Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | menu "Kernel hacking" |
| 2 | |
Ingo Molnar | 55f327f | 2006-07-03 00:24:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT |
Randy Dunlap | d013a27 | 2007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | def_bool y |
Ingo Molnar | 55f327f | 2006-07-03 00:24:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | source "lib/Kconfig.debug" |
| 7 | |
Ingo Molnar | d092633 | 2008-07-18 00:26:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | config STRICT_DEVMEM |
Stefan Richter | 16104b55 | 2008-06-05 22:47:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | ---help--- |
Linus Torvalds | f2d0f1d | 2008-07-21 13:04:08 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all |
Stefan Richter | 16104b55 | 2008-06-05 22:47:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental |
| 13 | access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can |
Ingo Molnar | d092633 | 2008-07-18 00:26:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | be used by people debugging the kernel. Note that with PAT support |
| 15 | enabled, even in this case there are restrictions on /dev/mem |
| 16 | use due to the cache aliasing requirements. |
Stefan Richter | 16104b55 | 2008-06-05 22:47:13 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | |
| 18 | If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows |
| 19 | userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions. |
| 20 | This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of |
| 21 | /dev/mem. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | If in doubt, say Y. |
Arjan van de Ven | ae531c2 | 2008-04-24 23:40:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | |
Ben Collins | 6bcb13b | 2008-06-18 14:04:35 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP |
| 26 | bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages" |
| 27 | default y |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | ---help--- |
Ben Collins | 6bcb13b | 2008-06-18 14:04:35 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | Enables the informational output from the decompression stage |
| 30 | (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still |
| 31 | see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup. |
| 32 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | config EARLY_PRINTK |
Ingo Molnar | 076f977 | 2008-01-30 13:33:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | default y |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | ---help--- |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial |
| 38 | port. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very |
| 41 | early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation |
| 42 | it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate |
| 43 | with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here, |
| 44 | unless you want to debug such a crash. |
| 45 | |
Yinghai Lu | 5c05917 | 2008-07-24 17:29:40 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP |
| 47 | bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port" |
| 48 | default n |
Ingo Molnar | 9749986 | 2008-07-26 17:28:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | ---help--- |
Yinghai Lu | 5c05917 | 2008-07-24 17:29:40 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port. |
| 52 | |
| 53 | This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very |
| 54 | early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation |
| 55 | it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate |
| 56 | with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here, |
| 57 | unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device. |
| 58 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW |
| 60 | bool "Check for stack overflows" |
| 61 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | ---help--- |
Adrian Bunk | dab175f | 2005-07-27 11:44:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space |
| 64 | drops below a certain limit. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE |
| 67 | bool "Stack utilization instrumentation" |
| 68 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | ---help--- |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each |
| 71 | task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output. |
| 72 | |
| 73 | This option will slow down process creation somewhat. |
| 74 | |
travis@sgi.com | c49a495 | 2008-01-30 13:33:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS |
| 76 | bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps" |
| 77 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
Ingo Molnar | 3e5095d | 2009-01-27 17:07:08 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | depends on SMP |
travis@sgi.com | c49a495 | 2008-01-30 13:33:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | default n |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | ---help--- |
travis@sgi.com | c49a495 | 2008-01-30 13:33:22 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has |
| 82 | been setup. Adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory |
| 83 | and decreases performance. |
| 84 | |
| 85 | Say N if unsure. |
| 86 | |
Arjan van de Ven | 926e539 | 2008-04-17 17:40:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | config X86_PTDUMP |
| 88 | bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs" |
H. Peter Anvin | fe770bf0 | 2008-04-17 17:40:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
Arjan van de Ven | 926e539 | 2008-04-17 17:40:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | select DEBUG_FS |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | ---help--- |
Arjan van de Ven | 926e539 | 2008-04-17 17:40:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a |
| 93 | debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers |
| 94 | who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel. |
| 95 | It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production |
| 96 | kernel. |
| 97 | If in doubt, say "N" |
| 98 | |
Arjan van de Ven | 63aaf30 | 2006-01-06 00:12:02 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | config DEBUG_RODATA |
| 100 | bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures" |
Ingo Molnar | 11201e6 | 2008-01-30 13:33:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 101 | default y |
Arjan van de Ven | 63aaf30 | 2006-01-06 00:12:02 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 102 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | ---help--- |
Arjan van de Ven | 63aaf30 | 2006-01-06 00:12:02 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables, |
| 105 | in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const |
Ingo Molnar | 11201e6 | 2008-01-30 13:33:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 106 | data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner. |
| 107 | If in doubt, say "Y". |
Arjan van de Ven | 63aaf30 | 2006-01-06 00:12:02 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | |
Ingo Molnar | aba8391 | 2008-01-30 13:34:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST |
| 110 | bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature" |
| 111 | depends on DEBUG_RODATA |
Ingo Molnar | 72370f2 | 2008-02-13 16:15:34 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 112 | default y |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 113 | ---help--- |
Ingo Molnar | aba8391 | 2008-01-30 13:34:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA |
| 115 | feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure. |
| 116 | If in doubt, say "N" |
| 117 | |
| 118 | config DEBUG_NX_TEST |
| 119 | tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature" |
| 120 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | ---help--- |
Ingo Molnar | aba8391 | 2008-01-30 13:34:09 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability |
| 123 | and the software setup of this feature. |
| 124 | If in doubt, say "N" |
| 125 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 126 | config 4KSTACKS |
| 127 | bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb" |
Randy Dunlap | d013a27 | 2007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | depends on X86_32 |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | ---help--- |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the |
| 131 | kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates |
| 132 | running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure |
| 133 | on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option |
| 134 | will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace. |
| 135 | |
Andi Kleen | 102e41f | 2006-04-18 12:35:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | config DOUBLEFAULT |
| 137 | default y |
| 138 | bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED |
Randy Dunlap | d013a27 | 2007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | depends on X86_32 |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | ---help--- |
Randy Dunlap | d013a27 | 2007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that |
| 142 | would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this |
| 143 | option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey |
| 144 | hair. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | config IOMMU_DEBUG |
| 147 | bool "Enable IOMMU debugging" |
Joerg Roedel | 966396d | 2007-10-24 12:49:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL |
Randy Dunlap | d013a27 | 2007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | depends on X86_64 |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | ---help--- |
Randy Dunlap | d013a27 | 2007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 151 | Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of |
| 152 | memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And |
| 153 | allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot |
| 154 | time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather |
| 155 | list merging. Currently not recommended for production |
| 156 | code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough |
| 157 | IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can |
| 158 | be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line |
| 159 | options. See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more |
| 160 | details. |
| 161 | |
Joerg Roedel | 2be69c7 | 2009-05-22 12:15:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | config IOMMU_STRESS |
| 163 | bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode" |
| 164 | ---help--- |
| 165 | This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related |
| 166 | code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option |
| 167 | will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for |
| 168 | testing. |
| 169 | |
Randy Dunlap | d013a27 | 2007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | config IOMMU_LEAK |
| 171 | bool "IOMMU leak tracing" |
FUJITA Tomonori | 19c1a6f | 2009-04-14 09:43:19 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 172 | depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 173 | ---help--- |
Randy Dunlap | d013a27 | 2007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 174 | Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you |
| 175 | are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings. |
| 176 | |
Markus Metzger | 8a327f6 | 2009-03-13 10:45:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 177 | config X86_DS_SELFTEST |
| 178 | bool "DS selftest" |
| 179 | default y |
| 180 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
| 181 | depends on X86_DS |
| 182 | ---help--- |
| 183 | Perform Debug Store selftests at boot time. |
| 184 | If in doubt, say "N". |
| 185 | |
Pekka Paalanen | 6bc5c36 | 2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 186 | config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT |
| 187 | def_bool y |
Pekka Paalanen | 8b7d89d | 2008-05-12 21:20:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 188 | |
Masami Hiramatsu | ca0e9ba | 2009-08-13 16:34:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 189 | config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST |
OGAWA Hirofumi | cbe5c34 | 2009-12-06 20:14:29 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 190 | bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest" |
| 191 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES |
Masami Hiramatsu | ca0e9ba | 2009-08-13 16:34:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | ---help--- |
| 193 | Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time. |
| 194 | This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction |
| 195 | decoder code. |
| 196 | If unsure, say "N". |
| 197 | |
Ingo Molnar | 6e7c402 | 2008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | # |
| 199 | # IO delay types: |
| 200 | # |
| 201 | |
| 202 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80 |
| 203 | int |
| 204 | default "0" |
| 205 | |
| 206 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED |
| 207 | int |
| 208 | default "1" |
| 209 | |
| 210 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY |
| 211 | int |
| 212 | default "2" |
| 213 | |
| 214 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE |
| 215 | int |
| 216 | default "3" |
| 217 | |
| 218 | choice |
| 219 | prompt "IO delay type" |
Ingo Molnar | fd59e9e | 2008-02-17 20:20:24 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 220 | default IO_DELAY_0X80 |
Ingo Molnar | 6e7c402 | 2008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 221 | |
| 222 | config IO_DELAY_0X80 |
| 223 | bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]" |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | ---help--- |
Ingo Molnar | 6e7c402 | 2008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p. |
| 226 | It is the most tested hence safest selection here. |
| 227 | |
| 228 | config IO_DELAY_0XED |
| 229 | bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay" |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 230 | ---help--- |
Ingo Molnar | 6e7c402 | 2008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 231 | Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is |
| 232 | often used as a hardware-debug port. |
| 233 | |
| 234 | config IO_DELAY_UDELAY |
| 235 | bool "udelay based port-IO delay" |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 236 | ---help--- |
Ingo Molnar | 6e7c402 | 2008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 237 | Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay |
| 238 | while not having any side-effect on the IO port space. |
| 239 | |
| 240 | config IO_DELAY_NONE |
| 241 | bool "no port-IO delay" |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 242 | ---help--- |
Ingo Molnar | 6e7c402 | 2008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 243 | No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO |
| 244 | delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines. |
| 245 | |
| 246 | endchoice |
| 247 | |
| 248 | if IO_DELAY_0X80 |
| 249 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE |
| 250 | int |
| 251 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80 |
| 252 | endif |
| 253 | |
| 254 | if IO_DELAY_0XED |
| 255 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE |
| 256 | int |
| 257 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED |
| 258 | endif |
| 259 | |
| 260 | if IO_DELAY_UDELAY |
| 261 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE |
| 262 | int |
| 263 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY |
| 264 | endif |
| 265 | |
| 266 | if IO_DELAY_NONE |
| 267 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE |
| 268 | int |
| 269 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE |
| 270 | endif |
Rene Herman | b02aae9 | 2008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 271 | |
Huang, Ying | 6d7d743 | 2008-01-30 13:32:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS |
| 273 | bool "Debug boot parameters" |
| 274 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
| 275 | depends on DEBUG_FS |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 276 | ---help--- |
Huang, Ying | 6d7d743 | 2008-01-30 13:32:51 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 277 | This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs. |
| 278 | |
Andi Kleen | 0c42f39 | 2008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 279 | config CPA_DEBUG |
Ingo Molnar | 971a52d | 2008-02-06 22:39:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 280 | bool "CPA self-test code" |
Ingo Molnar | f316fe6 | 2008-01-30 13:34:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 281 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 282 | ---help--- |
Ingo Molnar | 971a52d | 2008-02-06 22:39:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 283 | Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds. |
Andi Kleen | 0c42f39 | 2008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 284 | |
Ingo Molnar | 60a3cdd | 2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 285 | config OPTIMIZE_INLINING |
| 286 | bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'" |
Ingo Molnar | 8f9ca47 | 2009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 287 | ---help--- |
Ingo Molnar | 60a3cdd | 2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 288 | This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions |
| 289 | developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to |
| 290 | do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of |
| 291 | compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and |
Sitsofe Wheeler | 63fb708 | 2008-10-11 20:27:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 292 | enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully |
| 293 | this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the |
| 294 | decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option |
| 295 | is there to test gcc for this. |
Ingo Molnar | c9af1e3 | 2008-04-30 08:48:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 296 | |
Ingo Molnar | 3f9b5cc | 2008-07-18 16:30:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 297 | If unsure, say N. |
| 298 | |
Arjan van de Ven | 63312b6 | 2009-10-02 07:50:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS |
| 300 | bool "Strict copy size checks" |
Arjan van de Ven | ad8f435 | 2009-10-06 07:04:52 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 301 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
Arjan van de Ven | 63312b6 | 2009-10-02 07:50:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 302 | ---help--- |
| 303 | Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user |
| 304 | copy operations into compile time failures. |
| 305 | |
| 306 | The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there |
| 307 | are sufficient security checks on the length argument of |
| 308 | the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is |
| 309 | within bounds. |
| 310 | |
| 311 | If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N. |
| 312 | |
Ingo Molnar | c9af1e3 | 2008-04-30 08:48:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 313 | endmenu |