 help
117 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
118 their output to the 8250 at PCI COM1.
119
Rob Herring220e6cf2011-06-07 10:02:55 -0500120 config DEBUG_HIGHBANK_UART
121 bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via Highbank UART"
122 depends on ARCH_HIGHBANK
123 help
124 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
125 their output to the UART on Highbank based devices.
126
Shawn Guof350b862011-08-19 05:56:59 +0100127 config DEBUG_IMX1_UART
128 bool "i.MX1 Debug UART"
129 depends on SOC_IMX1
130 help
131 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
132 on i.MX1.
133
134 config DEBUG_IMX23_UART
135 bool "i.MX23 Debug UART"
136 depends on SOC_IMX23
137 help
138 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
139 on i.MX23.
140
141 config DEBUG_IMX25_UART
142 bool "i.MX25 Debug UART"
143 depends on SOC_IMX25
144 help
145 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
146 on i.MX25.
147
148 config DEBUG_IMX21_IMX27_UART
149 bool "i.MX21 and i.MX27 Debug UART"
150 depends on SOC_IMX21 || SOC_IMX27
151 help
152 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
153 on i.MX21 or i.MX27.
154
155 config DEBUG_IMX28_UART
156 bool "i.MX28 Debug UART"
157 depends on SOC_IMX28
158 help
159 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
160 on i.MX28.
161
162 config DEBUG_IMX31_IMX35_UART
163 bool "i.MX31 and i.MX35 Debug UART"
164 depends on SOC_IMX31 || SOC_IMX35
165 help
166 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
167 on i.MX31 or i.MX35.
168
169 config DEBUG_IMX51_UART
170 bool "i.MX51 Debug UART"
171 depends on SOC_IMX51
172 help
173 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
174 on i.MX51.
175
176 config DEBUG_IMX50_IMX53_UART
177 bool "i.MX50 and i.MX53 Debug UART"
178 depends on SOC_IMX50 || SOC_IMX53
179 help
180 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
181 on i.MX50 or i.MX53.
182
Dirk Behmecdaf29c2012-02-06 13:19:19 +0100183 config DEBUG_IMX6Q_UART4
184 bool "i.MX6Q Debug UART4"
Shawn Guobac89d72011-10-02 15:09:11 +0800185 depends on SOC_IMX6Q
186 help
187 Say Y here if you want kernel low-level debugging support
Dirk Behmecdaf29c2012-02-06 13:19:19 +0100188 on i.MX6Q UART4.
Shawn Guobac89d72011-10-02 15:09:11 +0800189
Russell Kinge76f4752011-11-23 17:44:05 +0000190 config DEBUG_REALVIEW_STD_PORT
191 bool "RealView Default UART"
192 depends on ARCH_REALVIEW
193 help
194 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
195 their output to the serial port on RealView EB, PB11MP, PBA8
196 and PBX platforms.
197
198 config DEBUG_REALVIEW_PB1176_PORT
199 bool "RealView PB1176 UART"
200 depends on MACH_REALVIEW_PB1176
201 help
202 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
203 their output to the standard serial port on the RealView
204 PB1176 platform.
205
206 config DEBUG_S3C_UART0
207 depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
208 bool "Use S3C UART 0 for low-level debug"
209 help
210 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
211 their output to UART 0. The port must have been initialised
212 by the boot-loader before use.
213
214 The uncompressor code port configuration is now handled
215 by CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT.
216
217 config DEBUG_S3C_UART1
218 depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
219 bool "Use S3C UART 1 for low-level debug"
220 help
221 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
222 their output to UART 1. The port must have been initialised
223 by the boot-loader before use.
224
225 The uncompressor code port configuration is now handled
226 by CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT.
227
228 config DEBUG_S3C_UART2
229 depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG
230 bool "Use S3C UART 2 for low-level debug"
231 help
232 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
233 their output to UART 2. The port must have been initialised
234 by the boot-loader before use.
235
236 The uncompressor code port configuration is now handled
237 by CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT.
238
239 config DEBUG_LL_UART_NONE
240 bool "No low-level debugging UART"
241 help
242 Say Y here if your platform doesn't provide a UART option
243 below. This relies on your platform choosing the right UART
244 definition internally in order for low-level debugging to
245 work.
246
247 config DEBUG_ICEDCC
248 bool "Kernel low-level debugging via EmbeddedICE DCC channel"
249 help
250 Say Y here if you want the debug print routines to direct
251 their output to the EmbeddedICE macrocell's DCC channel using
252 co-processor 14. This is known to work on the ARM9 style ICE
253 channel and on the XScale with the PEEDI.
254
255 Note that the system will appear to hang during boot if there
256 is nothing connected to read from the DCC.
257
Russell Kingb0df8982012-03-27 11:30:31 +0100258 config DEBUG_SEMIHOSTING
259 bool "Kernel low-level debug output via semihosting I"
260 help
261 Semihosting enables code running on an ARM target to use
262 the I/O facilities on a host debugger/emulator through a
263 simple SVC calls. The host debugger or emulator must have
264 semihosting enabled for the special svc call to be trapped
265 otherwise the kernel will crash.
266
267 This is known to work with OpenOCD, as wellas
268 ARM's Fast Models, or any other controlling environment
269 that implements semihosting.
270
271 For more details about semihosting, please see
272 chapter 8 of DUI0203I_rvct_developer_guide.pdf from ARM Ltd.
273
Will Deacon17916b22011-09-01 18:58:51 +0100274endchoice
275
Catalin Marinas93fd03a2009-12-09 10:02:18 +0000276config EARLY_PRINTK
277 bool "Early printk"
278 depends on DEBUG_LL
279 help
280 Say Y here if you want to have an early console using the
281 kernel low-level debugging functions. Add earlyprintk to your
282 kernel parameters to enable this console.
283
Alexander Shishkinc5d6c772009-12-01 14:00:51 +0100284config OC_ETM
285 bool "On-chip ETM and ETB"
Arnd Bergmann53eebb02011-09-07 10:02:35 +0200286 depends on ARM_AMBA
Alexander Shishkinc5d6c772009-12-01 14:00:51 +0100287 help
288 Enables the on-chip embedded trace macrocell and embedded trace
289 buffer driver that will allow you to collect traces of the
290 kernel code.
291
Jon Medhurst4189bc72011-08-27 12:36:58 +0100292config ARM_KPROBES_TEST
293 tristate "Kprobes test module"
294 depends on KPROBES && MODULES
295 help
296 Perform tests of kprobes API and instruction set simulation.
297
Will Deacona7a6f922012-01-23 13:48:48 -0800298config PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR
299 bool "Write the current PID to the CONTEXTIDR register"
300 depends on CPU_COPY_V6
301 help
302 Enabling this option causes the kernel to write the current PID to
303 the PROCID field of the CONTEXTIDR register, at the expense of some
304 additional instructions during context switch. Say Y here only if you
305 are planning to use hardware trace tools with this kernel.
306
Laura Abbott8d35c9a2013-06-12 09:50:22 -0700307config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
308 bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
309 depends on MODULES
310 ---help---
311 This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
312 kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
313 of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
314 patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
315 against certain classes of kernel exploits.
316 If in doubt, say "N".
317
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700318endmenu