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1menu "Kernel hacking"
2
55f327fa 3config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
d013a27c 4 def_bool y
55f327fa 5
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6source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
7
d092633b 8config STRICT_DEVMEM
16104b55 9 bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
8f9ca475 10 ---help---
f2d0f1de 11 If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
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12 of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
13 access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
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14 be used by people debugging the kernel. Note that with PAT support
15 enabled, even in this case there are restrictions on /dev/mem
16 use due to the cache aliasing requirements.
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18 If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
19 userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions.
20 This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of
21 /dev/mem.
22
23 If in doubt, say Y.
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25config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
26 bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
27 default y
8f9ca475 28 ---help---
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29 Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
30 (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
31 see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
32
1da177e4 33config EARLY_PRINTK
6a108a14 34 bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
1da177e4 35 default y
8f9ca475 36 ---help---
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37 Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
38 port.
39
40 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
41 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
42 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
43 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
44 unless you want to debug such a crash.
45
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46config EARLY_PRINTK_INTEL_MID
47 bool "Early printk for Intel MID platform support"
48 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && X86_INTEL_MID
c20b5c33 49
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50config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
51 bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
9749986a 52 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
8f9ca475 53 ---help---
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54 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
55
56 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
57 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
58 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
59 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
60 unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
61
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62config X86_PTDUMP
63 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
fe770bf0 64 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
926e5392 65 select DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 66 ---help---
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67 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
68 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
69 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
70 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
71 kernel.
72 If in doubt, say "N"
73
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74config DEBUG_RODATA
75 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
11201e60 76 default y
63aaf308 77 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 78 ---help---
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79 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
80 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
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81 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
82 If in doubt, say "Y".
63aaf308 83
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84config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
85 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
86 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
72370f2a 87 default y
8f9ca475 88 ---help---
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89 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
90 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
91 If in doubt, say "N"
92
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93config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
94 bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
95 depends on MODULES
96 ---help---
97 This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
98 kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
99 of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
100 patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
101 against certain classes of kernel exploits.
102 If in doubt, say "N".
103
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104config DEBUG_NX_TEST
105 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
106 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
8f9ca475 107 ---help---
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108 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
109 and the software setup of this feature.
110 If in doubt, say "N"
111
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112config DOUBLEFAULT
113 default y
6a108a14 114 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
8f9ca475 115 ---help---
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116 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
117 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
118 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
119 hair.
120
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121config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
122 bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
cd69aa6b 123 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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124 ---help---
125
126 X86-only for now.
127
128 This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
129 kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
130 certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
131 tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
132 to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
133 for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
134 invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
135
136 flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
137
138 If in doubt, say "N".
139
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140config IOMMU_DEBUG
141 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
966396d3 142 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
d013a27c 143 depends on X86_64
8f9ca475 144 ---help---
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145 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
146 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
147 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
148 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
149 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
150 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
151 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
152 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
395cf969 153 options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
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154 details.
155
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156config IOMMU_STRESS
157 bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
158 ---help---
159 This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
160 code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
161 will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
162 testing.
163
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164config IOMMU_LEAK
165 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
19c1a6f5 166 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
8f9ca475 167 ---help---
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168 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
169 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
170
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171config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
172 def_bool y
8b7d89d0 173
ca0e9bad 174config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
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175 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
176 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
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177 ---help---
178 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
179 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
180 decoder code.
181 If unsure, say "N".
182
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184# IO delay types:
185#
186
187config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
188 int
189 default "0"
190
191config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
192 int
193 default "1"
194
195config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
196 int
197 default "2"
198
199config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
200 int
201 default "3"
202
203choice
204 prompt "IO delay type"
fd59e9e9 205 default IO_DELAY_0X80
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207config IO_DELAY_0X80
208 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
8f9ca475 209 ---help---
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210 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
211 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
212
213config IO_DELAY_0XED
214 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 215 ---help---
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216 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
217 often used as a hardware-debug port.
218
219config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
220 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 221 ---help---
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222 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
223 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
224
225config IO_DELAY_NONE
226 bool "no port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 227 ---help---
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228 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
229 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
230
231endchoice
232
233if IO_DELAY_0X80
234config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
235 int
236 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
237endif
238
239if IO_DELAY_0XED
240config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
241 int
242 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
243endif
244
245if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
246config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
247 int
248 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
249endif
250
251if IO_DELAY_NONE
252config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
253 int
254 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
255endif
b02aae9c 256
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257config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
258 bool "Debug boot parameters"
259 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
260 depends on DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 261 ---help---
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262 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
263
0c42f392 264config CPA_DEBUG
971a52d6 265 bool "CPA self-test code"
f316fe68 266 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 267 ---help---
971a52d6 268 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
0c42f392 269
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270config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
271 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
8f9ca475 272 ---help---
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273 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
274 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
275 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
276 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
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277 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
278 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
279 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
280 is there to test gcc for this.
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282 If unsure, say N.
283
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284config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
285 bool "NMI Selftest"
4f941c57 286 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
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287 ---help---
288 Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify
289 that the NMI behaves correctly.
290
291 This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to
292 function properly.
293
294 If unsure, say N.
295
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296config X86_DEBUG_STATIC_CPU_HAS
297 bool "Debug alternatives"
298 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
299 ---help---
300 This option causes additional code to be generated which
301 fails if static_cpu_has() is used before alternatives have
302 run.
303
304 If unsure, say N.
305
c9af1e33 306endmenu