Kconfig: consolidate the "Kernel hacking" menu
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b2441318 1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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55f327fa 3config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
d013a27c 4 def_bool y
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6config EARLY_PRINTK_USB
7 bool
8
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9config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
10 bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
11 default y
8f9ca475 12 ---help---
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13 Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
14 (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
15 see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
16
1da177e4 17config EARLY_PRINTK
6a108a14 18 bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
1da177e4 19 default y
8f9ca475 20 ---help---
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21 Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
22 port.
23
24 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
25 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
26 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
aeb9dd1d 27 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally say N here,
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28 unless you want to debug such a crash.
29
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30config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
31 bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
9749986a 32 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
aeb9dd1d 33 select EARLY_PRINTK_USB
8f9ca475 34 ---help---
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35 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
36
37 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
38 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
39 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
aeb9dd1d 40 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally say N here,
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41 unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
42
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43config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
44 bool "Early printk via the EFI framebuffer"
45 depends on EFI && EARLY_PRINTK
46 select FONT_SUPPORT
47 ---help---
48 Write kernel log output directly into the EFI framebuffer.
49
50 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
51 early before the console code is initialized.
52
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53config EARLY_PRINTK_USB_XDBC
54 bool "Early printk via the xHCI debug port"
55 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
56 select EARLY_PRINTK_USB
57 ---help---
58 Write kernel log output directly into the xHCI debug port.
59
60 One use for this feature is kernel debugging, for example when your
61 machine crashes very early before the regular console code is
62 initialized. Other uses include simpler, lockless logging instead of
63 a full-blown printk console driver + klogd.
64
65 For normal production environments this is normally not recommended,
66 because it doesn't feed events into klogd/syslogd and doesn't try to
67 print anything on the screen.
68
69 You should normally say N here, unless you want to debug early
70 crashes or need a very simple printk logging facility.
71
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72config MCSAFE_TEST
73 def_bool n
74
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75config X86_PTDUMP_CORE
76 def_bool n
77
926e5392 78config X86_PTDUMP
8609d1b5 79 tristate "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
fe770bf0 80 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
926e5392 81 select DEBUG_FS
e1a58320 82 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
8f9ca475 83 ---help---
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84 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
85 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
86 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
87 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
88 kernel.
89 If in doubt, say "N"
90
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91config EFI_PGT_DUMP
92 bool "Dump the EFI pagetable"
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93 depends on EFI
94 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
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95 ---help---
96 Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before
97 enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous
98 issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that
99 table.
100
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101config DEBUG_WX
102 bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
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103 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
104 ---help---
105 Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
106
107 This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
108 W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.
109
110 Look for a message in dmesg output like this:
111
112 x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
113
114 or like this, if the check failed:
115
116 x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.
117
118 Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
119 still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
120 themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
121 of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
122
123 There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
124 once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
125
126 If in doubt, say "Y".
127
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128config DOUBLEFAULT
129 default y
6a108a14 130 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
8f9ca475 131 ---help---
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132 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
133 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
134 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
135 hair.
136
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137config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
138 bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
cd69aa6b 139 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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140 ---help---
141
142 X86-only for now.
143
144 This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
145 kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
146 certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
147 tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
148 to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
149 for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
150 invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
151
152 flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
153
154 If in doubt, say "N".
155
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156config IOMMU_DEBUG
157 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
966396d3 158 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
d013a27c 159 depends on X86_64
8f9ca475 160 ---help---
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161 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
162 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
163 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
164 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
165 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
166 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
167 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
168 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
395cf969 169 options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
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170 details.
171
172config IOMMU_LEAK
173 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
19c1a6f5 174 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
8f9ca475 175 ---help---
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176 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
177 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
178
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179config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
180 def_bool y
8b7d89d0 181
ca0e9bad 182config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
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183 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
184 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
f8f20234 185 depends on !COMPILE_TEST
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186 ---help---
187 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
188 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
189 decoder code.
190 If unsure, say "N".
191
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192#
193# IO delay types:
194#
195
196config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
197 int
198 default "0"
199
200config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
201 int
202 default "1"
203
204config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
205 int
206 default "2"
207
208config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
209 int
210 default "3"
211
212choice
213 prompt "IO delay type"
fd59e9e9 214 default IO_DELAY_0X80
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216config IO_DELAY_0X80
217 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
8f9ca475 218 ---help---
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219 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
220 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
221
222config IO_DELAY_0XED
223 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 224 ---help---
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225 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
226 often used as a hardware-debug port.
227
228config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
229 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 230 ---help---
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231 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
232 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
233
234config IO_DELAY_NONE
235 bool "no port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 236 ---help---
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237 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
238 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
239
240endchoice
241
242if IO_DELAY_0X80
243config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
244 int
245 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
246endif
247
248if IO_DELAY_0XED
249config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
250 int
251 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
252endif
253
254if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
255config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
256 int
257 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
258endif
259
260if IO_DELAY_NONE
261config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
262 int
263 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
264endif
b02aae9c 265
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266config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
267 bool "Debug boot parameters"
268 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
269 depends on DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 270 ---help---
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271 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
272
0c42f392 273config CPA_DEBUG
971a52d6 274 bool "CPA self-test code"
f316fe68 275 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 276 ---help---
971a52d6 277 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
0c42f392 278
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279config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
280 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
8f9ca475 281 ---help---
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282 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
283 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
284 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
285 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
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286 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
287 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
288 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
289 is there to test gcc for this.
c9af1e33 290
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291 If unsure, say N.
292
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293config DEBUG_ENTRY
294 bool "Debug low-level entry code"
295 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
296 ---help---
297 This option enables sanity checks in x86's low-level entry code.
298 Some of these sanity checks may slow down kernel entries and
299 exits or otherwise impact performance.
300
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301 If unsure, say N.
302
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303config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
304 bool "NMI Selftest"
4f941c57 305 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
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306 ---help---
307 Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify
308 that the NMI behaves correctly.
309
310 This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to
311 function properly.
312
313 If unsure, say N.
314
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315config DEBUG_IMR_SELFTEST
316 bool "Isolated Memory Region self test"
317 default n
318 depends on INTEL_IMR
319 ---help---
320 This option enables automated sanity testing of the IMR code.
321 Some simple tests are run to verify IMR bounds checking, alignment
322 and overlapping. This option is really only useful if you are
323 debugging an IMR memory map or are modifying the IMR code and want to
324 test your changes.
325
326 If unsure say N here.
327
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328config X86_DEBUG_FPU
329 bool "Debug the x86 FPU code"
330 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
331 default y
332 ---help---
333 If this option is enabled then there will be extra sanity
334 checks and (boot time) debug printouts added to the kernel.
335 This debugging adds some small amount of runtime overhead
336 to the kernel.
337
338 If unsure, say N.
339
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340config PUNIT_ATOM_DEBUG
341 tristate "ATOM Punit debug driver"
d689c64d 342 depends on PCI
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343 select DEBUG_FS
344 select IOSF_MBI
345 ---help---
346 This is a debug driver, which gets the power states
347 of all Punit North Complex devices. The power states of
348 each device is exposed as part of the debugfs interface.
349 The current power state can be read from
350 /sys/kernel/debug/punit_atom/dev_power_state
351
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352choice
353 prompt "Choose kernel unwinder"
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354 default UNWINDER_ORC if X86_64
355 default UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER if X86_32
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356 ---help---
357 This determines which method will be used for unwinding kernel stack
358 traces for panics, oopses, bugs, warnings, perf, /proc/<pid>/stack,
359 livepatch, lockdep, and more.
360
11af8474 361config UNWINDER_ORC
ee9f8fce 362 bool "ORC unwinder"
81d38719 363 depends on X86_64
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364 select STACK_VALIDATION
365 ---help---
366 This option enables the ORC (Oops Rewind Capability) unwinder for
367 unwinding kernel stack traces. It uses a custom data format which is
368 a simplified version of the DWARF Call Frame Information standard.
369
370 This unwinder is more accurate across interrupt entry frames than the
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371 frame pointer unwinder. It also enables a 5-10% performance
372 improvement across the entire kernel compared to frame pointers.
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373
374 Enabling this option will increase the kernel's runtime memory usage
375 by roughly 2-4MB, depending on your kernel config.
376
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377config UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER
378 bool "Frame pointer unwinder"
379 select FRAME_POINTER
380 ---help---
381 This option enables the frame pointer unwinder for unwinding kernel
382 stack traces.
383
384 The unwinder itself is fast and it uses less RAM than the ORC
385 unwinder, but the kernel text size will grow by ~3% and the kernel's
386 overall performance will degrade by roughly 5-10%.
387
388 This option is recommended if you want to use the livepatch
389 consistency model, as this is currently the only way to get a
390 reliable stack trace (CONFIG_HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE).
391
11af8474 392config UNWINDER_GUESS
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393 bool "Guess unwinder"
394 depends on EXPERT
0a373d4f 395 depends on !STACKDEPOT
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396 ---help---
397 This option enables the "guess" unwinder for unwinding kernel stack
398 traces. It scans the stack and reports every kernel text address it
399 finds. Some of the addresses it reports may be incorrect.
400
401 While this option often produces false positives, it can still be
402 useful in many cases. Unlike the other unwinders, it has no runtime
403 overhead.
404
405endchoice
406
407config FRAME_POINTER
11af8474 408 depends on !UNWINDER_ORC && !UNWINDER_GUESS
81d38719 409 bool