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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
d092633b 8config STRICT_DEVMEM
16104b55 9 bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
8f9ca475 10 ---help---
f2d0f1de 11 If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
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12 of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
13 access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
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14 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.
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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.
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25config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
26 bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
27 default y
8f9ca475 28 ---help---
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29 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.
32
1da177e4 33config EARLY_PRINTK
076f9776 34 bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
1da177e4 35 default y
8f9ca475 36 ---help---
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37 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
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46config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
47 bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
9749986a 48 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
8f9ca475 49 ---help---
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50 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
51
52 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
53 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
54 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
55 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
56 unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
57
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58config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
59 bool "Check for stack overflows"
60 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 61 ---help---
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62 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
63 drops below a certain limit.
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65config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
66 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
67 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 68 ---help---
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69 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
70 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
71
72 This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
73
c49a4955 74config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
75 bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps"
76 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
3e5095d1 77 depends on SMP
8f9ca475 78 ---help---
c49a4955 79 Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has
80 been setup. Adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory
81 and decreases performance.
82
83 Say N if unsure.
84
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85config X86_PTDUMP
86 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
fe770bf0 87 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
926e5392 88 select DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 89 ---help---
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90 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
91 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
92 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
93 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
94 kernel.
95 If in doubt, say "N"
96
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97config DEBUG_RODATA
98 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
11201e60 99 default y
63aaf308 100 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 101 ---help---
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102 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
103 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
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104 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
105 If in doubt, say "Y".
63aaf308 106
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107config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
108 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
109 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
72370f2a 110 default y
8f9ca475 111 ---help---
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112 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
113 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
114 If in doubt, say "N"
115
116config DEBUG_NX_TEST
117 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
118 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
8f9ca475 119 ---help---
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120 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
121 and the software setup of this feature.
122 If in doubt, say "N"
123
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124config 4KSTACKS
125 bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
d013a27c 126 depends on X86_32
8f9ca475 127 ---help---
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128 If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
129 kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
130 running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure
131 on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option
132 will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace.
133
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134config DOUBLEFAULT
135 default y
136 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
d013a27c 137 depends on X86_32
8f9ca475 138 ---help---
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139 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
140 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
141 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
142 hair.
143
144config IOMMU_DEBUG
145 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
966396d3 146 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
d013a27c 147 depends on X86_64
8f9ca475 148 ---help---
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149 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
150 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
151 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
152 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
153 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
154 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
155 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
156 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
157 options. See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
158 details.
159
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160config IOMMU_STRESS
161 bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
162 ---help---
163 This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
164 code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
165 will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
166 testing.
167
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168config IOMMU_LEAK
169 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
19c1a6f5 170 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
8f9ca475 171 ---help---
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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
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175config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
176 def_bool y
8b7d89d0 177
ca0e9bad 178config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
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179 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
180 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
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181 ---help---
182 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
183 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
184 decoder code.
185 If unsure, say "N".
186
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188# IO delay types:
189#
190
191config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
192 int
193 default "0"
194
195config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
196 int
197 default "1"
198
199config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
200 int
201 default "2"
202
203config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
204 int
205 default "3"
206
207choice
208 prompt "IO delay type"
fd59e9e9 209 default IO_DELAY_0X80
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211config IO_DELAY_0X80
212 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
8f9ca475 213 ---help---
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214 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
215 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
216
217config IO_DELAY_0XED
218 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 219 ---help---
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220 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
221 often used as a hardware-debug port.
222
223config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
224 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 225 ---help---
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226 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
227 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
228
229config IO_DELAY_NONE
230 bool "no port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 231 ---help---
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232 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
233 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
234
235endchoice
236
237if IO_DELAY_0X80
238config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
239 int
240 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
241endif
242
243if IO_DELAY_0XED
244config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
245 int
246 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
247endif
248
249if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
250config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
251 int
252 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
253endif
254
255if IO_DELAY_NONE
256config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
257 int
258 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
259endif
b02aae9c 260
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261config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
262 bool "Debug boot parameters"
263 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
264 depends on DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 265 ---help---
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266 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
267
0c42f392 268config CPA_DEBUG
971a52d6 269 bool "CPA self-test code"
f316fe68 270 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 271 ---help---
971a52d6 272 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
0c42f392 273
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274config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
275 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
8f9ca475 276 ---help---
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277 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
278 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
279 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
280 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
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281 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
282 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
283 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
284 is there to test gcc for this.
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286 If unsure, say N.
287
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288config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
289 bool "Strict copy size checks"
ad8f4356 290 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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291 ---help---
292 Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user
293 copy operations into compile time failures.
294
295 The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there
296 are sufficient security checks on the length argument of
297 the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is
298 within bounds.
299
300 If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N.
301
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