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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001
2config PRINTK_TIME
3 bool "Show timing information on printks"
Randy Dunlapd3b8b6e2006-12-06 20:36:38 -08004 depends on PRINTK
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07005 help
6 Selecting this option causes timing information to be
7 included in printk output. This allows you to measure
8 the interval between kernel operations, including bootup
9 operations. This is useful for identifying long delays
10 in kernel startup.
11
Jeff Garzikde488442007-10-25 04:06:13 -040012config ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED
13 bool "Enable __deprecated logic"
14 default y
15 help
16 Enable the __deprecated logic in the kernel build.
17 Disable this to suppress the "warning: 'foo' is deprecated
18 (declared at kernel/power/somefile.c:1234)" messages.
19
Andrew Mortoncebc04b2006-08-14 22:43:18 -070020config ENABLE_MUST_CHECK
21 bool "Enable __must_check logic"
22 default y
23 help
24 Enable the __must_check logic in the kernel build. Disable this to
25 suppress the "warning: ignoring return value of 'foo', declared with
26 attribute warn_unused_result" messages.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070027
Andi Kleen35bb5b12008-02-22 15:15:03 +010028config FRAME_WARN
29 int "Warn for stack frames larger than (needs gcc 4.4)"
30 range 0 8192
31 default 1024 if !64BIT
32 default 2048 if 64BIT
33 help
34 Tell gcc to warn at build time for stack frames larger than this.
35 Setting this too low will cause a lot of warnings.
36 Setting it to 0 disables the warning.
37 Requires gcc 4.4
38
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070039config MAGIC_SYSRQ
40 bool "Magic SysRq key"
Adrian Bunkf346f4b2006-01-09 20:54:51 -080041 depends on !UML
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070042 help
43 If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even
44 if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you
45 will be able to flush the buffer cache to disk, reboot the system
46 immediately or dump some status information). This is accomplished
47 by pressing various keys while holding SysRq (Alt+PrintScreen). It
48 also works on a serial console (on PC hardware at least), if you
49 send a BREAK and then within 5 seconds a command keypress. The
50 keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y
51 unless you really know what this hack does.
52
Randy Dunlap99657c72009-09-18 12:49:22 -070053config STRIP_ASM_SYMS
54 bool "Strip assembler-generated symbols during link"
55 default n
56 help
57 Strip internal assembler-generated symbols during a link (symbols
58 that look like '.Lxxx') so they don't pollute the output of
59 get_wchan() and suchlike.
60
Arjan van de Venf71d20e2006-06-28 04:26:45 -070061config UNUSED_SYMBOLS
62 bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols"
63 default y if X86
64 help
65 Unused but exported symbols make the kernel needlessly bigger. For
66 that reason most of these unused exports will soon be removed. This
67 option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case
68 some external kernel module needs one of these symbols anyway. If you
69 encounter such a case in your module, consider if you are actually
70 using the right API. (rationale: since nobody in the kernel is using
71 this in a module, there is a pretty good chance it's actually the
72 wrong interface to use). If you really need the symbol, please send a
73 mail to the linux kernel mailing list mentioning the symbol and why
74 you really need it, and what the merge plan to the mainline kernel for
75 your module is.
76
Don Mullisbf4735a2006-12-10 02:18:37 -080077config DEBUG_FS
78 bool "Debug Filesystem"
Don Mullisbf4735a2006-12-10 02:18:37 -080079 help
80 debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put
81 debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and
82 write to these files.
83
Robert P. J. Dayff543332008-05-20 00:06:00 +020084 For detailed documentation on the debugfs API, see
85 Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.
86
Don Mullisbf4735a2006-12-10 02:18:37 -080087 If unsure, say N.
88
89config HEADERS_CHECK
90 bool "Run 'make headers_check' when building vmlinux"
91 depends on !UML
92 help
93 This option will extract the user-visible kernel headers whenever
94 building the kernel, and will run basic sanity checks on them to
95 ensure that exported files do not attempt to include files which
96 were not exported, etc.
97
98 If you're making modifications to header files which are
99 relevant for userspace, say 'Y', and check the headers
100 exported to $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH) (usually 'usr/include' in
101 your build tree), to make sure they're suitable.
102
Sam Ravnborg91341d42008-01-21 21:31:44 +0100103config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
104 bool "Enable full Section mismatch analysis"
Sam Ravnborg91341d42008-01-21 21:31:44 +0100105 help
106 The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal
107 references from one section to another section.
108 Linux will during link or during runtime drop some sections
109 and any use of code/data previously in these sections will
110 most likely result in an oops.
111 In the code functions and variables are annotated with
112 __init, __devinit etc. (see full list in include/linux/init.h)
Geert Uytterhoevend6fbfa42008-01-30 11:13:23 +0100113 which results in the code/data being placed in specific sections.
114 The section mismatch analysis is always done after a full
115 kernel build but enabling this option will in addition
Sam Ravnborg91341d42008-01-21 21:31:44 +0100116 do the following:
117 - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc
118 When inlining a function annotated __init in a non-init
Geert Uytterhoevend6fbfa42008-01-30 11:13:23 +0100119 function we would lose the section information and thus
Sam Ravnborg91341d42008-01-21 21:31:44 +0100120 the analysis would not catch the illegal reference.
Geert Uytterhoevend6fbfa42008-01-30 11:13:23 +0100121 This option tells gcc to inline less but will also
Sam Ravnborg91341d42008-01-21 21:31:44 +0100122 result in a larger kernel.
123 - Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o
124 When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o we
Geert Uytterhoevend6fbfa42008-01-30 11:13:23 +0100125 lose valueble information about where the mismatch was
Sam Ravnborg91341d42008-01-21 21:31:44 +0100126 introduced.
127 Running the analysis for each module/built-in.o file
128 will tell where the mismatch happens much closer to the
129 source. The drawback is that we will report the same
130 mismatch at least twice.
Sam Ravnborg588ccd72008-01-24 21:12:37 +0100131 - Enable verbose reporting from modpost to help solving
132 the section mismatches reported.
Sam Ravnborg91341d42008-01-21 21:31:44 +0100133
Adrian Bunkf346f4b2006-01-09 20:54:51 -0800134config DEBUG_KERNEL
135 bool "Kernel debugging"
136 help
137 Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
138 identify kernel problems.
139
David Woodhousea304e1b2007-02-12 00:52:00 -0800140config DEBUG_SHIRQ
141 bool "Debug shared IRQ handlers"
142 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && GENERIC_HARDIRQS
143 help
144 Enable this to generate a spurious interrupt as soon as a shared
145 interrupt handler is registered, and just before one is deregistered.
146 Drivers ought to be able to handle interrupts coming in at those
147 points; some don't and need to be caught.
148
Don Zickus58687ac2010-05-07 17:11:44 -0400149config LOCKUP_DETECTOR
150 bool "Detect Hard and Soft Lockups"
Heiko Carstensdea20a32006-10-11 01:20:44 -0700151 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !S390
Ingo Molnar8446f1d2005-09-06 15:16:27 -0700152 help
Don Zickus58687ac2010-05-07 17:11:44 -0400153 Say Y here to enable the kernel to act as a watchdog to detect
154 hard and soft lockups.
Don Zickus84e478c2010-02-05 21:47:05 -0500155
Don Zickus58687ac2010-05-07 17:11:44 -0400156 Softlockups are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
Ingo Molnar9c44bc02008-05-12 21:21:04 +0200157 mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
Don Zickus58687ac2010-05-07 17:11:44 -0400158 chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon
159 detection and the system will stay locked up.
Ingo Molnar8446f1d2005-09-06 15:16:27 -0700160
Don Zickus58687ac2010-05-07 17:11:44 -0400161 Hardlockups are bugs that cause the CPU to loop in kernel mode
162 for more than 60 seconds, without letting other interrupts have a
163 chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon detection
164 and the system will stay locked up.
Ingo Molnar8446f1d2005-09-06 15:16:27 -0700165
Don Zickus58687ac2010-05-07 17:11:44 -0400166 The overhead should be minimal. A periodic hrtimer runs to
167 generate interrupts and kick the watchdog task every 10-12 seconds.
168 An NMI is generated every 60 seconds or so to check for hardlockups.
Don Zickus84e478c2010-02-05 21:47:05 -0500169
Frederic Weisbecker23637d42010-05-15 23:15:20 +0200170config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
Don Zickus4a7863c2010-12-22 14:00:03 -0500171 def_bool LOCKUP_DETECTOR && PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && \
172 !ARCH_HAS_NMI_WATCHDOG
Ingo Molnar8446f1d2005-09-06 15:16:27 -0700173
Don Zickusfef2c9b2011-03-22 16:34:16 -0700174config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
175 bool "Panic (Reboot) On Hard Lockups"
176 depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR
177 help
178 Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hard lockups",
179 which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
180 mode with interrupts disabled for more than 60 seconds.
181
182 Say N if unsure.
183
184config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
185 int
186 depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR
187 range 0 1
188 default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
189 default 1 if BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
190
Ingo Molnar9c44bc02008-05-12 21:21:04 +0200191config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
192 bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups"
Frederic Weisbecker89d7ce22010-05-13 00:27:20 +0200193 depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR
Ingo Molnar9c44bc02008-05-12 21:21:04 +0200194 help
195 Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups",
196 which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
197 mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
198 chance to run.
199
200 The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout,
201 to cause the system to reboot automatically after a
202 lockup has been detected. This feature is useful for
203 high-availability systems that have uptime guarantees and
204 where a lockup must be resolved ASAP.
205
206 Say N if unsure.
207
208config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
209 int
Frederic Weisbeckere16bb1d2010-05-15 22:30:22 +0200210 depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR
Ingo Molnar9c44bc02008-05-12 21:21:04 +0200211 range 0 1
212 default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
213 default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
214
Mandeep Singh Bainese162b392009-01-15 11:08:40 -0800215config DETECT_HUNG_TASK
216 bool "Detect Hung Tasks"
217 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Ingo Molnar77d05632009-04-07 08:55:36 +0200218 default DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
Mandeep Singh Bainese162b392009-01-15 11:08:40 -0800219 help
220 Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "hung tasks",
221 which are bugs that cause the task to be stuck in
222 uninterruptible "D" state indefinitiley.
223
224 When a hung task is detected, the kernel will print the
225 current stack trace (which you should report), but the
226 task will stay in uninterruptible state. If lockdep is
227 enabled then all held locks will also be reported. This
228 feature has negligible overhead.
229
230config BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC
231 bool "Panic (Reboot) On Hung Tasks"
232 depends on DETECT_HUNG_TASK
233 help
234 Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hung tasks",
235 which are bugs that cause the kernel to leave a task stuck
236 in uninterruptible "D" state.
237
238 The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout,
239 to cause the system to reboot automatically after a
240 hung task has been detected. This feature is useful for
241 high-availability systems that have uptime guarantees and
242 where a hung tasks must be resolved ASAP.
243
244 Say N if unsure.
245
246config BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC_VALUE
247 int
248 depends on DETECT_HUNG_TASK
249 range 0 1
250 default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC
251 default 1 if BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC
252
Ingo Molnarb642b6d2007-07-09 18:52:00 +0200253config SCHED_DEBUG
254 bool "Collect scheduler debugging info"
255 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
256 default y
257 help
258 If you say Y here, the /proc/sched_debug file will be provided
259 that can help debug the scheduler. The runtime overhead of this
260 option is minimal.
261
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700262config SCHEDSTATS
263 bool "Collect scheduler statistics"
264 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
265 help
266 If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the
267 scheduler and related routines to collect statistics about
268 scheduler behavior and provide them in /proc/schedstat. These
269 stats may be useful for both tuning and debugging the scheduler
270 If you aren't debugging the scheduler or trying to tune a specific
271 application, you can say N to avoid the very slight overhead
272 this adds.
273
Ingo Molnar82f67cd2007-02-16 01:28:13 -0800274config TIMER_STATS
275 bool "Collect kernel timers statistics"
276 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
277 help
278 If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the
279 timer routines to collect statistics about kernel timers being
280 reprogrammed. The statistics can be read from /proc/timer_stats.
281 The statistics collection is started by writing 1 to /proc/timer_stats,
282 writing 0 stops it. This feature is useful to collect information
Ingo Molnarc1a834d2007-06-01 00:47:16 -0700283 about timer usage patterns in kernel and userspace. This feature
284 is lightweight if enabled in the kernel config but not activated
285 (it defaults to deactivated on bootup and will only be activated
286 if some application like powertop activates it explicitly).
Ingo Molnar82f67cd2007-02-16 01:28:13 -0800287
Thomas Gleixner3ac7fe52008-04-30 00:55:01 -0700288config DEBUG_OBJECTS
289 bool "Debug object operations"
290 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
291 help
292 If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the
293 kernel to track the life time of various objects and validate
294 the operations on those objects.
295
296config DEBUG_OBJECTS_SELFTEST
297 bool "Debug objects selftest"
298 depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
299 help
300 This enables the selftest of the object debug code.
301
302config DEBUG_OBJECTS_FREE
303 bool "Debug objects in freed memory"
304 depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
305 help
306 This enables checks whether a k/v free operation frees an area
307 which contains an object which has not been deactivated
308 properly. This can make kmalloc/kfree-intensive workloads
309 much slower.
310
Thomas Gleixnerc6f3a972008-04-30 00:55:03 -0700311config DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS
312 bool "Debug timer objects"
313 depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
314 help
315 If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the
316 timer routines to track the life time of timer objects and
317 validate the timer operations.
318
Thomas Gleixnerdc186ad2009-11-16 01:09:48 +0900319config DEBUG_OBJECTS_WORK
320 bool "Debug work objects"
321 depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
322 help
323 If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the
324 work queue routines to track the life time of work objects and
325 validate the work operations.
326
Mathieu Desnoyers551d55a2010-04-17 08:48:42 -0400327config DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD
328 bool "Debug RCU callbacks objects"
329 depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS && PREEMPT
330 help
331 Enable this to turn on debugging of RCU list heads (call_rcu() usage).
332
Tejun Heoe2852ae2010-10-26 14:23:05 -0700333config DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER
334 bool "Debug percpu counter objects"
335 depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
336 help
337 If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the
338 percpu counter routines to track the life time of percpu counter
339 objects and validate the percpu counter operations.
340
Ingo Molnar3ae70202008-11-26 10:02:00 +0100341config DEBUG_OBJECTS_ENABLE_DEFAULT
342 int "debug_objects bootup default value (0-1)"
343 range 0 1
344 default "1"
345 depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
346 help
347 Debug objects boot parameter default value
348
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700349config DEBUG_SLAB
Andrew Morton4a2f0ac2006-03-25 03:07:22 -0800350 bool "Debug slab memory allocations"
Vegard Nossum7d46d9e2008-04-04 00:51:41 +0200351 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SLAB && !KMEMCHECK
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700352 help
353 Say Y here to have the kernel do limited verification on memory
354 allocation as well as poisoning memory on free to catch use of freed
355 memory. This can make kmalloc/kfree-intensive workloads much slower.
356
Al Viro871751e2006-03-25 03:06:39 -0800357config DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
358 bool "Memory leak debugging"
359 depends on DEBUG_SLAB
360
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -0700361config SLUB_DEBUG_ON
362 bool "SLUB debugging on by default"
Vegard Nossum7d46d9e2008-04-04 00:51:41 +0200363 depends on SLUB && SLUB_DEBUG && !KMEMCHECK
Christoph Lameterf0630ff2007-07-15 23:38:14 -0700364 default n
365 help
366 Boot with debugging on by default. SLUB boots by default with
367 the runtime debug capabilities switched off. Enabling this is
368 equivalent to specifying the "slub_debug" parameter on boot.
369 There is no support for more fine grained debug control like
370 possible with slub_debug=xxx. SLUB debugging may be switched
371 off in a kernel built with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON by specifying
372 "slub_debug=-".
373
Christoph Lameter8ff12cf2008-02-07 17:47:41 -0800374config SLUB_STATS
375 default n
376 bool "Enable SLUB performance statistics"
Christoph Lameterab4d5ed2010-10-05 13:57:26 -0500377 depends on SLUB && SYSFS
Christoph Lameter8ff12cf2008-02-07 17:47:41 -0800378 help
379 SLUB statistics are useful to debug SLUBs allocation behavior in
380 order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be
381 enabled for production use since keeping statistics slows down
382 the allocator by a few percentage points. The slabinfo command
383 supports the determination of the most active slabs to figure
384 out which slabs are relevant to a particular load.
385 Try running: slabinfo -DA
386
Catalin Marinas3bba00d2009-06-11 13:24:13 +0100387config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
388 bool "Kernel memory leak detector"
Heiko Carstensdfcc3e62009-10-06 10:33:57 +0200389 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && !MEMORY_HOTPLUG && \
Chris Metcalf6b945df2010-10-14 14:54:47 -0400390 (X86 || ARM || PPC || S390 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || MICROBLAZE || TILE)
Heiko Carstensdfcc3e62009-10-06 10:33:57 +0200391
Catalin Marinas3bba00d2009-06-11 13:24:13 +0100392 select DEBUG_FS if SYSFS
393 select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
394 select KALLSYMS
Randy Dunlapb60e26a2009-11-06 15:33:45 -0800395 select CRC32
Catalin Marinas3bba00d2009-06-11 13:24:13 +0100396 help
397 Say Y here if you want to enable the memory leak
398 detector. The memory allocation/freeing is traced in a way
399 similar to the Boehm's conservative garbage collector, the
400 difference being that the orphan objects are not freed but
401 only shown in /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak. Enabling this
402 feature will introduce an overhead to memory
403 allocations. See Documentation/kmemleak.txt for more
404 details.
405
Catalin Marinasbf96d1e2009-06-23 14:40:27 +0100406 Enabling DEBUG_SLAB or SLUB_DEBUG may increase the chances
407 of finding leaks due to the slab objects poisoning.
408
Catalin Marinas3bba00d2009-06-11 13:24:13 +0100409 In order to access the kmemleak file, debugfs needs to be
410 mounted (usually at /sys/kernel/debug).
411
Catalin Marinasa9d90582009-06-25 10:16:11 +0100412config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE
413 int "Maximum kmemleak early log entries"
414 depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
Heiko Carstensdfcc3e62009-10-06 10:33:57 +0200415 range 200 40000
Catalin Marinasa9d90582009-06-25 10:16:11 +0100416 default 400
417 help
418 Kmemleak must track all the memory allocations to avoid
419 reporting false positives. Since memory may be allocated or
420 freed before kmemleak is initialised, an early log buffer is
421 used to store these actions. If kmemleak reports "early log
422 buffer exceeded", please increase this value.
423
Catalin Marinas0822ee42009-06-11 13:24:14 +0100424config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST
425 tristate "Simple test for the kernel memory leak detector"
426 depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
427 help
428 Say Y or M here to build a test for the kernel memory leak
429 detector. This option enables a module that explicitly leaks
430 memory.
431
432 If unsure, say N.
433
Jason Baronab0155a2010-07-19 11:54:17 +0100434config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF
435 bool "Default kmemleak to off"
436 depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
437 help
438 Say Y here to disable kmemleak by default. It can then be enabled
439 on the command line via kmemleak=on.
440
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700441config DEBUG_PREEMPT
442 bool "Debug preemptible kernel"
Kumar Gala01deab92009-10-16 07:21:39 +0000443 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700444 default y
445 help
446 If you say Y here then the kernel will use a debug variant of the
447 commonly used smp_processor_id() function and will print warnings
448 if kernel code uses it in a preemption-unsafe way. Also, the kernel
449 will detect preemption count underflows.
450
Ingo Molnare7eebaf2006-06-27 02:54:55 -0700451config DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES
452 bool "RT Mutex debugging, deadlock detection"
Ingo Molnare7eebaf2006-06-27 02:54:55 -0700453 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && RT_MUTEXES
454 help
455 This allows rt mutex semantics violations and rt mutex related
456 deadlocks (lockups) to be detected and reported automatically.
457
458config DEBUG_PI_LIST
459 bool
460 default y
461 depends on DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES
462
Thomas Gleixner61a87122006-06-27 02:54:56 -0700463config RT_MUTEX_TESTER
464 bool "Built-in scriptable tester for rt-mutexes"
Roman Zippela1583d32006-06-27 02:55:00 -0700465 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && RT_MUTEXES
Thomas Gleixner61a87122006-06-27 02:54:56 -0700466 help
467 This option enables a rt-mutex tester.
468
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700469config DEBUG_SPINLOCK
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700470 bool "Spinlock and rw-lock debugging: basic checks"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700471 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
472 help
473 Say Y here and build SMP to catch missing spinlock initialization
474 and certain other kinds of spinlock errors commonly made. This is
475 best used in conjunction with the NMI watchdog so that spinlock
476 deadlocks are also debuggable.
477
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700478config DEBUG_MUTEXES
479 bool "Mutex debugging: basic checks"
480 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
481 help
482 This feature allows mutex semantics violations to be detected and
483 reported.
484
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700485config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
486 bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks"
Adrian Bunk517e7aa2006-07-14 00:24:32 -0700487 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700488 select DEBUG_SPINLOCK
489 select DEBUG_MUTEXES
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700490 select LOCKDEP
491 help
492 This feature will check whether any held lock (spinlock, rwlock,
493 mutex or rwsem) is incorrectly freed by the kernel, via any of the
494 memory-freeing routines (kfree(), kmem_cache_free(), free_pages(),
495 vfree(), etc.), whether a live lock is incorrectly reinitialized via
496 spin_lock_init()/mutex_init()/etc., or whether there is any lock
497 held during task exit.
498
499config PROVE_LOCKING
500 bool "Lock debugging: prove locking correctness"
Adrian Bunk517e7aa2006-07-14 00:24:32 -0700501 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700502 select LOCKDEP
503 select DEBUG_SPINLOCK
504 select DEBUG_MUTEXES
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700505 select DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
Steven Rostedt46b93b72010-08-31 16:35:20 -0400506 select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700507 default n
508 help
509 This feature enables the kernel to prove that all locking
510 that occurs in the kernel runtime is mathematically
511 correct: that under no circumstance could an arbitrary (and
512 not yet triggered) combination of observed locking
513 sequences (on an arbitrary number of CPUs, running an
514 arbitrary number of tasks and interrupt contexts) cause a
515 deadlock.
516
517 In short, this feature enables the kernel to report locking
518 related deadlocks before they actually occur.
519
520 The proof does not depend on how hard and complex a
521 deadlock scenario would be to trigger: how many
522 participant CPUs, tasks and irq-contexts would be needed
523 for it to trigger. The proof also does not depend on
524 timing: if a race and a resulting deadlock is possible
525 theoretically (no matter how unlikely the race scenario
526 is), it will be proven so and will immediately be
527 reported by the kernel (once the event is observed that
528 makes the deadlock theoretically possible).
529
530 If a deadlock is impossible (i.e. the locking rules, as
531 observed by the kernel, are mathematically correct), the
532 kernel reports nothing.
533
534 NOTE: this feature can also be enabled for rwlocks, mutexes
535 and rwsems - in which case all dependencies between these
536 different locking variants are observed and mapped too, and
537 the proof of observed correctness is also maintained for an
538 arbitrary combination of these separate locking variants.
539
540 For more details, see Documentation/lockdep-design.txt.
541
Paul E. McKenney632ee202010-02-22 17:04:45 -0800542config PROVE_RCU
543 bool "RCU debugging: prove RCU correctness"
544 depends on PROVE_LOCKING
545 default n
546 help
547 This feature enables lockdep extensions that check for correct
548 use of RCU APIs. This is currently under development. Say Y
549 if you want to debug RCU usage or help work on the PROVE_RCU
550 feature.
551
552 Say N if you are unsure.
553
Lai Jiangshan2b3fc352010-04-20 16:23:07 +0800554config PROVE_RCU_REPEATEDLY
555 bool "RCU debugging: don't disable PROVE_RCU on first splat"
556 depends on PROVE_RCU
557 default n
558 help
559 By itself, PROVE_RCU will disable checking upon issuing the
560 first warning (or "splat"). This feature prevents such
561 disabling, allowing multiple RCU-lockdep warnings to be printed
562 on a single reboot.
563
Paul E. McKenney2dfbf4d2010-09-15 23:30:48 -0700564 Say Y to allow multiple RCU-lockdep warnings per boot.
565
566 Say N if you are unsure.
567
Paul E. McKenneyca5ecdd2010-04-28 14:39:09 -0700568config SPARSE_RCU_POINTER
569 bool "RCU debugging: sparse-based checks for pointer usage"
570 default n
571 help
572 This feature enables the __rcu sparse annotation for
573 RCU-protected pointers. This annotation will cause sparse
574 to flag any non-RCU used of annotated pointers. This can be
575 helpful when debugging RCU usage. Please note that this feature
576 is not intended to enforce code cleanliness; it is instead merely
577 a debugging aid.
578
579 Say Y to make sparse flag questionable use of RCU-protected pointers
580
Lai Jiangshan2b3fc352010-04-20 16:23:07 +0800581 Say N if you are unsure.
582
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700583config LOCKDEP
584 bool
Adrian Bunk517e7aa2006-07-14 00:24:32 -0700585 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700586 select STACKTRACE
Michal Simek79aac882010-05-25 11:33:26 +0200587 select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !ARM_UNWIND && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700588 select KALLSYMS
589 select KALLSYMS_ALL
590
Peter Zijlstraf20786f2007-07-19 01:48:56 -0700591config LOCK_STAT
Danny ter Haarfdfb8702007-09-24 21:24:43 -0700592 bool "Lock usage statistics"
Peter Zijlstraf20786f2007-07-19 01:48:56 -0700593 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
594 select LOCKDEP
595 select DEBUG_SPINLOCK
596 select DEBUG_MUTEXES
597 select DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
598 default n
599 help
600 This feature enables tracking lock contention points
601
Peter Zijlstraa560aa42007-10-07 00:24:33 -0700602 For more details, see Documentation/lockstat.txt
603
Frederic Weisbeckerdd8b1cf2010-02-27 17:10:39 +0100604 This also enables lock events required by "perf lock",
605 subcommand of perf.
606 If you want to use "perf lock", you also need to turn on
607 CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING.
Hitoshi Mitake84c6f882010-02-04 16:08:15 +0900608
609 CONFIG_LOCK_STAT defines "contended" and "acquired" lock events.
Frederic Weisbeckerdd8b1cf2010-02-27 17:10:39 +0100610 (CONFIG_LOCKDEP defines "acquire" and "release" events.)
Hitoshi Mitake84c6f882010-02-04 16:08:15 +0900611
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700612config DEBUG_LOCKDEP
613 bool "Lock dependency engine debugging"
Adrian Bunk517e7aa2006-07-14 00:24:32 -0700614 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && LOCKDEP
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700615 help
616 If you say Y here, the lock dependency engine will do
617 additional runtime checks to debug itself, at the price
618 of more runtime overhead.
619
620config TRACE_IRQFLAGS
621 bool
Steven Rostedt46b93b72010-08-31 16:35:20 -0400622 help
623 Enables hooks to interrupt enabling and disabling for
624 either tracing or lock debugging.
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700625
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700626config DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
Ingo Molnar4d9f34a2006-07-03 00:24:55 -0700627 bool "Spinlock debugging: sleep-inside-spinlock checking"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700628 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
629 help
630 If you say Y here, various routines which may sleep will become very
631 noisy if they are called with a spinlock held.
632
Ingo Molnarcae2ed92006-07-03 00:24:48 -0700633config DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS
634 bool "Locking API boot-time self-tests"
635 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
636 help
637 Say Y here if you want the kernel to run a short self-test during
638 bootup. The self-test checks whether common types of locking bugs
639 are detected by debugging mechanisms or not. (if you disable
640 lock debugging then those bugs wont be detected of course.)
641 The following locking APIs are covered: spinlocks, rwlocks,
642 mutexes and rwsems.
643
Ingo Molnar8637c092006-07-03 00:24:38 -0700644config STACKTRACE
645 bool
646 depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
647
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700648config DEBUG_KOBJECT
649 bool "kobject debugging"
650 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
651 help
652 If you say Y here, some extra kobject debugging messages will be sent
653 to the syslog.
654
655config DEBUG_HIGHMEM
656 bool "Highmem debugging"
657 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HIGHMEM
658 help
659 This options enables addition error checking for high memory systems.
660 Disable for production systems.
661
662config DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
David Rientjes6a108a12011-01-20 14:44:16 -0800663 bool "Verbose BUG() reporting (adds 70K)" if DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERT
Matt Mackallc8538a72005-05-01 08:59:01 -0700664 depends on BUG
David Howellsb920de12008-02-08 04:19:31 -0800665 depends on ARM || AVR32 || M32R || M68K || SPARC32 || SPARC64 || \
666 FRV || SUPERH || GENERIC_BUG || BLACKFIN || MN10300
Alexey Dobriyan8420e7e2009-12-14 18:00:25 -0800667 default y
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700668 help
669 Say Y here to make BUG() panics output the file name and line number
670 of the BUG call as well as the EIP and oops trace. This aids
671 debugging but costs about 70-100K of memory.
672
673config DEBUG_INFO
674 bool "Compile the kernel with debug info"
675 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
676 help
677 If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include
678 debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image.
Andreas Dilgerb72e53f2007-03-27 15:21:33 -0600679 This adds debug symbols to the kernel and modules (gcc -g), and
680 is needed if you intend to use kernel crashdump or binary object
681 tools like crash, kgdb, LKCD, gdb, etc on the kernel.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700682 Say Y here only if you plan to debug the kernel.
683
684 If unsure, say N.
685
Andi Kleend6f4ceb2010-07-14 15:43:52 +0200686config DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
687 bool "Reduce debugging information"
688 depends on DEBUG_INFO
689 help
690 If you say Y here gcc is instructed to generate less debugging
691 information for structure types. This means that tools that
692 need full debugging information (like kgdb or systemtap) won't
693 be happy. But if you merely need debugging information to
694 resolve line numbers there is no loss. Advantage is that
695 build directory object sizes shrink dramatically over a full
696 DEBUG_INFO build and compile times are reduced too.
697 Only works with newer gcc versions.
698
Paul E. McKenneya241ec62005-10-30 15:03:12 -0800699config DEBUG_VM
700 bool "Debug VM"
701 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
702 help
Nick Piggin13e74442006-01-06 00:10:58 -0800703 Enable this to turn on extended checks in the virtual-memory system
704 that may impact performance.
Paul E. McKenneya241ec62005-10-30 15:03:12 -0800705
706 If unsure, say N.
707
Jiri Slaby59ea7462008-06-12 13:56:40 +0200708config DEBUG_VIRTUAL
709 bool "Debug VM translations"
710 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86
711 help
712 Enable some costly sanity checks in virtual to page code. This can
713 catch mistakes with virt_to_page() and friends.
714
715 If unsure, say N.
716
David Howells8feae132009-01-08 12:04:47 +0000717config DEBUG_NOMMU_REGIONS
718 bool "Debug the global anon/private NOMMU mapping region tree"
719 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !MMU
720 help
721 This option causes the global tree of anonymous and private mapping
722 regions to be regularly checked for invalid topology.
723
Dave Hansenad775f52008-02-15 14:38:01 -0800724config DEBUG_WRITECOUNT
725 bool "Debug filesystem writers count"
726 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
727 help
728 Enable this to catch wrong use of the writers count in struct
729 vfsmount. This will increase the size of each file struct by
730 32 bits.
731
732 If unsure, say N.
733
Mel Gorman6b74ab92008-07-23 21:26:49 -0700734config DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT
David Rientjes6a108a12011-01-20 14:44:16 -0800735 bool "Debug memory initialisation" if EXPERT
736 default !EXPERT
Mel Gorman6b74ab92008-07-23 21:26:49 -0700737 help
738 Enable this for additional checks during memory initialisation.
739 The sanity checks verify aspects of the VM such as the memory model
740 and other information provided by the architecture. Verbose
741 information will be printed at KERN_DEBUG loglevel depending
742 on the mminit_loglevel= command-line option.
743
744 If unsure, say Y
745
Dave Jones199a9af2006-09-29 01:59:00 -0700746config DEBUG_LIST
747 bool "Debug linked list manipulation"
748 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
749 help
750 Enable this to turn on extended checks in the linked-list
751 walking routines.
752
753 If unsure, say N.
754
Artem Bityutskiy6d411e62010-10-26 14:23:05 -0700755config TEST_LIST_SORT
756 bool "Linked list sorting test"
757 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
758 help
759 Enable this to turn on 'list_sort()' function test. This test is
760 executed only once during system boot, so affects only boot time.
761
762 If unsure, say N.
763
Jens Axboed6ec0842007-10-22 20:01:06 +0200764config DEBUG_SG
765 bool "Debug SG table operations"
766 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
767 help
768 Enable this to turn on checks on scatter-gather tables. This can
769 help find problems with drivers that do not properly initialize
770 their sg tables.
771
772 If unsure, say N.
773
Arjan van de Ven1b2439d2008-08-15 15:29:38 -0700774config DEBUG_NOTIFIERS
775 bool "Debug notifier call chains"
776 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
777 help
778 Enable this to turn on sanity checking for notifier call chains.
779 This is most useful for kernel developers to make sure that
780 modules properly unregister themselves from notifier chains.
781 This is a relatively cheap check but if you care about maximum
782 performance, say N.
783
David Howellse0e81732009-09-02 09:13:40 +0100784config DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
785 bool "Debug credential management"
786 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
787 help
788 Enable this to turn on some debug checking for credential
789 management. The additional code keeps track of the number of
790 pointers from task_structs to any given cred struct, and checks to
791 see that this number never exceeds the usage count of the cred
792 struct.
793
794 Furthermore, if SELinux is enabled, this also checks that the
795 security pointer in the cred struct is never seen to be invalid.
796
797 If unsure, say N.
798
Jeff Mahoney64dec402009-01-16 13:23:35 -0500799#
800# Select this config option from the architecture Kconfig, if it
801# it is preferred to always offer frame pointers as a config
802# option on the architecture (regardless of KERNEL_DEBUG):
803#
804config ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
805 bool
806 help
807
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700808config FRAME_POINTER
809 bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers"
David Howellsb920de12008-02-08 04:19:31 -0800810 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && \
Geert Uytterhoeven73020412011-01-22 22:35:38 +0100811 (CRIS || M68K || FRV || UML || \
Ingo Molnarda4276b2009-01-07 11:05:10 +0100812 AVR32 || SUPERH || BLACKFIN || MN10300) || \
813 ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
814 default y if (DEBUG_INFO && UML) || ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700815 help
Ingo Molnarda4276b2009-01-07 11:05:10 +0100816 If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will be slightly
817 larger and slower, but it gives very useful debugging information
818 in case of kernel bugs. (precise oopses/stacktraces/warnings)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700819
Randy Dunlapbfe8df32007-10-16 01:23:46 -0700820config BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY
821 bool "Delay each boot printk message by N milliseconds"
822 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PRINTK && GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
823 help
824 This build option allows you to read kernel boot messages
825 by inserting a short delay after each one. The delay is
826 specified in milliseconds on the kernel command line,
827 using "boot_delay=N".
828
829 It is likely that you would also need to use "lpj=M" to preset
830 the "loops per jiffie" value.
831 See a previous boot log for the "lpj" value to use for your
832 system, and then set "lpj=M" before setting "boot_delay=N".
833 NOTE: Using this option may adversely affect SMP systems.
834 I.e., processors other than the first one may not boot up.
835 BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY also may cause DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP to detect
836 what it believes to be lockup conditions.
837
Paul E. McKenneya241ec62005-10-30 15:03:12 -0800838config RCU_TORTURE_TEST
839 tristate "torture tests for RCU"
840 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
841 default n
842 help
843 This option provides a kernel module that runs torture tests
844 on the RCU infrastructure. The kernel module may be built
845 after the fact on the running kernel to be tested, if desired.
846
Paul E. McKenney31a72bc2008-06-18 09:26:49 -0700847 Say Y here if you want RCU torture tests to be built into
848 the kernel.
Paul E. McKenneya241ec62005-10-30 15:03:12 -0800849 Say M if you want the RCU torture tests to build as a module.
850 Say N if you are unsure.
Ankita Garg8bb31b92006-10-02 02:17:36 -0700851
Paul E. McKenney31a72bc2008-06-18 09:26:49 -0700852config RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE
853 bool "torture tests for RCU runnable by default"
854 depends on RCU_TORTURE_TEST = y
855 default n
856 help
857 This option provides a way to build the RCU torture tests
858 directly into the kernel without them starting up at boot
859 time. You can use /proc/sys/kernel/rcutorture_runnable
860 to manually override this setting. This /proc file is
861 available only when the RCU torture tests have been built
862 into the kernel.
863
864 Say Y here if you want the RCU torture tests to start during
865 boot (you probably don't).
866 Say N here if you want the RCU torture tests to start only
867 after being manually enabled via /proc.
868
Paul E. McKenney2133b5d2008-10-02 16:06:39 -0700869config RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR
Paul E. McKenney67182ae2008-08-10 18:35:38 -0700870 bool "Check for stalled CPUs delaying RCU grace periods"
Paul E. McKenney6b3ef482009-08-22 13:56:53 -0700871 depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
Paul E. McKenney8bfb2f82009-12-02 12:10:16 -0800872 default y
Paul E. McKenney64db4cf2008-12-18 21:55:32 +0100873 help
874 This option causes RCU to printk information on which
875 CPUs are delaying the current grace period, but only when
876 the grace period extends for excessive time periods.
877
Paul E. McKenney4c540052010-01-14 16:10:57 -0800878 Say N if you want to disable such checks.
Paul E. McKenney64db4cf2008-12-18 21:55:32 +0100879
Paul E. McKenney4c540052010-01-14 16:10:57 -0800880 Say Y if you are unsure.
Paul E. McKenney64db4cf2008-12-18 21:55:32 +0100881
Paul E. McKenneyb1637602010-06-02 16:21:38 -0700882config RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT
883 int "RCU CPU stall timeout in seconds"
884 depends on RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR
885 range 3 300
886 default 60
887 help
888 If a given RCU grace period extends more than the specified
889 number of seconds, a CPU stall warning is printed. If the
890 RCU grace period persists, additional CPU stall warnings are
891 printed at more widely spaced intervals.
892
Paul E. McKenney910b1b72010-07-21 08:05:56 -0700893config RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR_RUNNABLE
894 bool "RCU CPU stall checking starts automatically at boot"
895 depends on RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR
896 default y
897 help
898 If set, start checking for RCU CPU stalls immediately on
899 boot. Otherwise, RCU CPU stall checking must be manually
900 enabled.
901
902 Say Y if you are unsure.
903
904 Say N if you wish to suppress RCU CPU stall checking during boot.
905
Paul E. McKenney1ed509a2010-02-22 17:05:05 -0800906config RCU_CPU_STALL_VERBOSE
907 bool "Print additional per-task information for RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR"
908 depends on RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR && TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
Paul E. McKenney55ec9362010-04-13 12:22:33 -0700909 default y
Paul E. McKenney1ed509a2010-02-22 17:05:05 -0800910 help
911 This option causes RCU to printk detailed per-task information
912 for any tasks that are stalling the current RCU grace period.
Arjan van de Ven6dab2772008-01-30 13:33:08 +0100913
914 Say N if you are unsure.
915
Paul E. McKenney1ed509a2010-02-22 17:05:05 -0800916 Say Y if you want to enable such checks.
917
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli8c1c9352008-01-30 13:32:53 +0100918config KPROBES_SANITY_TEST
919 bool "Kprobes sanity tests"
920 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
921 depends on KPROBES
922 default n
923 help
924 This option provides for testing basic kprobes functionality on
925 boot. A sample kprobe, jprobe and kretprobe are inserted and
926 verified for functionality.
927
928 Say N if you are unsure.
929
Arjan van de Ven6dab2772008-01-30 13:33:08 +0100930config BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST
931 tristate "Self test for the backtrace code"
932 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
933 default n
934 help
935 This option provides a kernel module that can be used to test
936 the kernel stack backtrace code. This option is not useful
937 for distributions or general kernels, but only for kernel
938 developers working on architecture code.
939
Vegard Nossumad118c52008-06-27 18:04:48 +0200940 Note that if you want to also test saved backtraces, you will
941 have to enable STACKTRACE as well.
942
Arjan van de Ven6dab2772008-01-30 13:33:08 +0100943 Say N if you are unsure.
944
Tejun Heo870d6652008-08-25 19:47:25 +0900945config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT
946 bool "Force extended block device numbers and spread them"
947 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
948 depends on BLOCK
Jens Axboe759f8ca2008-08-29 09:06:29 +0200949 default n
Tejun Heo870d6652008-08-25 19:47:25 +0900950 help
Tejun Heo0e11e342008-10-13 10:46:01 +0200951 BIG FAT WARNING: ENABLING THIS OPTION MIGHT BREAK BOOTING ON
952 SOME DISTRIBUTIONS. DO NOT ENABLE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT
953 YOU ARE DOING. Distros, please enable this and fix whatever
954 is broken.
955
Tejun Heo870d6652008-08-25 19:47:25 +0900956 Conventionally, block device numbers are allocated from
957 predetermined contiguous area. However, extended block area
958 may introduce non-contiguous block device numbers. This
959 option forces most block device numbers to be allocated from
960 the extended space and spreads them to discover kernel or
961 userland code paths which assume predetermined contiguous
962 device number allocation.
963
Tejun Heo55dc7db2008-09-01 13:44:35 +0200964 Note that turning on this debug option shuffles all the
965 device numbers for all IDE and SCSI devices including libata
966 ones, so root partition specified using device number
967 directly (via rdev or root=MAJ:MIN) won't work anymore.
968 Textual device names (root=/dev/sdXn) will continue to work.
969
Tejun Heo870d6652008-08-25 19:47:25 +0900970 Say N if you are unsure.
971
Tejun Heo7c756e62009-06-24 15:13:50 +0900972config DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU
973 bool "Force weak per-cpu definitions"
974 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
975 help
976 s390 and alpha require percpu variables in modules to be
977 defined weak to work around addressing range issue which
978 puts the following two restrictions on percpu variable
979 definitions.
980
981 1. percpu symbols must be unique whether static or not
982 2. percpu variables can't be defined inside a function
983
984 To ensure that generic code follows the above rules, this
985 option forces all percpu variables to be defined as weak.
986
Ankita Garg8bb31b92006-10-02 02:17:36 -0700987config LKDTM
988 tristate "Linux Kernel Dump Test Tool Module"
Simon Kagstrom0347af42010-03-05 13:42:49 -0800989 depends on DEBUG_FS
Chris Snookfddd9cf2008-02-23 15:23:26 -0800990 depends on BLOCK
Ankita Garg8bb31b92006-10-02 02:17:36 -0700991 default n
992 help
993 This module enables testing of the different dumping mechanisms by
994 inducing system failures at predefined crash points.
995 If you don't need it: say N
996 Choose M here to compile this code as a module. The module will be
997 called lkdtm.
998
999 Documentation on how to use the module can be found in
Simon Kagstrom0347af42010-03-05 13:42:49 -08001000 Documentation/fault-injection/provoke-crashes.txt
Akinobu Mita6ff1cb32006-12-08 02:39:43 -08001001
Akinobu Mitac9d221f2010-05-26 14:43:36 -07001002config CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT
1003 tristate "CPU notifier error injection module"
1004 depends on HOTPLUG_CPU && DEBUG_KERNEL
1005 help
1006 This option provides a kernel module that can be used to test
1007 the error handling of the cpu notifiers
1008
1009 To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
1010 be called cpu-notifier-error-inject.
1011
1012 If unsure, say N.
1013
Akinobu Mita6ff1cb32006-12-08 02:39:43 -08001014config FAULT_INJECTION
Andrew Morton1ab8509a2006-12-08 02:39:49 -08001015 bool "Fault-injection framework"
1016 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Akinobu Mita329409a2006-12-08 02:39:48 -08001017 help
1018 Provide fault-injection framework.
1019 For more details, see Documentation/fault-injection/.
Akinobu Mita6ff1cb32006-12-08 02:39:43 -08001020
Akinobu Mita8a8b6502006-12-08 02:39:44 -08001021config FAILSLAB
Andrew Morton1ab8509a2006-12-08 02:39:49 -08001022 bool "Fault-injection capability for kmalloc"
1023 depends on FAULT_INJECTION
Akinobu Mita773ff602008-12-23 19:37:01 +09001024 depends on SLAB || SLUB
Akinobu Mita8a8b6502006-12-08 02:39:44 -08001025 help
Andrew Morton1ab8509a2006-12-08 02:39:49 -08001026 Provide fault-injection capability for kmalloc.
Akinobu Mita8a8b6502006-12-08 02:39:44 -08001027
Akinobu Mita933e3122006-12-08 02:39:45 -08001028config FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC
1029 bool "Fault-injection capabilitiy for alloc_pages()"
Andrew Morton1ab8509a2006-12-08 02:39:49 -08001030 depends on FAULT_INJECTION
Akinobu Mita933e3122006-12-08 02:39:45 -08001031 help
Andrew Morton1ab8509a2006-12-08 02:39:49 -08001032 Provide fault-injection capability for alloc_pages().
Akinobu Mita933e3122006-12-08 02:39:45 -08001033
Akinobu Mitac17bb492006-12-08 02:39:46 -08001034config FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
Dave Jones86327d12006-12-12 20:16:36 +01001035 bool "Fault-injection capability for disk IO"
Jens Axboe581d4e22008-09-14 05:56:33 -07001036 depends on FAULT_INJECTION && BLOCK
Akinobu Mitac17bb492006-12-08 02:39:46 -08001037 help
Andrew Morton1ab8509a2006-12-08 02:39:49 -08001038 Provide fault-injection capability for disk IO.
Akinobu Mitac17bb492006-12-08 02:39:46 -08001039
Jens Axboe581d4e22008-09-14 05:56:33 -07001040config FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT
Takuya Yoshikawaf4d014392010-07-21 16:05:53 +09001041 bool "Fault-injection capability for faking disk interrupts"
Jens Axboe581d4e22008-09-14 05:56:33 -07001042 depends on FAULT_INJECTION && BLOCK
1043 help
1044 Provide fault-injection capability on end IO handling. This
1045 will make the block layer "forget" an interrupt as configured,
1046 thus exercising the error handling.
1047
1048 Only works with drivers that use the generic timeout handling,
1049 for others it wont do anything.
1050
Akinobu Mita6ff1cb32006-12-08 02:39:43 -08001051config FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
1052 bool "Debugfs entries for fault-injection capabilities"
Andrew Morton1ab8509a2006-12-08 02:39:49 -08001053 depends on FAULT_INJECTION && SYSFS && DEBUG_FS
Akinobu Mita6ff1cb32006-12-08 02:39:43 -08001054 help
Andrew Morton1ab8509a2006-12-08 02:39:49 -08001055 Enable configuration of fault-injection capabilities via debugfs.
Akinobu Mita1df49002007-02-20 13:57:56 -08001056
1057config FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER
1058 bool "stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities"
1059 depends on FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
Akinobu Mita6d690dc2007-05-12 10:36:53 -07001060 depends on !X86_64
Akinobu Mita1df49002007-02-20 13:57:56 -08001061 select STACKTRACE
Michal Simek79aac882010-05-25 11:33:26 +02001062 select FRAME_POINTER if !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE
Akinobu Mita1df49002007-02-20 13:57:56 -08001063 help
1064 Provide stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities
Mathieu Desnoyers267c4022007-10-18 23:41:07 -07001065
Arjan van de Ven97455122008-01-25 21:08:34 +01001066config LATENCYTOP
1067 bool "Latency measuring infrastructure"
Randy Dunlap625fdca2010-08-12 12:31:21 -07001068 depends on HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT
1069 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
1070 depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
1071 depends on PROC_FS
Michal Simek79aac882010-05-25 11:33:26 +02001072 select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE
Arjan van de Ven97455122008-01-25 21:08:34 +01001073 select KALLSYMS
1074 select KALLSYMS_ALL
1075 select STACKTRACE
1076 select SCHEDSTATS
1077 select SCHED_DEBUG
Arjan van de Ven97455122008-01-25 21:08:34 +01001078 help
1079 Enable this option if you want to use the LatencyTOP tool
1080 to find out which userspace is blocking on what kernel operations.
1081
Andi Kleen9e94cd32008-08-16 07:53:05 +02001082config SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK
1083 bool "Sysctl checks"
Eric W. Biederman83ac2012009-04-03 02:22:26 -07001084 depends on SYSCTL
Andi Kleen9e94cd32008-08-16 07:53:05 +02001085 ---help---
1086 sys_sysctl uses binary paths that have been found challenging
1087 to properly maintain and use. This enables checks that help
1088 you to keep things correct.
1089
Akinobu Mita6a11f752009-03-31 15:23:17 -07001090source mm/Kconfig.debug
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo16444a82008-05-12 21:20:42 +02001091source kernel/trace/Kconfig
1092
Bernhard Kaindlf212ec42008-01-30 13:34:11 +01001093config PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT
Stefan Richter080de8c2008-02-28 20:54:43 +01001094 bool "Remote debugging over FireWire early on boot"
Bernhard Kaindlf212ec42008-01-30 13:34:11 +01001095 depends on PCI && X86
1096 help
1097 If you want to debug problems which hang or crash the kernel early
1098 on boot and the crashing machine has a FireWire port, you can use
1099 this feature to remotely access the memory of the crashed machine
1100 over FireWire. This employs remote DMA as part of the OHCI1394
1101 specification which is now the standard for FireWire controllers.
1102
1103 With remote DMA, you can monitor the printk buffer remotely using
1104 firescope and access all memory below 4GB using fireproxy from gdb.
1105 Even controlling a kernel debugger is possible using remote DMA.
1106
1107 Usage:
1108
1109 If ohci1394_dma=early is used as boot parameter, it will initialize
1110 all OHCI1394 controllers which are found in the PCI config space.
1111
1112 As all changes to the FireWire bus such as enabling and disabling
1113 devices cause a bus reset and thereby disable remote DMA for all
1114 devices, be sure to have the cable plugged and FireWire enabled on
1115 the debugging host before booting the debug target for debugging.
1116
1117 This code (~1k) is freed after boot. By then, the firewire stack
1118 in charge of the OHCI-1394 controllers should be used instead.
1119
1120 See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more information.
Arjan van de Ven97455122008-01-25 21:08:34 +01001121
Stefan Richter080de8c2008-02-28 20:54:43 +01001122config FIREWIRE_OHCI_REMOTE_DMA
1123 bool "Remote debugging over FireWire with firewire-ohci"
1124 depends on FIREWIRE_OHCI
1125 help
1126 This option lets you use the FireWire bus for remote debugging
1127 with help of the firewire-ohci driver. It enables unfiltered
1128 remote DMA in firewire-ohci.
1129 See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more information.
1130
1131 If unsure, say N.
1132
Randy Dunlap152de302009-02-20 15:38:47 -08001133config BUILD_DOCSRC
Randy Dunlap3794f3e2008-08-12 15:09:06 -07001134 bool "Build targets in Documentation/ tree"
1135 depends on HEADERS_CHECK
1136 help
1137 This option attempts to build objects from the source files in the
1138 kernel Documentation/ tree.
1139
1140 Say N if you are unsure.
1141
Jason Barone9d376f2009-02-05 11:51:38 -05001142config DYNAMIC_DEBUG
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001143 bool "Enable dynamic printk() support"
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001144 default n
1145 depends on PRINTK
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001146 depends on DEBUG_FS
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001147 help
1148
1149 Compiles debug level messages into the kernel, which would not
1150 otherwise be available at runtime. These messages can then be
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001151 enabled/disabled based on various levels of scope - per source file,
1152 function, module, format string, and line number. This mechanism
1153 implicitly enables all pr_debug() and dev_dbg() calls. The impact of
1154 this compile option is a larger kernel text size of about 2%.
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001155
1156 Usage:
1157
Florian Ragwitz2b2f68b2010-05-24 14:33:21 -07001158 Dynamic debugging is controlled via the 'dynamic_debug/control' file,
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001159 which is contained in the 'debugfs' filesystem. Thus, the debugfs
1160 filesystem must first be mounted before making use of this feature.
Florian Ragwitz2b2f68b2010-05-24 14:33:21 -07001161 We refer the control file as: <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control. This
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001162 file contains a list of the debug statements that can be enabled. The
1163 format for each line of the file is:
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001164
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001165 filename:lineno [module]function flags format
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001166
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001167 filename : source file of the debug statement
1168 lineno : line number of the debug statement
1169 module : module that contains the debug statement
1170 function : function that contains the debug statement
1171 flags : 'p' means the line is turned 'on' for printing
1172 format : the format used for the debug statement
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001173
1174 From a live system:
1175
Florian Ragwitz2b2f68b2010-05-24 14:33:21 -07001176 nullarbor:~ # cat <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001177 # filename:lineno [module]function flags format
1178 fs/aio.c:222 [aio]__put_ioctx - "__put_ioctx:\040freeing\040%p\012"
1179 fs/aio.c:248 [aio]ioctx_alloc - "ENOMEM:\040nr_events\040too\040high\012"
1180 fs/aio.c:1770 [aio]sys_io_cancel - "calling\040cancel\012"
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001181
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001182 Example usage:
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001183
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001184 // enable the message at line 1603 of file svcsock.c
1185 nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' >
Florian Ragwitz2b2f68b2010-05-24 14:33:21 -07001186 <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001187
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001188 // enable all the messages in file svcsock.c
1189 nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c +p' >
Florian Ragwitz2b2f68b2010-05-24 14:33:21 -07001190 <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001191
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001192 // enable all the messages in the NFS server module
1193 nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'module nfsd +p' >
Florian Ragwitz2b2f68b2010-05-24 14:33:21 -07001194 <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001195
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001196 // enable all 12 messages in the function svc_process()
1197 nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'func svc_process +p' >
Florian Ragwitz2b2f68b2010-05-24 14:33:21 -07001198 <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001199
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001200 // disable all 12 messages in the function svc_process()
1201 nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'func svc_process -p' >
Florian Ragwitz2b2f68b2010-05-24 14:33:21 -07001202 <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001203
Jason Baron86151fd2009-02-05 11:53:15 -05001204 See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for additional information.
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001205
Joerg Roedel5ee00bd2009-01-09 12:14:24 +01001206config DMA_API_DEBUG
1207 bool "Enable debugging of DMA-API usage"
1208 depends on HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
1209 help
1210 Enable this option to debug the use of the DMA API by device drivers.
1211 With this option you will be able to detect common bugs in device
1212 drivers like double-freeing of DMA mappings or freeing mappings that
1213 were never allocated.
1214 This option causes a performance degredation. Use only if you want
1215 to debug device drivers. If unsure, say N.
Jason Baron346e15b2008-08-12 16:46:19 -04001216
Luca Barbieri86a89382010-02-24 10:54:24 +01001217config ATOMIC64_SELFTEST
1218 bool "Perform an atomic64_t self-test at boot"
1219 help
1220 Enable this option to test the atomic64_t functions at boot.
1221
1222 If unsure, say N.
1223
Dan Williams400fb7f2010-10-07 15:25:04 -07001224config ASYNC_RAID6_TEST
1225 tristate "Self test for hardware accelerated raid6 recovery"
1226 depends on ASYNC_RAID6_RECOV
1227 select ASYNC_MEMCPY
1228 ---help---
1229 This is a one-shot self test that permutes through the
1230 recovery of all the possible two disk failure scenarios for a
1231 N-disk array. Recovery is performed with the asynchronous
1232 raid6 recovery routines, and will optionally use an offload
1233 engine if one is available.
1234
1235 If unsure, say N.
1236
Mathieu Desnoyers267c4022007-10-18 23:41:07 -07001237source "samples/Kconfig"
Jason Wesseldc7d5522008-04-17 20:05:37 +02001238
1239source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb"
Pekka Enberg0a4af3b2009-02-26 21:38:56 +02001240
1241source "lib/Kconfig.kmemcheck"