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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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Arjan van de Venae531c22008-04-24 23:40:47 +02008config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
Stefan Richter16104b52008-06-05 22:47:13 +02009 bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
Arjan van de Venae531c22008-04-24 23:40:47 +020010 help
Stefan Richter16104b52008-06-05 22:47:13 +020011 If this option is left off, you allow userspace access to all
12 of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
13 access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
14 be used by people debugging the kernel.
15
16 If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
17 userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions.
18 This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of
19 /dev/mem.
20
21 If in doubt, say Y.
Arjan van de Venae531c22008-04-24 23:40:47 +020022
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070023config EARLY_PRINTK
Ingo Molnar076f9772008-01-30 13:33:06 +010024 bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070025 default y
26 help
27 Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
28 port.
29
30 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
31 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
32 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
33 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
34 unless you want to debug such a crash.
35
36config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
37 bool "Check for stack overflows"
38 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Adrian Bunkdab175f2005-07-27 11:44:23 -070039 help
40 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
41 drops below a certain limit.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070042
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070043config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
44 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
45 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
46 help
47 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
48 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
49
50 This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
51
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070052config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
Andrew Morton4a2f0ac2006-03-25 03:07:22 -080053 bool "Debug page memory allocations"
Thomas Gleixnerb1d95f42008-02-09 23:24:09 +010054 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070055 help
56 Unmap pages from the kernel linear mapping after free_pages().
57 This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types
58 of memory corruptions.
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travis@sgi.comc49a4952008-01-30 13:33:22 +010060config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
61 bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps"
62 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
63 depends on X86_64_SMP
64 default n
65 help
66 Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has
67 been setup. Adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory
68 and decreases performance.
69
70 Say N if unsure.
71
Arjan van de Ven926e5392008-04-17 17:40:45 +020072config X86_PTDUMP
73 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
H. Peter Anvinfe770bf2008-04-17 17:40:45 +020074 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Arjan van de Ven926e5392008-04-17 17:40:45 +020075 select DEBUG_FS
76 help
77 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
78 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
79 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
80 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
81 kernel.
82 If in doubt, say "N"
83
Arjan van de Ven63aaf302006-01-06 00:12:02 -080084config DEBUG_RODATA
85 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
Ingo Molnar11201e62008-01-30 13:33:32 +010086 default y
Arjan van de Ven63aaf302006-01-06 00:12:02 -080087 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
88 help
89 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
90 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
Ingo Molnar11201e62008-01-30 13:33:32 +010091 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
92 If in doubt, say "Y".
Arjan van de Ven63aaf302006-01-06 00:12:02 -080093
Ingo Molnar00d1c5e2008-04-17 17:40:45 +020094config DIRECT_GBPAGES
95 bool "Enable gbpages-mapped kernel pagetables"
96 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && X86_64
97 help
98 Enable gigabyte pages support (if the CPU supports it). This can
99 improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by reducing TLB
100 pressure.
101
102 This is experimental code.
103
104 If in doubt, say "N".
105
Ingo Molnaraba83912008-01-30 13:34:09 +0100106config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
107 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
108 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
109 help
110 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
111 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
112 If in doubt, say "N"
113
114config DEBUG_NX_TEST
115 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
116 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
117 help
118 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
119 and the software setup of this feature.
120 If in doubt, say "N"
121
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700122config 4KSTACKS
123 bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700124 depends on X86_32
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700125 help
126 If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
127 kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
128 running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure
129 on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option
130 will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace.
131
132config X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700133 def_bool y
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700134 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC || X86_VOYAGER
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700135 depends on X86_32
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700136
137config X86_MPPARSE
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700138 def_bool y
Sam Ravnborg6b0c3d42008-01-30 13:32:27 +0100139 depends on (X86_32 && (X86_LOCAL_APIC && !X86_VISWS)) || X86_64
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700140
Andi Kleen102e41f2006-04-18 12:35:22 +0200141config DOUBLEFAULT
142 default y
143 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700144 depends on X86_32
Andi Kleen102e41f2006-04-18 12:35:22 +0200145 help
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700146 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
147 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
148 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
149 hair.
150
151config IOMMU_DEBUG
152 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
Joerg Roedel966396d2007-10-24 12:49:48 +0200153 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700154 depends on X86_64
155 help
156 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
157 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
158 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
159 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
160 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
161 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
162 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
163 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
164 options. See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
165 details.
166
167config IOMMU_LEAK
168 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
169 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
170 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG
171 help
172 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
173 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
174
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100175#
176# IO delay types:
177#
178
179config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
180 int
181 default "0"
182
183config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
184 int
185 default "1"
186
187config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
188 int
189 default "2"
190
191config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
192 int
193 default "3"
194
195choice
196 prompt "IO delay type"
Ingo Molnarfd59e9e2008-02-17 20:20:24 +0100197 default IO_DELAY_0X80
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100198
199config IO_DELAY_0X80
200 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100201 help
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100202 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
203 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
204
205config IO_DELAY_0XED
206 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
207 help
208 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
209 often used as a hardware-debug port.
210
211config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
212 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
213 help
214 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
215 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
216
217config IO_DELAY_NONE
218 bool "no port-IO delay"
219 help
220 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
221 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
222
223endchoice
224
225if IO_DELAY_0X80
226config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
227 int
228 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
229endif
230
231if IO_DELAY_0XED
232config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
233 int
234 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
235endif
236
237if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
238config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
239 int
240 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
241endif
242
243if IO_DELAY_NONE
244config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
245 int
246 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
247endif
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100248
Huang, Ying6d7d7432008-01-30 13:32:51 +0100249config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
250 bool "Debug boot parameters"
251 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
252 depends on DEBUG_FS
253 help
254 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
255
Andi Kleen0c42f392008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100256config CPA_DEBUG
Ingo Molnar971a52d2008-02-06 22:39:45 +0100257 bool "CPA self-test code"
Ingo Molnarf316fe62008-01-30 13:34:04 +0100258 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Andi Kleen0c42f392008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100259 help
Ingo Molnar971a52d2008-02-06 22:39:45 +0100260 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
Andi Kleen0c42f392008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100261
Ingo Molnar60a3cdd2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100262config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
263 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
Linus Torvalds6d98ca72008-04-30 19:50:03 -0700264 depends on BROKEN
Ingo Molnar60a3cdd2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100265 help
266 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
267 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
268 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
269 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
270 disabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
271 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc4 to make the decision can
272 become the default in the future, until then this option is there to
273 test gcc for this.
Ingo Molnarc9af1e32008-04-30 08:48:45 +0200274
275endmenu
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