x86/unwind: Rename unwinder config options to 'CONFIG_UNWINDER_*'
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1menu "Kernel hacking"
2
55f327fa 3config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
d013a27c 4 def_bool y
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6source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
7
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8config EARLY_PRINTK_USB
9 bool
10
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11config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
12 bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
13 default y
8f9ca475 14 ---help---
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15 Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
16 (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
17 see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
18
1da177e4 19config EARLY_PRINTK
6a108a14 20 bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
1da177e4 21 default y
8f9ca475 22 ---help---
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23 Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
24 port.
25
26 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
27 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
28 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
aeb9dd1d 29 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally say N here,
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30 unless you want to debug such a crash.
31
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32config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
33 bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
9749986a 34 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
aeb9dd1d 35 select EARLY_PRINTK_USB
8f9ca475 36 ---help---
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37 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
38
39 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
40 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
41 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
aeb9dd1d 42 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally say N here,
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43 unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
44
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45config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
46 bool "Early printk via the EFI framebuffer"
47 depends on EFI && EARLY_PRINTK
48 select FONT_SUPPORT
49 ---help---
50 Write kernel log output directly into the EFI framebuffer.
51
52 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
53 early before the console code is initialized.
54
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55config EARLY_PRINTK_USB_XDBC
56 bool "Early printk via the xHCI debug port"
57 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
58 select EARLY_PRINTK_USB
59 ---help---
60 Write kernel log output directly into the xHCI debug port.
61
62 One use for this feature is kernel debugging, for example when your
63 machine crashes very early before the regular console code is
64 initialized. Other uses include simpler, lockless logging instead of
65 a full-blown printk console driver + klogd.
66
67 For normal production environments this is normally not recommended,
68 because it doesn't feed events into klogd/syslogd and doesn't try to
69 print anything on the screen.
70
71 You should normally say N here, unless you want to debug early
72 crashes or need a very simple printk logging facility.
73
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74config X86_PTDUMP_CORE
75 def_bool n
76
926e5392 77config X86_PTDUMP
8609d1b5 78 tristate "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
fe770bf0 79 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
926e5392 80 select DEBUG_FS
e1a58320 81 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
8f9ca475 82 ---help---
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83 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
84 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
85 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
86 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
87 kernel.
88 If in doubt, say "N"
89
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90config EFI_PGT_DUMP
91 bool "Dump the EFI pagetable"
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92 depends on EFI
93 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
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94 ---help---
95 Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before
96 enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous
97 issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that
98 table.
99
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100config DEBUG_WX
101 bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
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102 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
103 ---help---
104 Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
105
106 This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
107 W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.
108
109 Look for a message in dmesg output like this:
110
111 x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
112
113 or like this, if the check failed:
114
115 x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.
116
117 Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
118 still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
119 themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
120 of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
121
122 There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
123 once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
124
125 If in doubt, say "Y".
126
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127config DOUBLEFAULT
128 default y
6a108a14 129 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
8f9ca475 130 ---help---
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131 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
132 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
133 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
134 hair.
135
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136config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
137 bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
cd69aa6b 138 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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139 ---help---
140
141 X86-only for now.
142
143 This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
144 kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
145 certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
146 tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
147 to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
148 for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
149 invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
150
151 flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
152
153 If in doubt, say "N".
154
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155config IOMMU_DEBUG
156 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
966396d3 157 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
d013a27c 158 depends on X86_64
8f9ca475 159 ---help---
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160 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
161 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
162 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
163 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
164 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
165 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
166 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
167 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
395cf969 168 options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
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169 details.
170
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171config IOMMU_STRESS
172 bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
173 ---help---
174 This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
175 code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
176 will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
177 testing.
178
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179config IOMMU_LEAK
180 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
19c1a6f5 181 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
8f9ca475 182 ---help---
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183 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
184 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
185
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186config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
187 def_bool y
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ca0e9bad 189config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
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190 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
191 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
f8f20234 192 depends on !COMPILE_TEST
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193 ---help---
194 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
195 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
196 decoder code.
197 If unsure, say "N".
198
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199#
200# IO delay types:
201#
202
203config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
204 int
205 default "0"
206
207config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
208 int
209 default "1"
210
211config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
212 int
213 default "2"
214
215config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
216 int
217 default "3"
218
219choice
220 prompt "IO delay type"
fd59e9e9 221 default IO_DELAY_0X80
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223config IO_DELAY_0X80
224 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
8f9ca475 225 ---help---
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226 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
227 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
228
229config IO_DELAY_0XED
230 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 231 ---help---
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232 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
233 often used as a hardware-debug port.
234
235config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
236 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 237 ---help---
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238 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
239 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
240
241config IO_DELAY_NONE
242 bool "no port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 243 ---help---
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244 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
245 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
246
247endchoice
248
249if IO_DELAY_0X80
250config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
251 int
252 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
253endif
254
255if IO_DELAY_0XED
256config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
257 int
258 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
259endif
260
261if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
262config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
263 int
264 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
265endif
266
267if IO_DELAY_NONE
268config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
269 int
270 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
271endif
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273config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
274 bool "Debug boot parameters"
275 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
276 depends on DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 277 ---help---
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278 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
279
0c42f392 280config CPA_DEBUG
971a52d6 281 bool "CPA self-test code"
f316fe68 282 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 283 ---help---
971a52d6 284 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
0c42f392 285
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286config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
287 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
8f9ca475 288 ---help---
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289 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
290 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
291 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
292 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
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293 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
294 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
295 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
296 is there to test gcc for this.
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298 If unsure, say N.
299
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300config DEBUG_ENTRY
301 bool "Debug low-level entry code"
302 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
303 ---help---
304 This option enables sanity checks in x86's low-level entry code.
305 Some of these sanity checks may slow down kernel entries and
306 exits or otherwise impact performance.
307
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308 If unsure, say N.
309
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310config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
311 bool "NMI Selftest"
4f941c57 312 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
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313 ---help---
314 Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify
315 that the NMI behaves correctly.
316
317 This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to
318 function properly.
319
320 If unsure, say N.
321
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322config DEBUG_IMR_SELFTEST
323 bool "Isolated Memory Region self test"
324 default n
325 depends on INTEL_IMR
326 ---help---
327 This option enables automated sanity testing of the IMR code.
328 Some simple tests are run to verify IMR bounds checking, alignment
329 and overlapping. This option is really only useful if you are
330 debugging an IMR memory map or are modifying the IMR code and want to
331 test your changes.
332
333 If unsure say N here.
334
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335config X86_DEBUG_FPU
336 bool "Debug the x86 FPU code"
337 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
338 default y
339 ---help---
340 If this option is enabled then there will be extra sanity
341 checks and (boot time) debug printouts added to the kernel.
342 This debugging adds some small amount of runtime overhead
343 to the kernel.
344
345 If unsure, say N.
346
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347config PUNIT_ATOM_DEBUG
348 tristate "ATOM Punit debug driver"
d689c64d 349 depends on PCI
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350 select DEBUG_FS
351 select IOSF_MBI
352 ---help---
353 This is a debug driver, which gets the power states
354 of all Punit North Complex devices. The power states of
355 each device is exposed as part of the debugfs interface.
356 The current power state can be read from
357 /sys/kernel/debug/punit_atom/dev_power_state
358
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359choice
360 prompt "Choose kernel unwinder"
11af8474 361 default UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER
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362 ---help---
363 This determines which method will be used for unwinding kernel stack
364 traces for panics, oopses, bugs, warnings, perf, /proc/<pid>/stack,
365 livepatch, lockdep, and more.
366
11af8474 367config UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER
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368 bool "Frame pointer unwinder"
369 select FRAME_POINTER
370 ---help---
371 This option enables the frame pointer unwinder for unwinding kernel
372 stack traces.
373
374 The unwinder itself is fast and it uses less RAM than the ORC
375 unwinder, but the kernel text size will grow by ~3% and the kernel's
376 overall performance will degrade by roughly 5-10%.
377
378 This option is recommended if you want to use the livepatch
379 consistency model, as this is currently the only way to get a
380 reliable stack trace (CONFIG_HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE).
381
11af8474 382config UNWINDER_ORC
ee9f8fce 383 bool "ORC unwinder"
81d38719 384 depends on X86_64
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385 select STACK_VALIDATION
386 ---help---
387 This option enables the ORC (Oops Rewind Capability) unwinder for
388 unwinding kernel stack traces. It uses a custom data format which is
389 a simplified version of the DWARF Call Frame Information standard.
390
391 This unwinder is more accurate across interrupt entry frames than the
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392 frame pointer unwinder. It also enables a 5-10% performance
393 improvement across the entire kernel compared to frame pointers.
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394
395 Enabling this option will increase the kernel's runtime memory usage
396 by roughly 2-4MB, depending on your kernel config.
397
11af8474 398config UNWINDER_GUESS
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399 bool "Guess unwinder"
400 depends on EXPERT
401 ---help---
402 This option enables the "guess" unwinder for unwinding kernel stack
403 traces. It scans the stack and reports every kernel text address it
404 finds. Some of the addresses it reports may be incorrect.
405
406 While this option often produces false positives, it can still be
407 useful in many cases. Unlike the other unwinders, it has no runtime
408 overhead.
409
410endchoice
411
412config FRAME_POINTER
11af8474 413 depends on !UNWINDER_ORC && !UNWINDER_GUESS
81d38719 414 bool
ee9f8fce 415
c9af1e33 416endmenu