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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 X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
9 bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
10 default y
8f9ca475 11 ---help---
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12 Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
13 (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
14 see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
15
1da177e4 16config EARLY_PRINTK
6a108a14 17 bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
1da177e4 18 default y
8f9ca475 19 ---help---
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20 Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
21 port.
22
23 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
24 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
25 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
26 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
27 unless you want to debug such a crash.
28
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29config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
30 bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
9749986a 31 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
8f9ca475 32 ---help---
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33 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
34
35 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
36 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
37 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
38 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
39 unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
40
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41config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
42 bool "Early printk via the EFI framebuffer"
43 depends on EFI && EARLY_PRINTK
44 select FONT_SUPPORT
45 ---help---
46 Write kernel log output directly into the EFI framebuffer.
47
48 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
49 early before the console code is initialized.
50
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51config X86_PTDUMP_CORE
52 def_bool n
53
926e5392 54config X86_PTDUMP
8609d1b5 55 tristate "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
fe770bf0 56 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
926e5392 57 select DEBUG_FS
e1a58320 58 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
8f9ca475 59 ---help---
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60 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
61 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
62 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
63 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
64 kernel.
65 If in doubt, say "N"
66
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67config EFI_PGT_DUMP
68 bool "Dump the EFI pagetable"
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69 depends on EFI
70 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
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71 ---help---
72 Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before
73 enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous
74 issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that
75 table.
76
aba8391f 77config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
9ccaf77c 78 bool "Testcase for the marking rodata read-only"
72370f2a 79 default y
8f9ca475 80 ---help---
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81 This option enables a testcase for the setting rodata read-only
82 as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
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83 If in doubt, say "N"
84
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85config DEBUG_WX
86 bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
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87 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
88 ---help---
89 Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
90
91 This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
92 W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.
93
94 Look for a message in dmesg output like this:
95
96 x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
97
98 or like this, if the check failed:
99
100 x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.
101
102 Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
103 still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
104 themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
105 of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
106
107 There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
108 once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
109
110 If in doubt, say "Y".
111
84e1c6bb 112config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
113 bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
114 depends on MODULES
115 ---help---
116 This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
117 kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
118 of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
119 patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
120 against certain classes of kernel exploits.
121 If in doubt, say "N".
122
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123config DEBUG_NX_TEST
124 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
125 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
8f9ca475 126 ---help---
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127 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
128 and the software setup of this feature.
129 If in doubt, say "N"
130
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131config DOUBLEFAULT
132 default y
6a108a14 133 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
8f9ca475 134 ---help---
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135 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
136 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
137 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
138 hair.
139
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140config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
141 bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
cd69aa6b 142 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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143 ---help---
144
145 X86-only for now.
146
147 This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
148 kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
149 certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
150 tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
151 to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
152 for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
153 invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
154
155 flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
156
157 If in doubt, say "N".
158
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159config IOMMU_DEBUG
160 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
966396d3 161 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
d013a27c 162 depends on X86_64
8f9ca475 163 ---help---
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164 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
165 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
166 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
167 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
168 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
169 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
170 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
171 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
395cf969 172 options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
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173 details.
174
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175config IOMMU_STRESS
176 bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
177 ---help---
178 This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
179 code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
180 will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
181 testing.
182
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183config IOMMU_LEAK
184 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
19c1a6f5 185 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
8f9ca475 186 ---help---
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187 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
188 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
189
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190config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
191 def_bool y
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ca0e9bad 193config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
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194 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
195 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
f8f20234 196 depends on !COMPILE_TEST
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197 ---help---
198 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
199 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
200 decoder code.
201 If unsure, say "N".
202
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203#
204# IO delay types:
205#
206
207config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
208 int
209 default "0"
210
211config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
212 int
213 default "1"
214
215config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
216 int
217 default "2"
218
219config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
220 int
221 default "3"
222
223choice
224 prompt "IO delay type"
fd59e9e9 225 default IO_DELAY_0X80
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227config IO_DELAY_0X80
228 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
8f9ca475 229 ---help---
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230 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
231 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
232
233config IO_DELAY_0XED
234 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 235 ---help---
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236 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
237 often used as a hardware-debug port.
238
239config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
240 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 241 ---help---
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242 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
243 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
244
245config IO_DELAY_NONE
246 bool "no port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 247 ---help---
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248 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
249 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
250
251endchoice
252
253if IO_DELAY_0X80
254config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
255 int
256 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
257endif
258
259if IO_DELAY_0XED
260config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
261 int
262 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
263endif
264
265if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
266config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
267 int
268 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
269endif
270
271if IO_DELAY_NONE
272config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
273 int
274 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
275endif
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277config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
278 bool "Debug boot parameters"
279 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
280 depends on DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 281 ---help---
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282 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
283
0c42f392 284config CPA_DEBUG
971a52d6 285 bool "CPA self-test code"
f316fe68 286 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 287 ---help---
971a52d6 288 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
0c42f392 289
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290config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
291 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
8f9ca475 292 ---help---
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293 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
294 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
295 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
296 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
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297 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
298 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
299 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
300 is there to test gcc for this.
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302 If unsure, say N.
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304config DEBUG_ENTRY
305 bool "Debug low-level entry code"
306 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
307 ---help---
308 This option enables sanity checks in x86's low-level entry code.
309 Some of these sanity checks may slow down kernel entries and
310 exits or otherwise impact performance.
311
312 This is currently used to help test NMI code.
313
314 If unsure, say N.
315
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316config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
317 bool "NMI Selftest"
4f941c57 318 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
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319 ---help---
320 Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify
321 that the NMI behaves correctly.
322
323 This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to
324 function properly.
325
326 If unsure, say N.
327
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328config DEBUG_IMR_SELFTEST
329 bool "Isolated Memory Region self test"
330 default n
331 depends on INTEL_IMR
332 ---help---
333 This option enables automated sanity testing of the IMR code.
334 Some simple tests are run to verify IMR bounds checking, alignment
335 and overlapping. This option is really only useful if you are
336 debugging an IMR memory map or are modifying the IMR code and want to
337 test your changes.
338
339 If unsure say N here.
340
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341config X86_DEBUG_FPU
342 bool "Debug the x86 FPU code"
343 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
344 default y
345 ---help---
346 If this option is enabled then there will be extra sanity
347 checks and (boot time) debug printouts added to the kernel.
348 This debugging adds some small amount of runtime overhead
349 to the kernel.
350
351 If unsure, say N.
352
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353config PUNIT_ATOM_DEBUG
354 tristate "ATOM Punit debug driver"
355 select DEBUG_FS
356 select IOSF_MBI
357 ---help---
358 This is a debug driver, which gets the power states
359 of all Punit North Complex devices. The power states of
360 each device is exposed as part of the debugfs interface.
361 The current power state can be read from
362 /sys/kernel/debug/punit_atom/dev_power_state
363
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