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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001menu "Kernel hacking"
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Ingo Molnar55f327f2006-07-03 00:24:43 -07003config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -07004 def_bool y
Ingo Molnar55f327f2006-07-03 00:24:43 -07005
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07006source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
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Ingo Molnard0926332008-07-18 00:26:59 +02008config STRICT_DEVMEM
Stefan Richter16104b52008-06-05 22:47:13 +02009 bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010010 ---help---
Linus Torvaldsf2d0f1d2008-07-21 13:04:08 -070011 If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
Stefan Richter16104b52008-06-05 22:47:13 +020012 of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
13 access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
Ingo Molnard0926332008-07-18 00:26:59 +020014 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 Richter16104b52008-06-05 22:47:13 +020017
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 Venae531c22008-04-24 23:40:47 +020024
Ben Collins6bcb13b2008-06-18 14:04:35 -040025config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
26 bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
27 default y
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010028 ---help---
Ben Collins6bcb13b2008-06-18 14:04:35 -040029 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.
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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070033config EARLY_PRINTK
Ingo Molnar076f9772008-01-30 13:33:06 +010034 bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070035 default y
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010036 ---help---
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070037 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 Lu5c059172008-07-24 17:29:40 -070046config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
47 bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
48 default n
Ingo Molnar97499862008-07-26 17:28:11 +020049 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010050 ---help---
Yinghai Lu5c059172008-07-24 17:29:40 -070051 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
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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 Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070059config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
60 bool "Check for stack overflows"
61 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010062 ---help---
Adrian Bunkdab175f2005-07-27 11:44:23 -070063 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
64 drops below a certain limit.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070065
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070066config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
67 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
68 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010069 ---help---
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070070 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.
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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070075config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
Andrew Morton4a2f0ac2006-03-25 03:07:22 -080076 bool "Debug page memory allocations"
Thomas Gleixnerb1d95f42008-02-09 23:24:09 +010077 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010078 ---help---
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070079 Unmap pages from the kernel linear mapping after free_pages().
80 This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types
81 of memory corruptions.
82
travis@sgi.comc49a4952008-01-30 13:33:22 +010083config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
84 bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps"
85 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Ingo Molnar3e5095d2009-01-27 17:07:08 +010086 depends on SMP
travis@sgi.comc49a4952008-01-30 13:33:22 +010087 default n
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010088 ---help---
travis@sgi.comc49a4952008-01-30 13:33:22 +010089 Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has
90 been setup. Adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory
91 and decreases performance.
92
93 Say N if unsure.
94
Arjan van de Ven926e5392008-04-17 17:40:45 +020095config X86_PTDUMP
96 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
H. Peter Anvinfe770bf2008-04-17 17:40:45 +020097 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Arjan van de Ven926e5392008-04-17 17:40:45 +020098 select DEBUG_FS
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010099 ---help---
Arjan van de Ven926e5392008-04-17 17:40:45 +0200100 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
101 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
102 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
103 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
104 kernel.
105 If in doubt, say "N"
106
Arjan van de Ven63aaf302006-01-06 00:12:02 -0800107config DEBUG_RODATA
108 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
Ingo Molnar11201e62008-01-30 13:33:32 +0100109 default y
Arjan van de Ven63aaf302006-01-06 00:12:02 -0800110 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100111 ---help---
Arjan van de Ven63aaf302006-01-06 00:12:02 -0800112 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
113 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
Ingo Molnar11201e62008-01-30 13:33:32 +0100114 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
115 If in doubt, say "Y".
Arjan van de Ven63aaf302006-01-06 00:12:02 -0800116
Ingo Molnaraba83912008-01-30 13:34:09 +0100117config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
118 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
119 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
Ingo Molnar72370f22008-02-13 16:15:34 +0100120 default y
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100121 ---help---
Ingo Molnaraba83912008-01-30 13:34:09 +0100122 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
123 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
124 If in doubt, say "N"
125
126config DEBUG_NX_TEST
127 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
128 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100129 ---help---
Ingo Molnaraba83912008-01-30 13:34:09 +0100130 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
131 and the software setup of this feature.
132 If in doubt, say "N"
133
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700134config 4KSTACKS
135 bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700136 depends on X86_32
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100137 ---help---
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700138 If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
139 kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
140 running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure
141 on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option
142 will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace.
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Andi Kleen102e41f2006-04-18 12:35:22 +0200144config DOUBLEFAULT
145 default y
146 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700147 depends on X86_32
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100148 ---help---
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700149 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
150 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
151 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
152 hair.
153
154config IOMMU_DEBUG
155 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
Joerg Roedel966396d2007-10-24 12:49:48 +0200156 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700157 depends on X86_64
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100158 ---help---
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700159 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
160 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
161 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
162 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
163 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
164 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
165 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
166 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
167 options. See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
168 details.
169
170config IOMMU_LEAK
171 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
172 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
173 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100174 ---help---
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700175 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
176 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
177
Pekka Paalanen6bc5c362009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200178config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
179 def_bool y
Pekka Paalanen8b7d89d2008-05-12 21:20:56 +0200180
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100181#
182# IO delay types:
183#
184
185config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
186 int
187 default "0"
188
189config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
190 int
191 default "1"
192
193config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
194 int
195 default "2"
196
197config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
198 int
199 default "3"
200
201choice
202 prompt "IO delay type"
Ingo Molnarfd59e9e2008-02-17 20:20:24 +0100203 default IO_DELAY_0X80
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100204
205config IO_DELAY_0X80
206 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100207 ---help---
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100208 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
209 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
210
211config IO_DELAY_0XED
212 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100213 ---help---
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100214 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
215 often used as a hardware-debug port.
216
217config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
218 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100219 ---help---
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100220 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
221 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
222
223config IO_DELAY_NONE
224 bool "no port-IO delay"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100225 ---help---
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100226 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
227 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
228
229endchoice
230
231if IO_DELAY_0X80
232config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
233 int
234 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
235endif
236
237if IO_DELAY_0XED
238config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
239 int
240 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
241endif
242
243if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
244config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
245 int
246 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
247endif
248
249if IO_DELAY_NONE
250config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
251 int
252 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
253endif
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100254
Huang, Ying6d7d7432008-01-30 13:32:51 +0100255config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
256 bool "Debug boot parameters"
257 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
258 depends on DEBUG_FS
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100259 ---help---
Huang, Ying6d7d7432008-01-30 13:32:51 +0100260 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
261
Andi Kleen0c42f392008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100262config CPA_DEBUG
Ingo Molnar971a52d2008-02-06 22:39:45 +0100263 bool "CPA self-test code"
Ingo Molnarf316fe62008-01-30 13:34:04 +0100264 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100265 ---help---
Ingo Molnar971a52d2008-02-06 22:39:45 +0100266 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
Andi Kleen0c42f392008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100267
Ingo Molnar60a3cdd2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100268config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
269 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100270 ---help---
Ingo Molnar60a3cdd2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100271 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
272 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
273 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
274 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
Sitsofe Wheeler63fb7082008-10-11 20:27:53 +0100275 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
276 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
277 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
278 is there to test gcc for this.
Ingo Molnarc9af1e32008-04-30 08:48:45 +0200279
Ingo Molnar3f9b5cc2008-07-18 16:30:05 +0200280 If unsure, say N.
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Ingo Molnarc9af1e32008-04-30 08:48:45 +0200282endmenu