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