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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001menu "Kernel hacking"
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3source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07005config GPROF
6 bool "Enable gprof support"
Karol Swietlicki054211a2008-02-04 22:30:42 -08007 depends on DEBUG_INFO && FRAME_POINTER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07008 help
Jeff Dike4c9e1382007-10-16 01:26:54 -07009 This allows profiling of a User-Mode Linux kernel with the gprof
10 utility.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070011
Karol Swietlicki0ba9d3f2008-02-04 22:30:38 -080012 See <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/gprof.html> for more
Jeff Dike4c9e1382007-10-16 01:26:54 -070013 details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070014
Jeff Dike4c9e1382007-10-16 01:26:54 -070015 If you're involved in UML kernel development and want to use gprof,
16 say Y. If you're unsure, say N.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070017
18config GCOV
19 bool "Enable gcov support"
Jeff Dike42fda662007-10-16 01:26:50 -070020 depends on DEBUG_INFO
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070021 help
Jeff Dike4c9e1382007-10-16 01:26:54 -070022 This option allows developers to retrieve coverage data from a UML
23 session.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070024
Karol Swietlicki0ba9d3f2008-02-04 22:30:38 -080025 See <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/gprof.html> for more
Jeff Dike4c9e1382007-10-16 01:26:54 -070026 details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070027
Jeff Dike4c9e1382007-10-16 01:26:54 -070028 If you're involved in UML kernel development and want to use gcov,
29 say Y. If you're unsure, say N.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070030
Jeff Dikee18eecb2007-07-15 23:38:48 -070031config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
32 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
33 default N
34 help
35 Track the maximum kernel stack usage - this will look at each
36 kernel stack at process exit and log it if it's the deepest
37 stack seen so far.
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39 This option will slow down process creation and destruction somewhat.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070040endmenu