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1 | menu "Kernel hacking" |
2 | ||
55f327fa | 3 | config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT |
d013a27c | 4 | def_bool y |
55f327fa | 5 | |
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6 | source "lib/Kconfig.debug" |
7 | ||
d092633b | 8 | config 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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17 | |
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. | |
ae531c26 | 24 | |
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25 | config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP |
26 | bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages" | |
27 | default y | |
8f9ca475 | 28 | ---help--- |
6bcb13b3 BC |
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 | 33 | config EARLY_PRINTK |
6a108a14 | 34 | bool "Early printk" if EXPERT |
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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46 | config EARLY_PRINTK_INTEL_MID |
47 | bool "Early printk for Intel MID platform support" | |
48 | depends on EARLY_PRINTK && X86_INTEL_MID | |
c20b5c33 | 49 | |
5c05917e YL |
50 | config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP |
51 | bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port" | |
9749986a | 52 | depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI |
8f9ca475 | 53 | ---help--- |
5c05917e YL |
54 | Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port. |
55 | ||
56 | This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very | |
57 | early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation | |
58 | it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate | |
59 | with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here, | |
60 | unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device. | |
61 | ||
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62 | config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW |
63 | bool "Check for stack overflows" | |
64 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
8f9ca475 | 65 | ---help--- |
37fe6a42 MH |
66 | Say Y here if you want to check the overflows of kernel, IRQ |
67 | and exception stacks. This option will cause messages of the | |
68 | stacks in detail when free stack space drops below a certain | |
69 | limit. | |
70 | If in doubt, say "N". | |
1da177e4 | 71 | |
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72 | config X86_PTDUMP |
73 | bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs" | |
fe770bf0 | 74 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
926e5392 | 75 | select DEBUG_FS |
8f9ca475 | 76 | ---help--- |
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77 | Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a |
78 | debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers | |
79 | who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel. | |
80 | It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production | |
81 | kernel. | |
82 | If in doubt, say "N" | |
83 | ||
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84 | config DEBUG_RODATA |
85 | bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures" | |
11201e60 | 86 | default y |
63aaf308 | 87 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
8f9ca475 | 88 | ---help--- |
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89 | Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables, |
90 | in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const | |
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91 | data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner. |
92 | If in doubt, say "Y". | |
63aaf308 | 93 | |
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94 | config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST |
95 | bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature" | |
96 | depends on DEBUG_RODATA | |
72370f2a | 97 | default y |
8f9ca475 | 98 | ---help--- |
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99 | This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA |
100 | feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure. | |
101 | If in doubt, say "N" | |
102 | ||
84e1c6bb | 103 | config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX |
104 | bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO" | |
105 | depends on MODULES | |
106 | ---help--- | |
107 | This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable | |
108 | kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution | |
109 | of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code | |
110 | patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect | |
111 | against certain classes of kernel exploits. | |
112 | If in doubt, say "N". | |
113 | ||
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114 | config DEBUG_NX_TEST |
115 | tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature" | |
116 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m | |
8f9ca475 | 117 | ---help--- |
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118 | This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability |
119 | and the software setup of this feature. | |
120 | If in doubt, say "N" | |
121 | ||
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122 | config DOUBLEFAULT |
123 | default y | |
6a108a14 | 124 | bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT |
d013a27c | 125 | depends on X86_32 |
8f9ca475 | 126 | ---help--- |
d013a27c RD |
127 | This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that |
128 | would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this | |
129 | option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey | |
130 | hair. | |
131 | ||
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132 | config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH |
133 | bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one" | |
134 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && (X86_64 || X86_INVLPG) | |
135 | ---help--- | |
136 | ||
137 | X86-only for now. | |
138 | ||
139 | This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the | |
140 | kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In | |
141 | certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the | |
142 | tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it | |
143 | to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise, | |
144 | for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry | |
145 | invalidating instructions according to the following formula: | |
146 | ||
147 | flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift | |
148 | ||
149 | If in doubt, say "N". | |
150 | ||
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151 | config IOMMU_DEBUG |
152 | bool "Enable IOMMU debugging" | |
966396d3 | 153 | depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL |
d013a27c | 154 | depends on X86_64 |
8f9ca475 | 155 | ---help--- |
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156 | Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of |
157 | memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And | |
158 | allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot | |
159 | time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather | |
160 | list merging. Currently not recommended for production | |
161 | code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough | |
162 | IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can | |
163 | be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line | |
395cf969 | 164 | options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more |
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165 | details. |
166 | ||
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167 | config IOMMU_STRESS |
168 | bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode" | |
169 | ---help--- | |
170 | This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related | |
171 | code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option | |
172 | will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for | |
173 | testing. | |
174 | ||
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175 | config IOMMU_LEAK |
176 | bool "IOMMU leak tracing" | |
19c1a6f5 | 177 | depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG |
8f9ca475 | 178 | ---help--- |
d013a27c RD |
179 | Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you |
180 | are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings. | |
181 | ||
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182 | config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT |
183 | def_bool y | |
8b7d89d0 | 184 | |
ca0e9bad | 185 | config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST |
cbe5c34c OH |
186 | bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest" |
187 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES | |
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188 | ---help--- |
189 | Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time. | |
190 | This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction | |
191 | decoder code. | |
192 | If unsure, say "N". | |
193 | ||
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194 | # |
195 | # IO delay types: | |
196 | # | |
197 | ||
198 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80 | |
199 | int | |
200 | default "0" | |
201 | ||
202 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED | |
203 | int | |
204 | default "1" | |
205 | ||
206 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY | |
207 | int | |
208 | default "2" | |
209 | ||
210 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE | |
211 | int | |
212 | default "3" | |
213 | ||
214 | choice | |
215 | prompt "IO delay type" | |
fd59e9e9 | 216 | default IO_DELAY_0X80 |
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217 | |
218 | config IO_DELAY_0X80 | |
219 | bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]" | |
8f9ca475 | 220 | ---help--- |
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221 | This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p. |
222 | It is the most tested hence safest selection here. | |
223 | ||
224 | config IO_DELAY_0XED | |
225 | bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay" | |
8f9ca475 | 226 | ---help--- |
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227 | Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is |
228 | often used as a hardware-debug port. | |
229 | ||
230 | config IO_DELAY_UDELAY | |
231 | bool "udelay based port-IO delay" | |
8f9ca475 | 232 | ---help--- |
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233 | Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay |
234 | while not having any side-effect on the IO port space. | |
235 | ||
236 | config IO_DELAY_NONE | |
237 | bool "no port-IO delay" | |
8f9ca475 | 238 | ---help--- |
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239 | No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO |
240 | delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines. | |
241 | ||
242 | endchoice | |
243 | ||
244 | if IO_DELAY_0X80 | |
245 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | |
246 | int | |
247 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80 | |
248 | endif | |
249 | ||
250 | if IO_DELAY_0XED | |
251 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | |
252 | int | |
253 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED | |
254 | endif | |
255 | ||
256 | if IO_DELAY_UDELAY | |
257 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | |
258 | int | |
259 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY | |
260 | endif | |
261 | ||
262 | if IO_DELAY_NONE | |
263 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | |
264 | int | |
265 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE | |
266 | endif | |
b02aae9c | 267 | |
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268 | config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS |
269 | bool "Debug boot parameters" | |
270 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
271 | depends on DEBUG_FS | |
8f9ca475 | 272 | ---help--- |
6d7d7433 HY |
273 | This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs. |
274 | ||
0c42f392 | 275 | config CPA_DEBUG |
971a52d6 | 276 | bool "CPA self-test code" |
f316fe68 | 277 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
8f9ca475 | 278 | ---help--- |
971a52d6 | 279 | Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds. |
0c42f392 | 280 | |
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281 | config OPTIMIZE_INLINING |
282 | bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'" | |
8f9ca475 | 283 | ---help--- |
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284 | This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions |
285 | developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to | |
286 | do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of | |
287 | compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and | |
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288 | enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully |
289 | this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the | |
290 | decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option | |
291 | is there to test gcc for this. | |
c9af1e33 | 292 | |
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293 | If unsure, say N. |
294 | ||
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295 | config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS |
296 | bool "Strict copy size checks" | |
ad8f4356 | 297 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
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298 | ---help--- |
299 | Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user | |
300 | copy operations into compile time failures. | |
301 | ||
302 | The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there | |
303 | are sufficient security checks on the length argument of | |
304 | the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is | |
305 | within bounds. | |
306 | ||
307 | If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N. | |
308 | ||
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309 | config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST |
310 | bool "NMI Selftest" | |
4f941c57 | 311 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC |
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312 | ---help--- |
313 | Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify | |
314 | that the NMI behaves correctly. | |
315 | ||
316 | This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to | |
317 | function properly. | |
318 | ||
319 | If unsure, say N. | |
320 | ||
c9af1e33 | 321 | endmenu |