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1config ARCH
2 string
3 option env="ARCH"
4
5config KERNELVERSION
6 string
7 option env="KERNELVERSION"
8
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9config DEFCONFIG_LIST
10 string
b2670eac 11 depends on !UML
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12 option defconfig_list
13 default "/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config"
14 default "/etc/kernel-config"
15 default "/boot/config-$UNAME_RELEASE"
73531905 16 default "$ARCH_DEFCONFIG"
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17 default "arch/$ARCH/defconfig"
18
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19config CONSTRUCTORS
20 bool
21 depends on !UML
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23config IRQ_WORK
24 bool
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26config BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
27 bool
28
ff0cfc66 29menu "General setup"
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31config BROKEN
32 bool
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33
34config BROKEN_ON_SMP
35 bool
36 depends on BROKEN || !SMP
37 default y
38
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39config INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT
40 int
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41 default 32 if !UML
42 default 128 if UML
1da177e4 43 help
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44 Maximum of each of the number of arguments and environment
45 variables passed to init from the kernel command line.
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48config CROSS_COMPILE
49 string "Cross-compiler tool prefix"
50 help
51 Same as running 'make CROSS_COMPILE=prefix-' but stored for
52 default make runs in this kernel build directory. You don't
53 need to set this unless you want the configured kernel build
54 directory to select the cross-compiler automatically.
55
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56config COMPILE_TEST
57 bool "Compile also drivers which will not load"
58 default n
59 help
60 Some drivers can be compiled on a different platform than they are
61 intended to be run on. Despite they cannot be loaded there (or even
62 when they load they cannot be used due to missing HW support),
63 developers still, opposing to distributors, might want to build such
64 drivers to compile-test them.
65
66 If you are a developer and want to build everything available, say Y
67 here. If you are a user/distributor, say N here to exclude useless
68 drivers to be distributed.
69
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70config LOCALVERSION
71 string "Local version - append to kernel release"
72 help
73 Append an extra string to the end of your kernel version.
74 This will show up when you type uname, for example.
75 The string you set here will be appended after the contents of
76 any files with a filename matching localversion* in your
77 object and source tree, in that order. Your total string can
78 be a maximum of 64 characters.
79
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80config LOCALVERSION_AUTO
81 bool "Automatically append version information to the version string"
82 default y
83 help
84 This will try to automatically determine if the current tree is a
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85 release tree by looking for git tags that belong to the current
86 top of tree revision.
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88 A string of the format -gxxxxxxxx will be added to the localversion
6e5a5420 89 if a git-based tree is found. The string generated by this will be
aaebf433 90 appended after any matching localversion* files, and after the value
6e5a5420 91 set in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION.
aaebf433 92
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93 (The actual string used here is the first eight characters produced
94 by running the command:
95
96 $ git rev-parse --verify HEAD
97
98 which is done within the script "scripts/setlocalversion".)
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100config HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
101 bool
102
103config HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
104 bool
105
106config HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
107 bool
108
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109config HAVE_KERNEL_XZ
110 bool
111
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112config HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
113 bool
114
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115config HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4
116 bool
117
30d65dbf 118choice
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119 prompt "Kernel compression mode"
120 default KERNEL_GZIP
2d3c6275 121 depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP || HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 || HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA || HAVE_KERNEL_XZ || HAVE_KERNEL_LZO || HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4
2e9f3bdd 122 help
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123 The linux kernel is a kind of self-extracting executable.
124 Several compression algorithms are available, which differ
125 in efficiency, compression and decompression speed.
126 Compression speed is only relevant when building a kernel.
127 Decompression speed is relevant at each boot.
128
129 If you have any problems with bzip2 or lzma compressed
130 kernels, mail me (Alain Knaff) <alain@knaff.lu>. (An older
131 version of this functionality (bzip2 only), for 2.4, was
132 supplied by Christian Ludwig)
133
134 High compression options are mostly useful for users, who
135 are low on disk space (embedded systems), but for whom ram
136 size matters less.
137
138 If in doubt, select 'gzip'
139
140config KERNEL_GZIP
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141 bool "Gzip"
142 depends on HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
143 help
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144 The old and tried gzip compression. It provides a good balance
145 between compression ratio and decompression speed.
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146
147config KERNEL_BZIP2
148 bool "Bzip2"
2e9f3bdd 149 depends on HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
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150 help
151 Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate.
0a4dd35c 152 Decompression speed is slowest among the choices. The kernel
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153 size is about 10% smaller with bzip2, in comparison to gzip.
154 Bzip2 uses a large amount of memory. For modern kernels you
155 will need at least 8MB RAM or more for booting.
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157config KERNEL_LZMA
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158 bool "LZMA"
159 depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
160 help
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161 This compression algorithm's ratio is best. Decompression speed
162 is between gzip and bzip2. Compression is slowest.
163 The kernel size is about 33% smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip.
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165config KERNEL_XZ
166 bool "XZ"
167 depends on HAVE_KERNEL_XZ
168 help
169 XZ uses the LZMA2 algorithm and instruction set specific
170 BCJ filters which can improve compression ratio of executable
171 code. The size of the kernel is about 30% smaller with XZ in
172 comparison to gzip. On architectures for which there is a BCJ
173 filter (i386, x86_64, ARM, IA-64, PowerPC, and SPARC), XZ
174 will create a few percent smaller kernel than plain LZMA.
175
176 The speed is about the same as with LZMA: The decompression
177 speed of XZ is better than that of bzip2 but worse than gzip
178 and LZO. Compression is slow.
179
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180config KERNEL_LZO
181 bool "LZO"
182 depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
183 help
0a4dd35c 184 Its compression ratio is the poorest among the choices. The kernel
681b3049 185 size is about 10% bigger than gzip; however its speed
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186 (both compression and decompression) is the fastest.
187
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188config KERNEL_LZ4
189 bool "LZ4"
190 depends on HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4
191 help
192 LZ4 is an LZ77-type compressor with a fixed, byte-oriented encoding.
193 A preliminary version of LZ4 de/compression tool is available at
194 <https://code.google.com/p/lz4/>.
195
196 Its compression ratio is worse than LZO. The size of the kernel
197 is about 8% bigger than LZO. But the decompression speed is
198 faster than LZO.
199
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200endchoice
201
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202config DEFAULT_HOSTNAME
203 string "Default hostname"
204 default "(none)"
205 help
206 This option determines the default system hostname before userspace
207 calls sethostname(2). The kernel traditionally uses "(none)" here,
208 but you may wish to use a different default here to make a minimal
209 system more usable with less configuration.
210
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211config SWAP
212 bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)"
9361401e 213 depends on MMU && BLOCK
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214 default y
215 help
216 This option allows you to choose whether you want to have support
92c3504e 217 for so called swap devices or swap files in your kernel that are
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218 used to provide more virtual memory than the actual RAM present
219 in your computer. If unsure say Y.
220
221config SYSVIPC
222 bool "System V IPC"
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223 ---help---
224 Inter Process Communication is a suite of library functions and
225 system calls which let processes (running programs) synchronize and
226 exchange information. It is generally considered to be a good thing,
227 and some programs won't run unless you say Y here. In particular, if
228 you want to run the DOS emulator dosemu under Linux (read the
229 DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>),
230 you'll need to say Y here.
231
232 You can find documentation about IPC with "info ipc" and also in
233 section 6.4 of the Linux Programmer's Guide, available from
234 <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
235
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236config SYSVIPC_SYSCTL
237 bool
238 depends on SYSVIPC
239 depends on SYSCTL
240 default y
241
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242config POSIX_MQUEUE
243 bool "POSIX Message Queues"
19c92399 244 depends on NET
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245 ---help---
246 POSIX variant of message queues is a part of IPC. In POSIX message
247 queues every message has a priority which decides about succession
248 of receiving it by a process. If you want to compile and run
249 programs written e.g. for Solaris with use of its POSIX message
b0e37650 250 queues (functions mq_*) say Y here.
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251
252 POSIX message queues are visible as a filesystem called 'mqueue'
253 and can be mounted somewhere if you want to do filesystem
254 operations on message queues.
255
256 If unsure, say Y.
257
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258config POSIX_MQUEUE_SYSCTL
259 bool
260 depends on POSIX_MQUEUE
261 depends on SYSCTL
262 default y
263
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264config CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH
265 bool "Enable process_vm_readv/writev syscalls"
266 depends on MMU
267 default y
268 help
269 Enabling this option adds the system calls process_vm_readv and
270 process_vm_writev which allow a process with the correct privileges
a2a368d9 271 to directly read from or write to another process' address space.
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272 See the man page for more details.
273
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274config FHANDLE
275 bool "open by fhandle syscalls"
276 select EXPORTFS
277 help
278 If you say Y here, a user level program will be able to map
279 file names to handle and then later use the handle for
280 different file system operations. This is useful in implementing
281 userspace file servers, which now track files using handles instead
282 of names. The handle would remain the same even if file names
283 get renamed. Enables open_by_handle_at(2) and name_to_handle_at(2)
284 syscalls.
285
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286config USELIB
287 bool "uselib syscall"
288 default y
289 help
290 This option enables the uselib syscall, a system call used in the
291 dynamic linker from libc5 and earlier. glibc does not use this
292 system call. If you intend to run programs built on libc5 or
293 earlier, you may need to enable this syscall. Current systems
294 running glibc can safely disable this.
295
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296config AUDIT
297 bool "Auditing support"
298 depends on NET
299 help
300 Enable auditing infrastructure that can be used with another
301 kernel subsystem, such as SELinux (which requires this for
302 logging of avc messages output). Does not do system-call
303 auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL.
304
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305config HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
306 bool
307
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308config AUDITSYSCALL
309 bool "Enable system-call auditing support"
7a017721 310 depends on AUDIT && HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
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311 default y if SECURITY_SELINUX
312 help
313 Enable low-overhead system-call auditing infrastructure that
314 can be used independently or with another kernel subsystem,
315 such as SELinux.
316
317config AUDIT_WATCH
318 def_bool y
319 depends on AUDITSYSCALL
320 select FSNOTIFY
321
322config AUDIT_TREE
323 def_bool y
324 depends on AUDITSYSCALL
325 select FSNOTIFY
326
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327source "kernel/irq/Kconfig"
328source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
329
330menu "CPU/Task time and stats accounting"
331
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332config VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
333 bool
334
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335choice
336 prompt "Cputime accounting"
337 default TICK_CPU_ACCOUNTING if !PPC64
02fc8d37 338 default VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE if PPC64
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340# Kind of a stub config for the pure tick based cputime accounting
341config TICK_CPU_ACCOUNTING
342 bool "Simple tick based cputime accounting"
c58b0df1 343 depends on !S390 && !NO_HZ_FULL
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344 help
345 This is the basic tick based cputime accounting that maintains
346 statistics about user, system and idle time spent on per jiffies
347 granularity.
348
349 If unsure, say Y.
350
abf917cd 351config VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE
b952741c 352 bool "Deterministic task and CPU time accounting"
c58b0df1 353 depends on HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING && !NO_HZ_FULL
abf917cd 354 select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
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355 help
356 Select this option to enable more accurate task and CPU time
357 accounting. This is done by reading a CPU counter on each
358 kernel entry and exit and on transitions within the kernel
359 between system, softirq and hardirq state, so there is a
360 small performance impact. In the case of s390 or IBM POWER > 5,
361 this also enables accounting of stolen time on logically-partitioned
362 systems.
363
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364config VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
365 bool "Full dynticks CPU time accounting"
ff3fb254 366 depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
554b0004 367 depends on HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
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368 select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
369 select CONTEXT_TRACKING
370 help
371 Select this option to enable task and CPU time accounting on full
372 dynticks systems. This accounting is implemented by watching every
373 kernel-user boundaries using the context tracking subsystem.
374 The accounting is thus performed at the expense of some significant
375 overhead.
376
377 For now this is only useful if you are working on the full
378 dynticks subsystem development.
379
380 If unsure, say N.
381
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382config IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
383 bool "Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting"
c58b0df1 384 depends on HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING && !NO_HZ_FULL
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385 help
386 Select this option to enable fine granularity task irq time
387 accounting. This is done by reading a timestamp on each
388 transitions between softirq and hardirq state, so there can be a
389 small performance impact.
390
391 If in doubt, say N here.
392
393endchoice
394
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395config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT
396 bool "BSD Process Accounting"
2813893f 397 depends on MULTIUSER
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398 help
399 If you say Y here, a user level program will be able to instruct the
400 kernel (via a special system call) to write process accounting
401 information to a file: whenever a process exits, information about
402 that process will be appended to the file by the kernel. The
403 information includes things such as creation time, owning user,
404 command name, memory usage, controlling terminal etc. (the complete
405 list is in the struct acct in <file:include/linux/acct.h>). It is
406 up to the user level program to do useful things with this
407 information. This is generally a good idea, so say Y.
408
409config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3
410 bool "BSD Process Accounting version 3 file format"
411 depends on BSD_PROCESS_ACCT
412 default n
413 help
414 If you say Y here, the process accounting information is written
415 in a new file format that also logs the process IDs of each
416 process and it's parent. Note that this file format is incompatible
417 with previous v0/v1/v2 file formats, so you will need updated tools
418 for processing it. A preliminary version of these tools is available
37a4c940 419 at <http://www.gnu.org/software/acct/>.
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c757249a 421config TASKSTATS
19c92399 422 bool "Export task/process statistics through netlink"
c757249a 423 depends on NET
2813893f 424 depends on MULTIUSER
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425 default n
426 help
427 Export selected statistics for tasks/processes through the
428 generic netlink interface. Unlike BSD process accounting, the
429 statistics are available during the lifetime of tasks/processes as
430 responses to commands. Like BSD accounting, they are sent to user
431 space on task exit.
432
433 Say N if unsure.
434
ca74e92b 435config TASK_DELAY_ACCT
19c92399 436 bool "Enable per-task delay accounting"
6f44993f 437 depends on TASKSTATS
f6db8347 438 select SCHED_INFO
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439 help
440 Collect information on time spent by a task waiting for system
441 resources like cpu, synchronous block I/O completion and swapping
442 in pages. Such statistics can help in setting a task's priorities
443 relative to other tasks for cpu, io, rss limits etc.
444
445 Say N if unsure.
446
18f705f4 447config TASK_XACCT
19c92399 448 bool "Enable extended accounting over taskstats"
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449 depends on TASKSTATS
450 help
451 Collect extended task accounting data and send the data
452 to userland for processing over the taskstats interface.
453
454 Say N if unsure.
455
456config TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING
19c92399 457 bool "Enable per-task storage I/O accounting"
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458 depends on TASK_XACCT
459 help
460 Collect information on the number of bytes of storage I/O which this
461 task has caused.
462
463 Say N if unsure.
464
391dc69c 465endmenu # "CPU/Task time and stats accounting"
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468
c903ff83 469config TREE_RCU
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470 bool
471 default y if !PREEMPT && SMP
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472 help
473 This option selects the RCU implementation that is
474 designed for very large SMP system with hundreds or
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475 thousands of CPUs. It also scales down nicely to
476 smaller systems.
c903ff83 477
28f6569a 478config PREEMPT_RCU
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479 bool
480 default y if PREEMPT
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481 help
482 This option selects the RCU implementation that is
483 designed for very large SMP systems with hundreds or
484 thousands of CPUs, but for which real-time response
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485 is also required. It also scales down nicely to
486 smaller systems.
f41d911f 487
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488 Select this option if you are unsure.
489
9b1d82fa 490config TINY_RCU
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491 bool
492 default y if !PREEMPT && !SMP
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493 help
494 This option selects the RCU implementation that is
495 designed for UP systems from which real-time response
496 is not required. This option greatly reduces the
497 memory footprint of RCU.
498
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499config RCU_EXPERT
500 bool "Make expert-level adjustments to RCU configuration"
501 default n
502 help
503 This option needs to be enabled if you wish to make
504 expert-level adjustments to RCU configuration. By default,
505 no such adjustments can be made, which has the often-beneficial
506 side-effect of preventing "make oldconfig" from asking you all
507 sorts of detailed questions about how you would like numerous
508 obscure RCU options to be set up.
509
510 Say Y if you need to make expert-level adjustments to RCU.
511
512 Say N if you are unsure.
513
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514config SRCU
515 bool
516 help
517 This option selects the sleepable version of RCU. This version
518 permits arbitrary sleeping or blocking within RCU read-side critical
519 sections.
520
8315f422 521config TASKS_RCU
82d0f4c0 522 bool
8315f422 523 default n
83fe27ea 524 select SRCU
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525 help
526 This option enables a task-based RCU implementation that uses
527 only voluntary context switch (not preemption!), idle, and
528 user-mode execution as quiescent states.
529
6bfc09e2 530config RCU_STALL_COMMON
28f6569a 531 def_bool ( TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU || RCU_TRACE )
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532 help
533 This option enables RCU CPU stall code that is common between
534 the TINY and TREE variants of RCU. The purpose is to allow
535 the tiny variants to disable RCU CPU stall warnings, while
536 making these warnings mandatory for the tree variants.
537
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538config CONTEXT_TRACKING
539 bool
540
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541config CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE
542 bool "Force context tracking"
543 depends on CONTEXT_TRACKING
d84d27a4 544 default y if !NO_HZ_FULL
1fd2b442 545 help
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546 The major pre-requirement for full dynticks to work is to
547 support the context tracking subsystem. But there are also
548 other dependencies to provide in order to make the full
549 dynticks working.
550
551 This option stands for testing when an arch implements the
552 context tracking backend but doesn't yet fullfill all the
553 requirements to make the full dynticks feature working.
554 Without the full dynticks, there is no way to test the support
555 for context tracking and the subsystems that rely on it: RCU
556 userspace extended quiescent state and tickless cputime
557 accounting. This option copes with the absence of the full
558 dynticks subsystem by forcing the context tracking on all
559 CPUs in the system.
560
99c8b1ea 561 Say Y only if you're working on the development of an
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562 architecture backend for the context tracking.
563
564 Say N otherwise, this option brings an overhead that you
565 don't want in production.
566
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569 int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value"
570 range 2 64 if 64BIT
571 range 2 32 if !64BIT
05c5df31 572 depends on (TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU) && RCU_EXPERT
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574 default 32 if !64BIT
575 help
576 This option controls the fanout of hierarchical implementations
577 of RCU, allowing RCU to work efficiently on machines with
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578 large numbers of CPUs. This value must be at least the fourth
579 root of NR_CPUS, which allows NR_CPUS to be insanely large.
580 The default value of RCU_FANOUT should be used for production
581 systems, but if you are stress-testing the RCU implementation
582 itself, small RCU_FANOUT values allow you to test large-system
583 code paths on small(er) systems.
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585 Select a specific number if testing RCU itself.
586 Take the default if unsure.
587
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588config RCU_FANOUT_LEAF
589 int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU leaf-level fanout value"
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590 range 2 64 if 64BIT
591 range 2 32 if !64BIT
47d631af 592 depends on (TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU) && RCU_EXPERT
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593 default 16
594 help
595 This option controls the leaf-level fanout of hierarchical
596 implementations of RCU, and allows trading off cache misses
597 against lock contention. Systems that synchronize their
598 scheduling-clock interrupts for energy-efficiency reasons will
599 want the default because the smaller leaf-level fanout keeps
600 lock contention levels acceptably low. Very large systems
601 (hundreds or thousands of CPUs) will instead want to set this
602 value to the maximum value possible in order to reduce the
603 number of cache misses incurred during RCU's grace-period
604 initialization. These systems tend to run CPU-bound, and thus
605 are not helped by synchronized interrupts, and thus tend to
606 skew them, which reduces lock contention enough that large
607 leaf-level fanouts work well.
608
609 Select a specific number if testing RCU itself.
610
611 Select the maximum permissible value for large systems.
612
613 Take the default if unsure.
614
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615config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ
616 bool "Accelerate last non-dyntick-idle CPU's grace periods"
78cae10b 617 depends on NO_HZ_COMMON && SMP && RCU_EXPERT
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618 default n
619 help
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620 This option permits CPUs to enter dynticks-idle state even if
621 they have RCU callbacks queued, and prevents RCU from waking
622 these CPUs up more than roughly once every four jiffies (by
623 default, you can adjust this using the rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay
624 parameter), thus improving energy efficiency. On the other
625 hand, this option increases the duration of RCU grace periods,
626 for example, slowing down synchronize_rcu().
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628 Say Y if energy efficiency is critically important, and you
629 don't care about increased grace-period durations.
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631 Say N if you are unsure.
632
c903ff83 633config TREE_RCU_TRACE
28f6569a 634 def_bool RCU_TRACE && ( TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU )
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636 help
f41d911f 637 This option provides tracing for the TREE_RCU and
28f6569a 638 PREEMPT_RCU implementations, permitting Makefile to
f41d911f 639 trivially select kernel/rcutree_trace.c.
c903ff83 640
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641config RCU_BOOST
642 bool "Enable RCU priority boosting"
78cae10b 643 depends on RT_MUTEXES && PREEMPT_RCU && RCU_EXPERT
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644 default n
645 help
646 This option boosts the priority of preempted RCU readers that
647 block the current preemptible RCU grace period for too long.
648 This option also prevents heavy loads from blocking RCU
649 callback invocation for all flavors of RCU.
650
651 Say Y here if you are working with real-time apps or heavy loads
652 Say N here if you are unsure.
653
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655 int "Real-time priority to use for RCU worker threads"
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657 range 0 99 if !RCU_BOOST
658 default 1 if RCU_BOOST
659 default 0 if !RCU_BOOST
26730f55 660 depends on RCU_EXPERT
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663 assigned to the rcuc/n and rcub/n threads and is also the value
664 used for RCU_BOOST (if enabled). If you are working with a
665 real-time application that has one or more CPU-bound threads
666 running at a real-time priority level, you should set
667 RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO to a priority higher than the highest-priority
668 real-time CPU-bound application thread. The default RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO
669 value of 1 is appropriate in the common case, which is real-time
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671
672 Some real-time applications might not have a single real-time
673 thread that saturates a given CPU, but instead might have
674 multiple real-time threads that, taken together, fully utilize
21871d7e 675 that CPU. In this case, you should set RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO to
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677 conspiring to prevent the CPU from running any non-real-time
678 tasks. For example, if one thread at priority 10 and another
679 thread at priority 5 are between themselves fully consuming
21871d7e 680 the CPU time on a given CPU, then RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO should be
c9336643 681 set to priority 6 or higher.
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683 Specify the real-time priority, or take the default if unsure.
684
685config RCU_BOOST_DELAY
686 int "Milliseconds to delay boosting after RCU grace-period start"
687 range 0 3000
688 depends on RCU_BOOST
689 default 500
690 help
691 This option specifies the time to wait after the beginning of
692 a given grace period before priority-boosting preempted RCU
693 readers blocking that grace period. Note that any RCU reader
694 blocking an expedited RCU grace period is boosted immediately.
695
696 Accept the default if unsure.
697
3fbfbf7a 698config RCU_NOCB_CPU
9a5739d7 699 bool "Offload RCU callback processing from boot-selected CPUs"
28f6569a 700 depends on TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU
be55fa2a 701 depends on RCU_EXPERT || NO_HZ_FULL
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703 help
704 Use this option to reduce OS jitter for aggressive HPC or
705 real-time workloads. It can also be used to offload RCU
706 callback invocation to energy-efficient CPUs in battery-powered
707 asymmetric multiprocessors.
708
709 This option offloads callback invocation from the set of
710 CPUs specified at boot time by the rcu_nocbs parameter.
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712 invoke callbacks, where the "N" is the CPU being offloaded,
713 and where the "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p" for RCU-preempt, and
714 "s" for RCU-sched. Nothing prevents this kthread from running
715 on the specified CPUs, but (1) the kthreads may be preempted
716 between each callback, and (2) affinity or cgroups can be used
717 to force the kthreads to run on whatever set of CPUs is desired.
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34ed6246 719 Say Y here if you want to help to debug reduced OS jitter.
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721
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723 prompt "Build-forced no-CBs CPUs"
724 default RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
4568779f 725 depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU
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728 from kthreads rather than from softirq context) to be specified
729 at build time. Additional no-CBs CPUs may be specified by
730 the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
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732config RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
733 bool "No build_forced no-CBs CPUs"
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735 This option does not force any of the CPUs to be no-CBs CPUs.
736 Only CPUs designated by the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter will be
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738 kthreads whose names begin with "rcuo". All other CPUs will
739 invoke their own RCU callbacks in softirq context.
740
741 Select this option if you want to choose no-CBs CPUs at
742 boot time, for example, to allow testing of different no-CBs
743 configurations without having to rebuild the kernel each time.
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745config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO
746 bool "CPU 0 is a build_forced no-CBs CPU"
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749 callbacks are invoked by a per-CPU kthread whose name begins
750 with "rcuo". Additional CPUs may be designated as no-CBs
751 CPUs using the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter will be no-CBs CPUs.
752 All other CPUs will invoke their own RCU callbacks in softirq
753 context.
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755 Select this if CPU 0 needs to be a no-CBs CPU for real-time
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757 is to ensure that randconfig testing covers mixed systems.
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759config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL
760 bool "All CPUs are build_forced no-CBs CPUs"
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762 This option forces all CPUs to be no-CBs CPUs. The rcu_nocbs=
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764 be executed in the context of per-CPU rcuo kthreads created for
765 this purpose. Assuming that the kthreads whose names start with
766 "rcuo" are bound to "housekeeping" CPUs, this reduces OS jitter
767 on the remaining CPUs, but might decrease memory locality during
768 RCU-callback invocation, thus potentially degrading throughput.
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770 Select this if all CPUs need to be no-CBs CPUs for real-time
771 or energy-efficiency reasons.
772
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776 bool
777 default n
778 help
779 This option enables expedited grace periods at boot time,
780 as if rcu_expedite_gp() had been invoked early in boot.
781 The corresponding rcu_unexpedite_gp() is invoked from
782 rcu_end_inkernel_boot(), which is intended to be invoked
783 at the end of the kernel-only boot sequence, just before
784 init is exec'ed.
785
786 Accept the default if unsure.
787
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789
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791 bool
792 default n
793
1da177e4 794config IKCONFIG
f2443ab6 795 tristate "Kernel .config support"
de5b56ba 796 select BUILD_BIN2C
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798 This option enables the complete Linux kernel ".config" file
799 contents to be saved in the kernel. It provides documentation
800 of which kernel options are used in a running kernel or in an
801 on-disk kernel. This information can be extracted from the kernel
802 image file with the script scripts/extract-ikconfig and used as
803 input to rebuild the current kernel or to build another kernel.
804 It can also be extracted from a running kernel by reading
805 /proc/config.gz if enabled (below).
806
807config IKCONFIG_PROC
808 bool "Enable access to .config through /proc/config.gz"
809 depends on IKCONFIG && PROC_FS
810 ---help---
811 This option enables access to the kernel configuration file
812 through /proc/config.gz.
813
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815 int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)"
fb39f98d 816 range 12 25
f17a32e9 817 default 17
361e9dfb 818 depends on PRINTK
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821 The final size is affected by LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config
822 parameter, see below. Any higher size also might be forced
823 by "log_buf_len" boot parameter.
824
f17a32e9 825 Examples:
23b2899f 826 17 => 128 KB
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829 14 => 16 KB
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831 12 => 4 KB
832
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834 int "CPU kernel log buffer size contribution (13 => 8 KB, 17 => 128KB)"
2240a31d 835 depends on SMP
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836 range 0 21
837 default 12 if !BASE_SMALL
838 default 0 if BASE_SMALL
361e9dfb 839 depends on PRINTK
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841 This option allows to increase the default ring buffer size
842 according to the number of CPUs. The value defines the contribution
843 of each CPU as a power of 2. The used space is typically only few
844 lines however it might be much more when problems are reported,
845 e.g. backtraces.
846
847 The increased size means that a new buffer has to be allocated and
848 the original static one is unused. It makes sense only on systems
849 with more CPUs. Therefore this value is used only when the sum of
850 contributions is greater than the half of the default kernel ring
851 buffer as defined by LOG_BUF_SHIFT. The default values are set
852 so that more than 64 CPUs are needed to trigger the allocation.
853
854 Also this option is ignored when "log_buf_len" kernel parameter is
855 used as it forces an exact (power of two) size of the ring buffer.
856
857 The number of possible CPUs is used for this computation ignoring
858 hotplugging making the compuation optimal for the the worst case
859 scenerio while allowing a simple algorithm to be used from bootup.
860
861 Examples shift values and their meaning:
862 17 => 128 KB for each CPU
863 16 => 64 KB for each CPU
864 15 => 32 KB for each CPU
865 14 => 16 KB for each CPU
866 13 => 8 KB for each CPU
867 12 => 4 KB for each CPU
868
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870# Architectures with an unreliable sched_clock() should select this:
871#
872config HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
873 bool
874
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876 bool
877
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879# For architectures that want to enable the support for NUMA-affine scheduler
880# balancing logic:
881#
882config ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING
883 bool
884
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886# For architectures that know their GCC __int128 support is sound
887#
888config ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128
889 bool
890
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892# all cpu-local but of different latencies, such as SuperH.
893#
894config ARCH_WANT_NUMA_VARIABLE_LOCALITY
895 bool
896
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898 bool "Memory placement aware NUMA scheduler"
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900 depends on !ARCH_WANT_NUMA_VARIABLE_LOCALITY
901 depends on SMP && NUMA && MIGRATION
902 help
903 This option adds support for automatic NUMA aware memory/task placement.
904 The mechanism is quite primitive and is based on migrating memory when
6d56a410 905 it has references to the node the task is running on.
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907 This system will be inactive on UMA systems.
908
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910 bool "Automatically enable NUMA aware memory/task placement"
911 default y
912 depends on NUMA_BALANCING
913 help
914 If set, automatic NUMA balancing will be enabled if running on a NUMA
915 machine.
916
23964d2d 917menuconfig CGROUPS
6341e62b 918 bool "Control Group support"
2bd59d48 919 select KERNFS
d59cfc09 920 select PERCPU_RWSEM
5cdc38f9 921 help
23964d2d 922 This option adds support for grouping sets of processes together, for
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924 controls or device isolation.
925 See
5cdc38f9 926 - Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt (CFS)
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928 and resource control)
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930 Say N if unsure.
931
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935 bool "Example debug cgroup subsystem"
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937 help
938 This option enables a simple cgroup subsystem that
939 exports useful debugging information about the cgroups
23964d2d 940 framework.
5cdc38f9 941
23964d2d 942 Say N if unsure.
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5cdc38f9 944config CGROUP_FREEZER
23964d2d 945 bool "Freezer cgroup subsystem"
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947 Provides a way to freeze and unfreeze all tasks in a
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951 bool "PIDs cgroup subsystem"
952 help
953 Provides enforcement of process number limits in the scope of a
954 cgroup. Any attempt to fork more processes than is allowed in the
955 cgroup will fail. PIDs are fundamentally a global resource because it
956 is fairly trivial to reach PID exhaustion before you reach even a
957 conservative kmemcg limit. As a result, it is possible to grind a
958 system to halt without being limited by other cgroup policies. The
959 PIDs cgroup subsystem is designed to stop this from happening.
960
961 It should be noted that organisational operations (such as attaching
962 to a cgroup hierarchy will *not* be blocked by the PIDs subsystem),
963 since the PIDs limit only affects a process's ability to fork, not to
964 attach to a cgroup.
965
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967 bool "Device controller for cgroups"
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969 Provides a cgroup implementing whitelists for devices which
970 a process in the cgroup can mknod or open.
971
972config CPUSETS
973 bool "Cpuset support"
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975 This option will let you create and manage CPUSETs which
976 allow dynamically partitioning a system into sets of CPUs and
977 Memory Nodes and assigning tasks to run only within those sets.
978 This is primarily useful on large SMP or NUMA systems.
979
980 Say N if unsure.
981
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983 bool "Include legacy /proc/<pid>/cpuset file"
984 depends on CPUSETS
985 default y
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988 bool "Simple CPU accounting cgroup subsystem"
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990 Provides a simple Resource Controller for monitoring the
23964d2d 991 total CPU consumed by the tasks in a cgroup.
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994 bool
995
c255a458 996config MEMCG
00f0b825 997 bool "Memory Resource Controller for Control Groups"
3e32cb2e 998 select PAGE_COUNTER
79bd9814 999 select EVENTFD
00f0b825 1000 help
84ad6d70 1001 Provides a memory resource controller that manages both anonymous
21acb9ca 1002 memory and page cache. (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt)
00f0b825 1003
c255a458 1004config MEMCG_SWAP
65e0e811 1005 bool "Memory Resource Controller Swap Extension"
c255a458 1006 depends on MEMCG && SWAP
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1008 Add swap management feature to memory resource controller. When you
1009 enable this, you can limit mem+swap usage per cgroup. In other words,
1010 when you disable this, memory resource controller has no cares to
1011 usage of swap...a process can exhaust all of the swap. This extension
1012 is useful when you want to avoid exhaustion swap but this itself
1013 adds more overheads and consumes memory for remembering information.
1014 Especially if you use 32bit system or small memory system, please
1015 be careful about enabling this. When memory resource controller
1016 is disabled by boot option, this will be automatically disabled and
1017 there will be no overhead from this. Even when you set this config=y,
00a66d29 1018 if boot option "swapaccount=0" is set, swap will not be accounted.
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1020 size is 4096bytes, 512k per 1Gbytes of swap.
c255a458 1021config MEMCG_SWAP_ENABLED
a42c390c 1022 bool "Memory Resource Controller Swap Extension enabled by default"
c255a458 1023 depends on MEMCG_SWAP
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1025 help
1026 Memory Resource Controller Swap Extension comes with its price in
1027 a bigger memory consumption. General purpose distribution kernels
43d547f9 1028 which want to enable the feature but keep it disabled by default
07555ac1 1029 and let the user enable it by swapaccount=1 boot command line
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1031 For those who want to have the feature enabled by default should
1032 select this option (if, for some reason, they need to disable it
00a66d29 1033 then swapaccount=0 does the trick).
c255a458 1034config MEMCG_KMEM
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1035 bool "Memory Resource Controller Kernel Memory accounting"
1036 depends on MEMCG
510fc4e1 1037 depends on SLUB || SLAB
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1039 The Kernel Memory extension for Memory Resource Controller can limit
1040 the amount of memory used by kernel objects in the system. Those are
1041 fundamentally different from the entities handled by the standard
1042 Memory Controller, which are page-based, and can be swapped. Users of
1043 the kmem extension can use it to guarantee that no group of processes
1044 will ever exhaust kernel resources alone.
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1047 bool "HugeTLB Resource Controller for Control Groups"
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1051 help
1052 Provides a cgroup Resource Controller for HugeTLB pages.
1053 When you enable this, you can put a per cgroup limit on HugeTLB usage.
1054 The limit is enforced during page fault. Since HugeTLB doesn't
1055 support page reclaim, enforcing the limit at page fault time implies
1056 that, the application will get SIGBUS signal if it tries to access
1057 HugeTLB pages beyond its limit. This requires the application to know
1058 beforehand how much HugeTLB pages it would require for its use. The
1059 control group is tracked in the third page lru pointer. This means
1060 that we cannot use the controller with huge page less than 3 pages.
1061
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1063 bool "Enable perf_event per-cpu per-container group (cgroup) monitoring"
1064 depends on PERF_EVENTS && CGROUPS
1065 help
1066 This option extends the per-cpu mode to restrict monitoring to
2d0f2520 1067 threads which belong to the cgroup specified and run on the
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1069
1070 Say N if unsure.
1071
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1073 bool "Group CPU scheduler"
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1075 help
1076 This feature lets CPU scheduler recognize task groups and control CPU
1077 bandwidth allocation to such task groups. It uses cgroups to group
1078 tasks.
1079
1080if CGROUP_SCHED
1081config FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
1082 bool "Group scheduling for SCHED_OTHER"
1083 depends on CGROUP_SCHED
1084 default CGROUP_SCHED
1085
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1087 bool "CPU bandwidth provisioning for FAIR_GROUP_SCHED"
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1089 default n
1090 help
1091 This option allows users to define CPU bandwidth rates (limits) for
1092 tasks running within the fair group scheduler. Groups with no limit
1093 set are considered to be unconstrained and will run with no
1094 restriction.
1095 See tip/Documentation/scheduler/sched-bwc.txt for more information.
1096
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1098 bool "Group scheduling for SCHED_RR/FIFO"
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1100 default n
1101 help
1102 This feature lets you explicitly allocate real CPU bandwidth
32bd7eb5 1103 to task groups. If enabled, it will also make it impossible to
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1105 realtime bandwidth for them.
1106 See Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.txt for more information.
1107
1108endif #CGROUP_SCHED
1109
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32e380ae 1111 bool "Block IO controller"
79ae9c29 1112 depends on BLOCK
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1114 ---help---
1115 Generic block IO controller cgroup interface. This is the common
1116 cgroup interface which should be used by various IO controlling
1117 policies.
1118
1119 Currently, CFQ IO scheduler uses it to recognize task groups and
1120 control disk bandwidth allocation (proportional time slice allocation)
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1122 block layer to implement upper limit in IO rates on a device.
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1124 This option only enables generic Block IO controller infrastructure.
e43473b7 1125 One needs to also enable actual IO controlling logic/policy. For
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1127 CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED=y; for enabling throttling policy, set
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1130 See Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt for more information.
1131
1132config DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP
1133 bool "Enable Block IO controller debugging"
1134 depends on BLK_CGROUP
1135 default n
1136 ---help---
1137 Enable some debugging help. Currently it exports additional stat
1138 files in a cgroup which can be useful for debugging.
1139
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1141 bool
1142 depends on MEMCG && BLK_CGROUP
1143 default y
1144
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1148 bool "Checkpoint/restore support" if EXPERT
2e13ba54 1149 select PROC_CHILDREN
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1151 help
1152 Enables additional kernel features in a sake of checkpoint/restore.
1153 In particular it adds auxiliary prctl codes to setup process text,
1154 data and heap segment sizes, and a few additional /proc filesystem
1155 entries.
1156
1157 If unsure, say N here.
1158
8dd2a82c 1159menuconfig NAMESPACES
6a108a14 1160 bool "Namespaces support" if EXPERT
2813893f 1161 depends on MULTIUSER
6a108a14 1162 default !EXPERT
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1164 Provides the way to make tasks work with different objects using
1165 the same id. For example same IPC id may refer to different objects
1166 or same user id or pid may refer to different tasks when used in
1167 different namespaces.
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1172 bool "UTS namespace"
17a6d441 1173 default y
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1175 In this namespace tasks see different info provided with the
1176 uname() system call
1177
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1179 bool "IPC namespace"
8dd2a82c 1180 depends on (SYSVIPC || POSIX_MQUEUE)
17a6d441 1181 default y
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1183 In this namespace tasks work with IPC ids which correspond to
614b84cf 1184 different IPC objects in different namespaces.
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aee16ce7 1186config USER_NS
19c92399 1187 bool "User namespace"
5673a94c 1188 default n
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1190 This allows containers, i.e. vservers, to use user namespaces
1191 to provide different user info for different servers.
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1193 When user namespaces are enabled in the kernel it is
1194 recommended that the MEMCG and MEMCG_KMEM options also be
1195 enabled and that user-space use the memory control groups to
1196 limit the amount of memory a memory unprivileged users can
1197 use.
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1200
74bd59bb 1201config PID_NS
9bd38c2c 1202 bool "PID Namespaces"
17a6d441 1203 default y
74bd59bb 1204 help
12d2b8f9 1205 Support process id namespaces. This allows having multiple
692105b8 1206 processes with the same pid as long as they are in different
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1208
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1210 bool "Network namespace"
8dd2a82c 1211 depends on NET
17a6d441 1212 default y
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1214 Allow user space to create what appear to be multiple instances
1215 of the network stack.
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1220 bool "Automatic process group scheduling"
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1222 select CGROUP_SCHED
1223 select FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
1224 help
1225 This option optimizes the scheduler for common desktop workloads by
1226 automatically creating and populating task groups. This separation
1227 of workloads isolates aggressive CPU burners (like build jobs) from
1228 desktop applications. Task group autogeneration is currently based
1229 upon task session.
1230
7af37bec 1231config SYSFS_DEPRECATED
5d6a4ea5 1232 bool "Enable deprecated sysfs features to support old userspace tools"
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1233 depends on SYSFS
1234 default n
1235 help
1236 This option adds code that switches the layout of the "block" class
1237 devices, to not show up in /sys/class/block/, but only in
1238 /sys/block/.
1239
1240 This switch is only active when the sysfs.deprecated=1 boot option is
1241 passed or the SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 option is set.
1242
1243 This option allows new kernels to run on old distributions and tools,
1244 which might get confused by /sys/class/block/. Since 2007/2008 all
1245 major distributions and tools handle this just fine.
1246
1247 Recent distributions and userspace tools after 2009/2010 depend on
1248 the existence of /sys/class/block/, and will not work with this
1249 option enabled.
1250
1251 Only if you are using a new kernel on an old distribution, you might
1252 need to say Y here.
1253
1254config SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2
5d6a4ea5 1255 bool "Enable deprecated sysfs features by default"
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1256 default n
1257 depends on SYSFS
1258 depends on SYSFS_DEPRECATED
1259 help
1260 Enable deprecated sysfs by default.
1261
1262 See the CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED option for more details about this
1263 option.
1264
1265 Only if you are using a new kernel on an old distribution, you might
1266 need to say Y here. Even then, odds are you would not need it
1267 enabled, you can always pass the boot option if absolutely necessary.
1268
1269config RELAY
1270 bool "Kernel->user space relay support (formerly relayfs)"
1271 help
1272 This option enables support for relay interface support in
1273 certain file systems (such as debugfs).
1274 It is designed to provide an efficient mechanism for tools and
1275 facilities to relay large amounts of data from kernel space to
1276 user space.
1277
1278 If unsure, say N.
1279
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1280config BLK_DEV_INITRD
1281 bool "Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support"
1282 depends on BROKEN || !FRV
1283 help
1284 The initial RAM filesystem is a ramfs which is loaded by the
1285 boot loader (loadlin or lilo) and that is mounted as root
1286 before the normal boot procedure. It is typically used to
1287 load modules needed to mount the "real" root file system,
1288 etc. See <file:Documentation/initrd.txt> for details.
1289
1290 If RAM disk support (BLK_DEV_RAM) is also included, this
1291 also enables initial RAM disk (initrd) support and adds
1292 15 Kbytes (more on some other architectures) to the kernel size.
1293
1294 If unsure say Y.
1295
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1296if BLK_DEV_INITRD
1297
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1299
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1300endif
1301
c45b4f1f 1302config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
96fffeb4 1303 bool "Optimize for size"
c45b4f1f 1304 help
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1305 Enabling this option will pass "-Os" instead of "-O2" to
1306 your compiler resulting in a smaller kernel.
c45b4f1f 1307
3a55fb0d 1308 If unsure, say N.
c45b4f1f 1309
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1310config SYSCTL
1311 bool
1312
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1313config ANON_INODES
1314 bool
1315
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1317 bool
1318
1319config SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
1320 bool
1321 help
1322 Enable support for /proc/sys/debug/exception-trace.
1323
1324config SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_NO_WARN
1325 bool
1326 help
1327 Enable support for /proc/sys/kernel/ignore-unaligned-usertrap
1328 Allows arch to define/use @no_unaligned_warning to possibly warn
1329 about unaligned access emulation going on under the hood.
1330
1331config SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
1332 bool
1333 help
1334 Enable support for /proc/sys/kernel/unaligned-trap
1335 Allows arches to define/use @unaligned_enabled to runtime toggle
1336 the unaligned access emulation.
1337 see arch/parisc/kernel/unaligned.c for reference
1338
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1339config HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
1340 bool
1341
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1343config BPF
1344 bool
1345
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1347 bool "Configure standard kernel features (expert users)"
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1348 # Unhide debug options, to make the on-by-default options visible
1349 select DEBUG_KERNEL
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1350 help
1351 This option allows certain base kernel options and settings
1352 to be disabled or tweaked. This is for specialized
1353 environments which can tolerate a "non-standard" kernel.
1354 Only use this if you really know what you are doing.
1355
ae81f9e3 1356config UID16
6a108a14 1357 bool "Enable 16-bit UID system calls" if EXPERT
2813893f 1358 depends on HAVE_UID16 && MULTIUSER
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1359 default y
1360 help
1361 This enables the legacy 16-bit UID syscall wrappers.
1362
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1364 bool "Multiple users, groups and capabilities support" if EXPERT
1365 default y
1366 help
1367 This option enables support for non-root users, groups and
1368 capabilities.
1369
1370 If you say N here, all processes will run with UID 0, GID 0, and all
1371 possible capabilities. Saying N here also compiles out support for
1372 system calls related to UIDs, GIDs, and capabilities, such as setuid,
1373 setgid, and capset.
1374
1375 If unsure, say Y here.
1376
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1377config SGETMASK_SYSCALL
1378 bool "sgetmask/ssetmask syscalls support" if EXPERT
1379 def_bool PARISC || MN10300 || BLACKFIN || M68K || PPC || MIPS || X86 || SPARC || CRIS || MICROBLAZE || SUPERH
1380 ---help---
1381 sys_sgetmask and sys_ssetmask are obsolete system calls
1382 no longer supported in libc but still enabled by default in some
1383 architectures.
1384
1385 If unsure, leave the default option here.
1386
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1387config SYSFS_SYSCALL
1388 bool "Sysfs syscall support" if EXPERT
1389 default y
1390 ---help---
1391 sys_sysfs is an obsolete system call no longer supported in libc.
1392 Note that disabling this option is more secure but might break
1393 compatibility with some systems.
1394
1395 If unsure say Y here.
1396
b89a8171 1397config SYSCTL_SYSCALL
6a108a14 1398 bool "Sysctl syscall support" if EXPERT
26a7034b 1399 depends on PROC_SYSCTL
c736de60 1400 default n
b89a8171 1401 select SYSCTL
ae81f9e3 1402 ---help---
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1403 sys_sysctl uses binary paths that have been found challenging
1404 to properly maintain and use. The interface in /proc/sys
1405 using paths with ascii names is now the primary path to this
1406 information.
b89a8171 1407
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1408 Almost nothing using the binary sysctl interface so if you are
1409 trying to save some space it is probably safe to disable this,
1410 making your kernel marginally smaller.
b89a8171 1411
c736de60 1412 If unsure say N here.
ae81f9e3 1413
1da177e4 1414config KALLSYMS
6a108a14 1415 bool "Load all symbols for debugging/ksymoops" if EXPERT
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1416 default y
1417 help
1418 Say Y here to let the kernel print out symbolic crash information and
1419 symbolic stack backtraces. This increases the size of the kernel
1420 somewhat, as all symbols have to be loaded into the kernel image.
1421
1422config KALLSYMS_ALL
1423 bool "Include all symbols in kallsyms"
1424 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KALLSYMS
1425 help
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1426 Normally kallsyms only contains the symbols of functions for nicer
1427 OOPS messages and backtraces (i.e., symbols from the text and inittext
1428 sections). This is sufficient for most cases. And only in very rare
1429 cases (e.g., when a debugger is used) all symbols are required (e.g.,
1430 names of variables from the data sections, etc).
1431
1432 This option makes sure that all symbols are loaded into the kernel
1433 image (i.e., symbols from all sections) in cost of increased kernel
1434 size (depending on the kernel configuration, it may be 300KiB or
1435 something like this).
1436
1437 Say N unless you really need all symbols.
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1439config PRINTK
1440 default y
6a108a14 1441 bool "Enable support for printk" if EXPERT
74876a98 1442 select IRQ_WORK
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1443 help
1444 This option enables normal printk support. Removing it
1445 eliminates most of the message strings from the kernel image
1446 and makes the kernel more or less silent. As this makes it
1447 very difficult to diagnose system problems, saying N here is
1448 strongly discouraged.
1449
c8538a7a 1450config BUG
6a108a14 1451 bool "BUG() support" if EXPERT
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1452 default y
1453 help
1454 Disabling this option eliminates support for BUG and WARN, reducing
1455 the size of your kernel image and potentially quietly ignoring
1456 numerous fatal conditions. You should only consider disabling this
1457 option for embedded systems with no facilities for reporting errors.
1458 Just say Y.
1459
708e9a79 1460config ELF_CORE
046d662f 1461 depends on COREDUMP
708e9a79 1462 default y
6a108a14 1463 bool "Enable ELF core dumps" if EXPERT
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1464 help
1465 Enable support for generating core dumps. Disabling saves about 4k.
1466
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e5e1d3cb 1468config PCSPKR_PLATFORM
6a108a14 1469 bool "Enable PC-Speaker support" if EXPERT
8761f1ab 1470 depends on HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
15f304b6 1471 select I8253_LOCK
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1472 default y
1473 help
1474 This option allows to disable the internal PC-Speaker
1475 support, saving some memory.
1476
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1477config BASE_FULL
1478 default y
6a108a14 1479 bool "Enable full-sized data structures for core" if EXPERT
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1480 help
1481 Disabling this option reduces the size of miscellaneous core
1482 kernel data structures. This saves memory on small machines,
1483 but may reduce performance.
1484
1485config FUTEX
6a108a14 1486 bool "Enable futex support" if EXPERT
1da177e4 1487 default y
23f78d4a 1488 select RT_MUTEXES
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1489 help
1490 Disabling this option will cause the kernel to be built without
1491 support for "fast userspace mutexes". The resulting kernel may not
1492 run glibc-based applications correctly.
1493
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1494config HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG
1495 bool
62b4d204 1496 depends on FUTEX
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1497 help
1498 Architectures should select this if futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic()
1499 is implemented and always working. This removes a couple of runtime
1500 checks.
1501
1da177e4 1502config EPOLL
6a108a14 1503 bool "Enable eventpoll support" if EXPERT
1da177e4 1504 default y
448e3cee 1505 select ANON_INODES
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1506 help
1507 Disabling this option will cause the kernel to be built without
1508 support for epoll family of system calls.
1509
fba2afaa 1510config SIGNALFD
6a108a14 1511 bool "Enable signalfd() system call" if EXPERT
448e3cee 1512 select ANON_INODES
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1513 default y
1514 help
1515 Enable the signalfd() system call that allows to receive signals
1516 on a file descriptor.
1517
1518 If unsure, say Y.
1519
b215e283 1520config TIMERFD
6a108a14 1521 bool "Enable timerfd() system call" if EXPERT
448e3cee 1522 select ANON_INODES
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1523 default y
1524 help
1525 Enable the timerfd() system call that allows to receive timer
1526 events on a file descriptor.
1527
1528 If unsure, say Y.
1529
e1ad7468 1530config EVENTFD
6a108a14 1531 bool "Enable eventfd() system call" if EXPERT
448e3cee 1532 select ANON_INODES
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1533 default y
1534 help
1535 Enable the eventfd() system call that allows to receive both
1536 kernel notification (ie. KAIO) or userspace notifications.
1537
1538 If unsure, say Y.
1539
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1541config BPF_SYSCALL
e1abf2cc 1542 bool "Enable bpf() system call"
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1543 select ANON_INODES
1544 select BPF
1545 default n
1546 help
1547 Enable the bpf() system call that allows to manipulate eBPF
1548 programs and maps via file descriptors.
1549
1da177e4 1550config SHMEM
6a108a14 1551 bool "Use full shmem filesystem" if EXPERT
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1552 default y
1553 depends on MMU
1554 help
1555 The shmem is an internal filesystem used to manage shared memory.
1556 It is backed by swap and manages resource limits. It is also exported
1557 to userspace as tmpfs if TMPFS is enabled. Disabling this
1558 option replaces shmem and tmpfs with the much simpler ramfs code,
1559 which may be appropriate on small systems without swap.
1560
ebf3f09c 1561config AIO
6a108a14 1562 bool "Enable AIO support" if EXPERT
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1563 default y
1564 help
1565 This option enables POSIX asynchronous I/O which may by used
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1566 by some high performance threaded applications. Disabling
1567 this option saves about 7k.
1568
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1569config ADVISE_SYSCALLS
1570 bool "Enable madvise/fadvise syscalls" if EXPERT
1571 default y
1572 help
1573 This option enables the madvise and fadvise syscalls, used by
1574 applications to advise the kernel about their future memory or file
1575 usage, improving performance. If building an embedded system where no
1576 applications use these syscalls, you can disable this option to save
1577 space.
1578
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1579config USERFAULTFD
1580 bool "Enable userfaultfd() system call"
1581 select ANON_INODES
1582 default y
1583 depends on MMU
1584 help
1585 Enable the userfaultfd() system call that allows to intercept and
1586 handle page faults in userland.
1587
1588 If unsure, say Y.
1589
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1590config PCI_QUIRKS
1591 default y
1592 bool "Enable PCI quirk workarounds" if EXPERT
1593 depends on PCI
1594 help
1595 This enables workarounds for various PCI chipset
1596 bugs/quirks. Disable this only if your target machine is
1597 unaffected by PCI quirks.
ebf3f09c 1598
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1599config EMBEDDED
1600 bool "Embedded system"
5d2acfc7 1601 option allnoconfig_y
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1602 select EXPERT
1603 help
1604 This option should be enabled if compiling the kernel for
1605 an embedded system so certain expert options are available
1606 for configuration.
1607
cdd6c482 1608config HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
0793a61d 1609 bool
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1610 help
1611 See tools/perf/design.txt for details.
0793a61d 1612
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1613config PERF_USE_VMALLOC
1614 bool
1615 help
1616 See tools/perf/design.txt for details
1617
57c0c15b 1618menu "Kernel Performance Events And Counters"
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cdd6c482 1620config PERF_EVENTS
57c0c15b 1621 bool "Kernel performance events and counters"
392d65a9 1622 default y if PROFILING
cdd6c482 1623 depends on HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
4c59e467 1624 select ANON_INODES
e360adbe 1625 select IRQ_WORK
83fe27ea 1626 select SRCU
0793a61d 1627 help
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1628 Enable kernel support for various performance events provided
1629 by software and hardware.
0793a61d 1630
dd77038d 1631 Software events are supported either built-in or via the
57c0c15b 1632 use of generic tracepoints.
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1634 Most modern CPUs support performance events via performance
1635 counter registers. These registers count the number of certain
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1636 types of hw events: such as instructions executed, cachemisses
1637 suffered, or branches mis-predicted - without slowing down the
1638 kernel or applications. These registers can also trigger interrupts
1639 when a threshold number of events have passed - and can thus be
1640 used to profile the code that runs on that CPU.
1641
57c0c15b 1642 The Linux Performance Event subsystem provides an abstraction of
dd77038d 1643 these software and hardware event capabilities, available via a
57c0c15b 1644 system call and used by the "perf" utility in tools/perf/. It
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1645 provides per task and per CPU counters, and it provides event
1646 capabilities on top of those.
1647
1648 Say Y if unsure.
1649
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1650config DEBUG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC
1651 default n
1652 bool "Debug: use vmalloc to back perf mmap() buffers"
cb307113 1653 depends on PERF_EVENTS && DEBUG_KERNEL && !PPC
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1654 select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
1655 help
1656 Use vmalloc memory to back perf mmap() buffers.
1657
1658 Mostly useful for debugging the vmalloc code on platforms
1659 that don't require it.
1660
1661 Say N if unsure.
1662
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1664
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1665config VM_EVENT_COUNTERS
1666 default y
6a108a14 1667 bool "Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat" if EXPERT
f8891e5e 1668 help
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1669 VM event counters are needed for event counts to be shown.
1670 This option allows the disabling of the VM event counters
6a108a14 1671 on EXPERT systems. /proc/vmstat will only show page counts
2aea4fb6 1672 if VM event counters are disabled.
f8891e5e 1673
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1674config SLUB_DEBUG
1675 default y
6a108a14 1676 bool "Enable SLUB debugging support" if EXPERT
f6acb635 1677 depends on SLUB && SYSFS
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1678 help
1679 SLUB has extensive debug support features. Disabling these can
1680 result in significant savings in code size. This also disables
1681 SLUB sysfs support. /sys/slab will not exist and there will be
1682 no support for cache validation etc.
1683
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1684config COMPAT_BRK
1685 bool "Disable heap randomization"
1686 default y
1687 help
1688 Randomizing heap placement makes heap exploits harder, but it
1689 also breaks ancient binaries (including anything libc5 based).
1690 This option changes the bootup default to heap randomization
692105b8 1691 disabled, and can be overridden at runtime by setting
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1692 /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space to 2.
1693
1694 On non-ancient distros (post-2000 ones) N is usually a safe choice.
1695
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1696choice
1697 prompt "Choose SLAB allocator"
a0acd820 1698 default SLUB
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1699 help
1700 This option allows to select a slab allocator.
1701
1702config SLAB
1703 bool "SLAB"
1704 help
1705 The regular slab allocator that is established and known to work
34013886 1706 well in all environments. It organizes cache hot objects in
02f56210 1707 per cpu and per node queues.
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1709config SLUB
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1710 bool "SLUB (Unqueued Allocator)"
1711 help
1712 SLUB is a slab allocator that minimizes cache line usage
1713 instead of managing queues of cached objects (SLAB approach).
1714 Per cpu caching is realized using slabs of objects instead
1715 of queues of objects. SLUB can use memory efficiently
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1716 and has enhanced diagnostics. SLUB is the default choice for
1717 a slab allocator.
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1719config SLOB
6a108a14 1720 depends on EXPERT
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1721 bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator)"
1722 help
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1723 SLOB replaces the stock allocator with a drastically simpler
1724 allocator. SLOB is generally more space efficient but
1725 does not perform as well on large systems.
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1728
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1729config SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
1730 default y
b39ffbf8 1731 depends on SLUB && SMP
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1732 bool "SLUB per cpu partial cache"
1733 help
1734 Per cpu partial caches accellerate objects allocation and freeing
1735 that is local to a processor at the price of more indeterminism
1736 in the latency of the free. On overflow these caches will be cleared
1737 which requires the taking of locks that may cause latency spikes.
1738 Typically one would choose no for a realtime system.
1739
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1740config MMAP_ALLOW_UNINITIALIZED
1741 bool "Allow mmapped anonymous memory to be uninitialized"
6a108a14 1742 depends on EXPERT && !MMU
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1743 default n
1744 help
1745 Normally, and according to the Linux spec, anonymous memory obtained
1746 from mmap() has it's contents cleared before it is passed to
1747 userspace. Enabling this config option allows you to request that
1748 mmap() skip that if it is given an MAP_UNINITIALIZED flag, thus
1749 providing a huge performance boost. If this option is not enabled,
1750 then the flag will be ignored.
1751
1752 This is taken advantage of by uClibc's malloc(), and also by
1753 ELF-FDPIC binfmt's brk and stack allocator.
1754
1755 Because of the obvious security issues, this option should only be
1756 enabled on embedded devices where you control what is run in
1757 userspace. Since that isn't generally a problem on no-MMU systems,
1758 it is normally safe to say Y here.
1759
1760 See Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt for more information.
1761
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1762config SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING
1763 bool "Provide system-wide ring of trusted keys"
1764 depends on KEYS
1765 help
1766 Provide a system keyring to which trusted keys can be added. Keys in
1767 the keyring are considered to be trusted. Keys may be added at will
1768 by the kernel from compiled-in data and from hardware key stores, but
1769 userspace may only add extra keys if those keys can be verified by
1770 keys already in the keyring.
1771
1772 Keys in this keyring are used by module signature checking.
1773
125e5645 1774config PROFILING
b309a294 1775 bool "Profiling support"
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1776 help
1777 Say Y here to enable the extended profiling support mechanisms used
1778 by profilers such as OProfile.
1779
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1781# Place an empty function call at each tracepoint site. Can be
1782# dynamically changed for a probe function.
1783#
97e1c18e 1784config TRACEPOINTS
5f87f112 1785 bool
97e1c18e 1786
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1788
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1790
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1791config HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT
1792 bool
1793 default n
1794
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1795config SLABINFO
1796 bool
1797 depends on PROC_FS
0f389ec6 1798 depends on SLAB || SLUB_DEBUG
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1799 default y
1800
ae81f9e3 1801config RT_MUTEXES
6341e62b 1802 bool
ae81f9e3 1803
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1804config BASE_SMALL
1805 int
1806 default 0 if BASE_FULL
1807 default 1 if !BASE_FULL
1808
66da5733 1809menuconfig MODULES
1da177e4 1810 bool "Enable loadable module support"
11097a03 1811 option modules
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1812 help
1813 Kernel modules are small pieces of compiled code which can
1814 be inserted in the running kernel, rather than being
1815 permanently built into the kernel. You use the "modprobe"
1816 tool to add (and sometimes remove) them. If you say Y here,
1817 many parts of the kernel can be built as modules (by
1818 answering M instead of Y where indicated): this is most
1819 useful for infrequently used options which are not required
1820 for booting. For more information, see the man pages for
1821 modprobe, lsmod, modinfo, insmod and rmmod.
1822
1823 If you say Y here, you will need to run "make
1824 modules_install" to put the modules under /lib/modules/
1825 where modprobe can find them (you may need to be root to do
1826 this).
1827
1828 If unsure, say Y.
1829
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1830if MODULES
1831
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1832config MODULE_FORCE_LOAD
1833 bool "Forced module loading"
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1834 default n
1835 help
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1837 --force). Forced module loading sets the 'F' (forced) taint flag and
1838 is usually a really bad idea.
826e4506 1839
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1840config MODULE_UNLOAD
1841 bool "Module unloading"
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1842 help
1843 Without this option you will not be able to unload any
1844 modules (note that some modules may not be unloadable
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1846 and simpler. If unsure, say Y.
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1848config MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD
1849 bool "Forced module unloading"
19c92399 1850 depends on MODULE_UNLOAD
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1851 help
1852 This option allows you to force a module to unload, even if the
1853 kernel believes it is unsafe: the kernel will remove the module
1854 without waiting for anyone to stop using it (using the -f option to
1855 rmmod). This is mainly for kernel developers and desperate users.
1856 If unsure, say N.
1857
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0d541643 1859 bool "Module versioning support"
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1860 help
1861 Usually, you have to use modules compiled with your kernel.
1862 Saying Y here makes it sometimes possible to use modules
1863 compiled for different kernels, by adding enough information
1864 to the modules to (hopefully) spot any changes which would
1865 make them incompatible with the kernel you are running. If
1866 unsure, say N.
1867
1868config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL
1869 bool "Source checksum for all modules"
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1871 Modules which contain a MODULE_VERSION get an extra "srcversion"
1872 field inserted into their modinfo section, which contains a
1873 sum of the source files which made it. This helps maintainers
1874 see exactly which source was used to build a module (since
1875 others sometimes change the module source without updating
1876 the version). With this option, such a "srcversion" field
1877 will be created for all modules. If unsure, say N.
1878
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1880 bool "Module signature verification"
1881 depends on MODULES
b56e5a17 1882 select SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING
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1883 select KEYS
1884 select CRYPTO
1885 select ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE
1886 select ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE
1887 select PUBLIC_KEY_ALGO_RSA
1888 select ASN1
1889 select OID_REGISTRY
1890 select X509_CERTIFICATE_PARSER
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1892 Check modules for valid signatures upon load: the signature
1893 is simply appended to the module. For more information see
1894 Documentation/module-signing.txt.
1895
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1896 !!!WARNING!!! If you enable this option, you MUST make sure that the
1897 module DOES NOT get stripped after being signed. This includes the
1898 debuginfo strip done by some packagers (such as rpmbuild) and
1899 inclusion into an initramfs that wants the module size reduced.
1900
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1902 bool "Require modules to be validly signed"
1903 depends on MODULE_SIG
1904 help
1905 Reject unsigned modules or signed modules for which we don't have a
1906 key. Without this, such modules will simply taint the kernel.
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1909 bool "Automatically sign all modules"
1910 default y
1911 depends on MODULE_SIG
1912 help
1913 Sign all modules during make modules_install. Without this option,
1914 modules must be signed manually, using the scripts/sign-file tool.
1915
1916comment "Do not forget to sign required modules with scripts/sign-file"
1917 depends on MODULE_SIG_FORCE && !MODULE_SIG_ALL
1918
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1920 prompt "Which hash algorithm should modules be signed with?"
1921 depends on MODULE_SIG
1922 help
1923 This determines which sort of hashing algorithm will be used during
1924 signature generation. This algorithm _must_ be built into the kernel
1925 directly so that signature verification can take place. It is not
1926 possible to load a signed module containing the algorithm to check
1927 the signature on that module.
1928
1929config MODULE_SIG_SHA1
1930 bool "Sign modules with SHA-1"
1931 select CRYPTO_SHA1
1932
1933config MODULE_SIG_SHA224
1934 bool "Sign modules with SHA-224"
1935 select CRYPTO_SHA256
1936
1937config MODULE_SIG_SHA256
1938 bool "Sign modules with SHA-256"
1939 select CRYPTO_SHA256
1940
1941config MODULE_SIG_SHA384
1942 bool "Sign modules with SHA-384"
1943 select CRYPTO_SHA512
1944
1945config MODULE_SIG_SHA512
1946 bool "Sign modules with SHA-512"
1947 select CRYPTO_SHA512
1948
1949endchoice
1950
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1951config MODULE_SIG_HASH
1952 string
1953 depends on MODULE_SIG
1954 default "sha1" if MODULE_SIG_SHA1
1955 default "sha224" if MODULE_SIG_SHA224
1956 default "sha256" if MODULE_SIG_SHA256
1957 default "sha384" if MODULE_SIG_SHA384
1958 default "sha512" if MODULE_SIG_SHA512
1959
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1960config MODULE_COMPRESS
1961 bool "Compress modules on installation"
1962 depends on MODULES
1963 help
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1965 Compresses kernel modules when 'make modules_install' is run; gzip or
1966 xz depending on "Compression algorithm" below.
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b6c09b51 1968 module-init-tools MAY support gzip, and kmod MAY support gzip and xz.
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1970 Out-of-tree kernel modules installed using Kbuild will also be
1971 compressed upon installation.
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1973 Note: for modules inside an initrd or initramfs, it's more efficient
1974 to compress the whole initrd or initramfs instead.
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1976 Note: This is fully compatible with signed modules.
1977
1978 If in doubt, say N.
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1980choice
1981 prompt "Compression algorithm"
1982 depends on MODULE_COMPRESS
1983 default MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP
1984 help
1985 This determines which sort of compression will be used during
1986 'make modules_install'.
1987
1988 GZIP (default) and XZ are supported.
1989
1990config MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP
1991 bool "GZIP"
1992
1993config MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ
1994 bool "XZ"
1995
1996endchoice
1997
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1999
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2000config MODULES_TREE_LOOKUP
2001 def_bool y
2002 depends on PERF_EVENTS || TRACING
2003
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2004config INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
2005 bool
2006 help
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2007 Back when each arch used to define their own cpu_online_mask and
2008 cpu_possible_mask, some of them chose to initialize cpu_possible_mask
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2009 with all 1s, and others with all 0s. When they were centralised,
2010 it was better to provide this option than to break all the archs
692105b8 2011 and have several arch maintainers pursuing me down dark alleys.
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2013config STOP_MACHINE
2014 bool
2015 default y
2016 depends on (SMP && MODULE_UNLOAD) || HOTPLUG_CPU
2017 help
2018 Need stop_machine() primitive.
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2022config PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
2023 bool
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2025config PADATA
2026 depends on SMP
2027 bool
2028
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2029# Can be selected by architectures with broken toolchains
2030# that get confused by correct const<->read_only section
2031# mappings
2032config BROKEN_RODATA
2033 bool
2034
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2035config ASN1
2036 tristate
2037 help
2038 Build a simple ASN.1 grammar compiler that produces a bytecode output
2039 that can be interpreted by the ASN.1 stream decoder and used to
2040 inform it as to what tags are to be expected in a stream and what
2041 functions to call on what tags.
2042
6beb0009 2043source "kernel/Kconfig.locks"