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1menu "Kernel hacking"
2
55f327fa 3config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
d013a27c 4 def_bool y
55f327fa 5
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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"
48 default n
9749986a 49 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
8f9ca475 50 ---help---
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51 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
52
53 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
54 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
55 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
56 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
57 unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
58
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59config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
60 bool "Check for stack overflows"
61 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 62 ---help---
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63 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
64 drops below a certain limit.
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66config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
67 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
68 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 69 ---help---
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70 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
71 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
72
73 This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
74
c49a4955 75config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
76 bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps"
77 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
3e5095d1 78 depends on SMP
c49a4955 79 default n
8f9ca475 80 ---help---
c49a4955 81 Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has
82 been setup. Adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory
83 and decreases performance.
84
85 Say N if unsure.
86
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87config X86_PTDUMP
88 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
fe770bf0 89 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
926e5392 90 select DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 91 ---help---
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92 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
93 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
94 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
95 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
96 kernel.
97 If in doubt, say "N"
98
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99config DEBUG_RODATA
100 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
11201e60 101 default y
63aaf308 102 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 103 ---help---
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104 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
105 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
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106 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
107 If in doubt, say "Y".
63aaf308 108
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109config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
110 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
111 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
72370f2a 112 default y
8f9ca475 113 ---help---
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114 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
115 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
116 If in doubt, say "N"
117
118config DEBUG_NX_TEST
119 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
120 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
8f9ca475 121 ---help---
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122 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
123 and the software setup of this feature.
124 If in doubt, say "N"
125
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126config 4KSTACKS
127 bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
d013a27c 128 depends on X86_32
8f9ca475 129 ---help---
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130 If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
131 kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
132 running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure
133 on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option
134 will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace.
135
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136config DOUBLEFAULT
137 default y
138 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
d013a27c 139 depends on X86_32
8f9ca475 140 ---help---
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141 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
142 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
143 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
144 hair.
145
146config IOMMU_DEBUG
147 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
966396d3 148 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
d013a27c 149 depends on X86_64
8f9ca475 150 ---help---
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151 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
152 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
153 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
154 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
155 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
156 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
157 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
158 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
159 options. See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
160 details.
161
162config IOMMU_LEAK
163 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
164 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
165 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG
8f9ca475 166 ---help---
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167 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
168 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
169
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170config X86_DS_SELFTEST
171 bool "DS selftest"
172 default y
173 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
174 depends on X86_DS
175 ---help---
176 Perform Debug Store selftests at boot time.
177 If in doubt, say "N".
178
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179config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
180 def_bool y
8b7d89d0 181
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182#
183# IO delay types:
184#
185
186config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
187 int
188 default "0"
189
190config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
191 int
192 default "1"
193
194config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
195 int
196 default "2"
197
198config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
199 int
200 default "3"
201
202choice
203 prompt "IO delay type"
fd59e9e9 204 default IO_DELAY_0X80
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206config IO_DELAY_0X80
207 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
8f9ca475 208 ---help---
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209 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
210 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
211
212config IO_DELAY_0XED
213 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 214 ---help---
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215 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
216 often used as a hardware-debug port.
217
218config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
219 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 220 ---help---
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221 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
222 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
223
224config IO_DELAY_NONE
225 bool "no port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 226 ---help---
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227 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
228 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
229
230endchoice
231
232if IO_DELAY_0X80
233config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
234 int
235 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
236endif
237
238if IO_DELAY_0XED
239config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
240 int
241 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
242endif
243
244if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
245config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
246 int
247 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
248endif
249
250if IO_DELAY_NONE
251config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
252 int
253 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
254endif
b02aae9c 255
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256config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
257 bool "Debug boot parameters"
258 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
259 depends on DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 260 ---help---
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261 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
262
0c42f392 263config CPA_DEBUG
971a52d6 264 bool "CPA self-test code"
f316fe68 265 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 266 ---help---
971a52d6 267 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
0c42f392 268
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269config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
270 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
8f9ca475 271 ---help---
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272 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
273 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
274 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
275 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
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276 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
277 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
278 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
279 is there to test gcc for this.
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281 If unsure, say N.
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