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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
076f9776 34 bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
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_MRST
47 bool "Early printk for MRST platform support"
48 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && X86_MRST
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 DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
63 bool "Check for stack overflows"
64 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 65 ---help---
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66 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
67 drops below a certain limit.
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69config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
70 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
71 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 72 ---help---
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73 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
74 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
75
76 This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
77
c49a4955 78config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
79 bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps"
80 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
3e5095d1 81 depends on SMP
8f9ca475 82 ---help---
c49a4955 83 Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has
84 been setup. Adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory
85 and decreases performance.
86
87 Say N if unsure.
88
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89config X86_PTDUMP
90 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
fe770bf0 91 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
926e5392 92 select DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 93 ---help---
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94 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
95 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
96 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
97 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
98 kernel.
99 If in doubt, say "N"
100
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101config DEBUG_RODATA
102 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
11201e60 103 default y
63aaf308 104 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 105 ---help---
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106 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
107 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
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108 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
109 If in doubt, say "Y".
63aaf308 110
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111config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
112 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
113 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
72370f2a 114 default y
8f9ca475 115 ---help---
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116 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
117 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
118 If in doubt, say "N"
119
120config DEBUG_NX_TEST
121 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
122 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
8f9ca475 123 ---help---
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124 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
125 and the software setup of this feature.
126 If in doubt, say "N"
127
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128config DOUBLEFAULT
129 default y
130 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
d013a27c 131 depends on X86_32
8f9ca475 132 ---help---
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133 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
134 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
135 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
136 hair.
137
138config IOMMU_DEBUG
139 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
966396d3 140 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
d013a27c 141 depends on X86_64
8f9ca475 142 ---help---
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143 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
144 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
145 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
146 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
147 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
148 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
149 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
150 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
151 options. See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
152 details.
153
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154config IOMMU_STRESS
155 bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
156 ---help---
157 This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
158 code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
159 will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
160 testing.
161
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162config IOMMU_LEAK
163 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
19c1a6f5 164 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
8f9ca475 165 ---help---
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166 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
167 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
168
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169config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
170 def_bool y
8b7d89d0 171
ca0e9bad 172config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
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173 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
174 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
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175 ---help---
176 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
177 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
178 decoder code.
179 If unsure, say "N".
180
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182# IO delay types:
183#
184
185config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
186 int
187 default "0"
188
189config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
190 int
191 default "1"
192
193config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
194 int
195 default "2"
196
197config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
198 int
199 default "3"
200
201choice
202 prompt "IO delay type"
fd59e9e9 203 default IO_DELAY_0X80
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205config IO_DELAY_0X80
206 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
8f9ca475 207 ---help---
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208 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
209 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
210
211config IO_DELAY_0XED
212 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 213 ---help---
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214 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
215 often used as a hardware-debug port.
216
217config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
218 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 219 ---help---
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220 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
221 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
222
223config IO_DELAY_NONE
224 bool "no port-IO delay"
8f9ca475 225 ---help---
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226 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
227 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
228
229endchoice
230
231if IO_DELAY_0X80
232config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
233 int
234 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
235endif
236
237if IO_DELAY_0XED
238config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
239 int
240 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
241endif
242
243if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
244config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
245 int
246 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
247endif
248
249if IO_DELAY_NONE
250config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
251 int
252 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
253endif
b02aae9c 254
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255config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
256 bool "Debug boot parameters"
257 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
258 depends on DEBUG_FS
8f9ca475 259 ---help---
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260 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
261
0c42f392 262config CPA_DEBUG
971a52d6 263 bool "CPA self-test code"
f316fe68 264 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
8f9ca475 265 ---help---
971a52d6 266 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
0c42f392 267
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268config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
269 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
8f9ca475 270 ---help---
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271 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
272 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
273 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
274 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
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275 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
276 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
277 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
278 is there to test gcc for this.
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280 If unsure, say N.
281
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282config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
283 bool "Strict copy size checks"
ad8f4356 284 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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285 ---help---
286 Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user
287 copy operations into compile time failures.
288
289 The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there
290 are sufficient security checks on the length argument of
291 the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is
292 within bounds.
293
294 If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N.
295
c9af1e33 296endmenu