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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
Ben Collins6bcb13b2008-06-18 14:04:35 -040023config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
24 bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
25 default y
26 help
27 Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
28 (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
29 see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
30
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070031config EARLY_PRINTK
Ingo Molnar076f9772008-01-30 13:33:06 +010032 bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070033 default y
34 help
35 Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
36 port.
37
38 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
39 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
40 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
41 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
42 unless you want to debug such a crash.
43
44config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
45 bool "Check for stack overflows"
46 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Adrian Bunkdab175f2005-07-27 11:44:23 -070047 help
48 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
49 drops below a certain limit.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070050
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070051config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
52 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
53 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
54 help
55 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
56 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
57
58 This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
59
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070060config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
Andrew Morton4a2f0ac2006-03-25 03:07:22 -080061 bool "Debug page memory allocations"
Thomas Gleixnerb1d95f42008-02-09 23:24:09 +010062 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070063 help
64 Unmap pages from the kernel linear mapping after free_pages().
65 This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types
66 of memory corruptions.
67
travis@sgi.comc49a4952008-01-30 13:33:22 +010068config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
69 bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps"
70 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Mike Travis23ca4bb2008-05-12 21:21:12 +020071 depends on X86_SMP
travis@sgi.comc49a4952008-01-30 13:33:22 +010072 default n
73 help
74 Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has
75 been setup. Adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory
76 and decreases performance.
77
78 Say N if unsure.
79
Arjan van de Ven926e5392008-04-17 17:40:45 +020080config X86_PTDUMP
81 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
H. Peter Anvinfe770bf2008-04-17 17:40:45 +020082 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Arjan van de Ven926e5392008-04-17 17:40:45 +020083 select DEBUG_FS
84 help
85 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
86 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
87 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
88 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
89 kernel.
90 If in doubt, say "N"
91
Arjan van de Ven63aaf302006-01-06 00:12:02 -080092config DEBUG_RODATA
93 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
Ingo Molnar11201e62008-01-30 13:33:32 +010094 default y
Arjan van de Ven63aaf302006-01-06 00:12:02 -080095 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
96 help
97 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
98 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
Ingo Molnar11201e62008-01-30 13:33:32 +010099 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
100 If in doubt, say "Y".
Arjan van de Ven63aaf302006-01-06 00:12:02 -0800101
Ingo Molnar00d1c5e2008-04-17 17:40:45 +0200102config DIRECT_GBPAGES
103 bool "Enable gbpages-mapped kernel pagetables"
104 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && X86_64
105 help
106 Enable gigabyte pages support (if the CPU supports it). This can
107 improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by reducing TLB
108 pressure.
109
110 This is experimental code.
111
112 If in doubt, say "N".
113
Ingo Molnaraba83912008-01-30 13:34:09 +0100114config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
115 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
116 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
117 help
118 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
119 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
120 If in doubt, say "N"
121
122config DEBUG_NX_TEST
123 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
124 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
125 help
126 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
127 and the software setup of this feature.
128 If in doubt, say "N"
129
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700130config 4KSTACKS
131 bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700132 depends on X86_32
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700133 help
134 If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
135 kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
136 running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure
137 on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option
138 will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace.
139
Andi Kleen102e41f2006-04-18 12:35:22 +0200140config DOUBLEFAULT
141 default y
142 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700143 depends on X86_32
Andi Kleen102e41f2006-04-18 12:35:22 +0200144 help
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700145 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
146 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
147 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
148 hair.
149
150config IOMMU_DEBUG
151 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
Joerg Roedel966396d2007-10-24 12:49:48 +0200152 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700153 depends on X86_64
154 help
155 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
156 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
157 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
158 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
159 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
160 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
161 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
162 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
163 options. See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
164 details.
165
166config IOMMU_LEAK
167 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
168 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
169 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG
170 help
171 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
172 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
173
Pekka Paalanen10c43d22008-05-12 21:20:57 +0200174config MMIOTRACE_HOOKS
175 bool
Pekka Paalanen86069782008-05-12 21:20:56 +0200176
Pekka Paalanen8b7d89d2008-05-12 21:20:56 +0200177config MMIOTRACE
Pekka Paalanend61fc442008-05-12 21:20:57 +0200178 bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
Randy Dunlap37b36192008-05-12 21:20:59 +0200179 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PCI
Pekka Paalanenf984b512008-05-12 21:20:57 +0200180 select TRACING
Pekka Paalanen10c43d22008-05-12 21:20:57 +0200181 select MMIOTRACE_HOOKS
Pekka Paalanen8b7d89d2008-05-12 21:20:56 +0200182 help
Pekka Paalanend61fc442008-05-12 21:20:57 +0200183 Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
184 debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
Pekka Paalanenc6c67c12008-05-12 21:20:59 +0200185 implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
Randy Dunlap37b36192008-05-12 21:20:59 +0200186 default and can be enabled at run-time.
Pekka Paalanen8b7d89d2008-05-12 21:20:56 +0200187
Pekka Paalanenc6c67c12008-05-12 21:20:59 +0200188 See Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt.
Pekka Paalanen8b7d89d2008-05-12 21:20:56 +0200189 If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
190
191config MMIOTRACE_TEST
192 tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
193 depends on MMIOTRACE && m
Pekka Paalanen8b7d89d2008-05-12 21:20:56 +0200194 help
195 This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
196 as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
197 However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
198
199 Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
200
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100201#
202# IO delay types:
203#
204
205config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
206 int
207 default "0"
208
209config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
210 int
211 default "1"
212
213config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
214 int
215 default "2"
216
217config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
218 int
219 default "3"
220
221choice
222 prompt "IO delay type"
Ingo Molnarfd59e9e2008-02-17 20:20:24 +0100223 default IO_DELAY_0X80
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100224
225config IO_DELAY_0X80
226 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100227 help
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100228 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
229 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
230
231config IO_DELAY_0XED
232 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
233 help
234 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
235 often used as a hardware-debug port.
236
237config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
238 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
239 help
240 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
241 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
242
243config IO_DELAY_NONE
244 bool "no port-IO delay"
245 help
246 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
247 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
248
249endchoice
250
251if IO_DELAY_0X80
252config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
253 int
254 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
255endif
256
257if IO_DELAY_0XED
258config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
259 int
260 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
261endif
262
263if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
264config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
265 int
266 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
267endif
268
269if IO_DELAY_NONE
270config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
271 int
272 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
273endif
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100274
Huang, Ying6d7d7432008-01-30 13:32:51 +0100275config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
276 bool "Debug boot parameters"
277 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
278 depends on DEBUG_FS
279 help
280 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
281
Andi Kleen0c42f392008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100282config CPA_DEBUG
Ingo Molnar971a52d2008-02-06 22:39:45 +0100283 bool "CPA self-test code"
Ingo Molnarf316fe62008-01-30 13:34:04 +0100284 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Andi Kleen0c42f392008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100285 help
Ingo Molnar971a52d2008-02-06 22:39:45 +0100286 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
Andi Kleen0c42f392008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100287
Ingo Molnar60a3cdd2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100288config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
289 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
Ingo Molnar60a3cdd2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100290 help
291 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
292 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
293 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
294 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
295 disabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
296 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc4 to make the decision can
297 become the default in the future, until then this option is there to
298 test gcc for this.
Ingo Molnarc9af1e32008-04-30 08:48:45 +0200299
Ingo Molnar3f9b5cc2008-07-18 16:30:05 +0200300 If unsure, say N.
301
Ingo Molnarc9af1e32008-04-30 08:48:45 +0200302endmenu
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