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Catalin Marinas8c2c3df2012-04-20 14:45:54 +01001menu "Kernel hacking"
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3source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
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Laura Abbottc9465b42014-11-26 00:28:39 +00005config ARM64_PTDUMP
6 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
7 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8 select DEBUG_FS
9 help
10 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
11 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
12 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
13 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
14 kernel.
15 If in doubt, say "N"
16
Laura Abbottd253b442014-04-05 01:30:50 +010017config STRICT_DEVMEM
18 bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
19 depends on MMU
20 help
21 If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
22 of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
23 access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
24 be used by people debugging the kernel.
25
26 If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
27 userspace access to memory mapped peripherals.
28
29 If in doubt, say Y.
30
Will Deaconec45d1c2013-01-17 12:31:45 +000031config PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR
32 bool "Write the current PID to the CONTEXTIDR register"
33 help
34 Enabling this option causes the kernel to write the current PID to
35 the CONTEXTIDR register, at the expense of some additional
36 instructions during context switch. Say Y here only if you are
37 planning to use hardware trace tools with this kernel.
38
Mark Rutlandda57a362014-06-24 16:51:37 +010039config ARM64_RANDOMIZE_TEXT_OFFSET
40 bool "Randomize TEXT_OFFSET at build time"
41 help
42 Say Y here if you want the image load offset (AKA TEXT_OFFSET)
43 of the kernel to be randomized at build-time. When selected,
44 this option will cause TEXT_OFFSET to be randomized upon any
45 build of the kernel, and the offset will be reflected in the
46 text_offset field of the resulting Image. This can be used to
47 fuzz-test bootloaders which respect text_offset.
48
49 This option is intended for bootloader and/or kernel testing
50 only. Bootloaders must make no assumptions regarding the value
51 of TEXT_OFFSET and platforms must not require a specific
52 value.
53
Laura Abbott11d91a72014-08-19 20:41:43 +010054config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
55 bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
56 depends on MODULES
57 help
58 This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
59 kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
60 of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
61 patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
62 against certain classes of kernel exploits.
63 If in doubt, say "N".
64
Laura Abbottda141702015-01-21 17:36:06 -080065config DEBUG_RODATA
66 bool "Make kernel text and rodata read-only"
67 help
68 If this is set, kernel text and rodata will be made read-only. This
69 is to help catch accidental or malicious attempts to change the
70 kernel's executable code. Additionally splits rodata from kernel
71 text so it can be made explicitly non-executable.
72
73 If in doubt, say Y
74
75config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
Suzuki K. Poulose755e70b2015-10-19 14:19:32 +010076 depends on DEBUG_RODATA && ARM64_4K_PAGES
Laura Abbottda141702015-01-21 17:36:06 -080077 bool "Align linker sections up to SECTION_SIZE"
78 help
79 If this option is enabled, sections that may potentially be marked as
80 read only or non-executable will be aligned up to the section size of
81 the kernel. This prevents sections from being split into pages and
82 avoids a potential TLB penalty. The downside is an increase in
83 alignment and potentially wasted space. Turn on this option if
84 performance is more important than memory pressure.
85
86 If in doubt, say N
87
Mathieu Poirier01081f52015-03-30 14:13:41 -060088source "drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig"
Mathieu Poirier32887312015-03-30 14:13:36 -060089
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