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1menu "Kernel hacking"
2
55f327fa 3config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
d013a27c 4 def_bool y
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6source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
7
d092633b 8config STRICT_DEVMEM
16104b55 9 bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
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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.
ae531c26 24
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25config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
26 bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
27 default y
28 help
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
076f9776 34 bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
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35 default y
36 help
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_DBGP
47 bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
48 default n
9749986a 49 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
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50 help
51 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
52
53 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
54 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
55 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
56 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
57 unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
58
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59config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
60 bool "Check for stack overflows"
61 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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62 help
63 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
64 drops below a certain limit.
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66config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
67 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
68 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
69 help
70 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
71 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
72
73 This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
74
1da177e4 75config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
4a2f0acf 76 bool "Debug page memory allocations"
b1d95f4e 77 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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78 help
79 Unmap pages from the kernel linear mapping after free_pages().
80 This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types
81 of memory corruptions.
82
c49a4955 83config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
84 bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps"
85 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
23ca4bba 86 depends on X86_SMP
c49a4955 87 default n
88 help
89 Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has
90 been setup. Adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory
91 and decreases performance.
92
93 Say N if unsure.
94
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95config X86_PTDUMP
96 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
fe770bf0 97 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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98 select DEBUG_FS
99 help
100 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
101 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
102 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
103 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
104 kernel.
105 If in doubt, say "N"
106
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107config DEBUG_RODATA
108 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
11201e60 109 default y
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110 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
111 help
112 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
113 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
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114 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
115 If in doubt, say "Y".
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117config DIRECT_GBPAGES
118 bool "Enable gbpages-mapped kernel pagetables"
119 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && X86_64
120 help
121 Enable gigabyte pages support (if the CPU supports it). This can
122 improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by reducing TLB
123 pressure.
124
125 This is experimental code.
126
127 If in doubt, say "N".
128
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129config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
130 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
131 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
72370f2a 132 default y
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133 help
134 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
135 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
136 If in doubt, say "N"
137
138config DEBUG_NX_TEST
139 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
140 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
141 help
142 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
143 and the software setup of this feature.
144 If in doubt, say "N"
145
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146config 4KSTACKS
147 bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
d013a27c 148 depends on X86_32
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149 help
150 If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
151 kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
152 running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure
153 on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option
154 will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace.
155
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156config DOUBLEFAULT
157 default y
158 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
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159 depends on X86_32
160 help
161 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
162 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
163 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
164 hair.
165
166config IOMMU_DEBUG
167 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
966396d3 168 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
d013a27c 169 depends on X86_64
102e41fd 170 help
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171 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
172 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
173 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
174 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
175 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
176 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
177 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
178 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
179 options. See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
180 details.
181
182config IOMMU_LEAK
183 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
184 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
185 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG
186 help
187 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
188 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
189
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190config MMIOTRACE_HOOKS
191 bool
86069782 192
8b7d89d0 193config MMIOTRACE
d61fc448 194 bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
37b36192 195 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PCI
f984b51e 196 select TRACING
10c43d2e 197 select MMIOTRACE_HOOKS
8b7d89d0 198 help
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199 Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
200 debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
c6c67c1a 201 implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
37b36192 202 default and can be enabled at run-time.
8b7d89d0 203
c6c67c1a 204 See Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt.
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205 If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
206
207config MMIOTRACE_TEST
208 tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
209 depends on MMIOTRACE && m
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210 help
211 This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
212 as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
213 However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
214
215 Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
216
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218# IO delay types:
219#
220
221config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
222 int
223 default "0"
224
225config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
226 int
227 default "1"
228
229config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
230 int
231 default "2"
232
233config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
234 int
235 default "3"
236
237choice
238 prompt "IO delay type"
fd59e9e9 239 default IO_DELAY_0X80
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241config IO_DELAY_0X80
242 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
243 help
244 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
245 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
246
247config IO_DELAY_0XED
248 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
249 help
250 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
251 often used as a hardware-debug port.
252
253config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
254 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
255 help
256 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
257 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
258
259config IO_DELAY_NONE
260 bool "no port-IO delay"
b02aae9c 261 help
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262 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
263 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
264
265endchoice
266
267if IO_DELAY_0X80
268config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
269 int
270 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
271endif
272
273if IO_DELAY_0XED
274config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
275 int
276 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
277endif
278
279if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
280config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
281 int
282 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
283endif
284
285if IO_DELAY_NONE
286config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
287 int
288 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
289endif
b02aae9c 290
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291config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
292 bool "Debug boot parameters"
293 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
294 depends on DEBUG_FS
295 help
296 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
297
0c42f392 298config CPA_DEBUG
971a52d6 299 bool "CPA self-test code"
f316fe68 300 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
0c42f392 301 help
971a52d6 302 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
0c42f392 303
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304config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
305 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
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306 help
307 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
308 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
309 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
310 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
311 disabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
312 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc4 to make the decision can
313 become the default in the future, until then this option is there to
314 test gcc for this.
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316 If unsure, say N.
317
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319