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2 | config PRINTK_TIME | |
3 | bool "Show timing information on printks" | |
d3b8b6e5 | 4 | depends on PRINTK |
1da177e4 | 5 | help |
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6 | Selecting this option causes time stamps of the printk() |
7 | messages to be added to the output of the syslog() system | |
8 | call and at the console. | |
9 | ||
10 | The timestamp is always recorded internally, and exported | |
11 | to /dev/kmsg. This flag just specifies if the timestamp should | |
12 | be included, not that the timestamp is recorded. | |
13 | ||
14 | The behavior is also controlled by the kernel command line | |
15 | parameter printk.time=1. See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
1da177e4 | 16 | |
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17 | config DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL |
18 | int "Default message log level (1-7)" | |
19 | range 1 7 | |
20 | default "4" | |
21 | help | |
22 | Default log level for printk statements with no specified priority. | |
23 | ||
24 | This was hard-coded to KERN_WARNING since at least 2.6.10 but folks | |
25 | that are auditing their logs closely may want to set it to a lower | |
26 | priority. | |
27 | ||
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28 | config ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED |
29 | bool "Enable __deprecated logic" | |
30 | default y | |
31 | help | |
32 | Enable the __deprecated logic in the kernel build. | |
33 | Disable this to suppress the "warning: 'foo' is deprecated | |
34 | (declared at kernel/power/somefile.c:1234)" messages. | |
35 | ||
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36 | config ENABLE_MUST_CHECK |
37 | bool "Enable __must_check logic" | |
38 | default y | |
39 | help | |
40 | Enable the __must_check logic in the kernel build. Disable this to | |
41 | suppress the "warning: ignoring return value of 'foo', declared with | |
42 | attribute warn_unused_result" messages. | |
1da177e4 | 43 | |
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44 | config FRAME_WARN |
45 | int "Warn for stack frames larger than (needs gcc 4.4)" | |
46 | range 0 8192 | |
47 | default 1024 if !64BIT | |
48 | default 2048 if 64BIT | |
49 | help | |
50 | Tell gcc to warn at build time for stack frames larger than this. | |
51 | Setting this too low will cause a lot of warnings. | |
52 | Setting it to 0 disables the warning. | |
53 | Requires gcc 4.4 | |
54 | ||
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55 | config MAGIC_SYSRQ |
56 | bool "Magic SysRq key" | |
f346f4b3 | 57 | depends on !UML |
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58 | help |
59 | If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even | |
60 | if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you | |
61 | will be able to flush the buffer cache to disk, reboot the system | |
62 | immediately or dump some status information). This is accomplished | |
63 | by pressing various keys while holding SysRq (Alt+PrintScreen). It | |
64 | also works on a serial console (on PC hardware at least), if you | |
65 | send a BREAK and then within 5 seconds a command keypress. The | |
66 | keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y | |
67 | unless you really know what this hack does. | |
68 | ||
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69 | config STRIP_ASM_SYMS |
70 | bool "Strip assembler-generated symbols during link" | |
71 | default n | |
72 | help | |
73 | Strip internal assembler-generated symbols during a link (symbols | |
74 | that look like '.Lxxx') so they don't pollute the output of | |
75 | get_wchan() and suchlike. | |
76 | ||
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77 | config READABLE_ASM |
78 | bool "Generate readable assembler code" | |
79 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
80 | help | |
81 | Disable some compiler optimizations that tend to generate human unreadable | |
82 | assembler output. This may make the kernel slightly slower, but it helps | |
83 | to keep kernel developers who have to stare a lot at assembler listings | |
84 | sane. | |
85 | ||
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86 | config UNUSED_SYMBOLS |
87 | bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols" | |
88 | default y if X86 | |
89 | help | |
90 | Unused but exported symbols make the kernel needlessly bigger. For | |
91 | that reason most of these unused exports will soon be removed. This | |
92 | option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case | |
93 | some external kernel module needs one of these symbols anyway. If you | |
94 | encounter such a case in your module, consider if you are actually | |
95 | using the right API. (rationale: since nobody in the kernel is using | |
96 | this in a module, there is a pretty good chance it's actually the | |
97 | wrong interface to use). If you really need the symbol, please send a | |
98 | mail to the linux kernel mailing list mentioning the symbol and why | |
99 | you really need it, and what the merge plan to the mainline kernel for | |
100 | your module is. | |
101 | ||
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102 | config DEBUG_FS |
103 | bool "Debug Filesystem" | |
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104 | help |
105 | debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put | |
106 | debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and | |
107 | write to these files. | |
108 | ||
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109 | For detailed documentation on the debugfs API, see |
110 | Documentation/DocBook/filesystems. | |
111 | ||
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112 | If unsure, say N. |
113 | ||
114 | config HEADERS_CHECK | |
115 | bool "Run 'make headers_check' when building vmlinux" | |
116 | depends on !UML | |
117 | help | |
118 | This option will extract the user-visible kernel headers whenever | |
119 | building the kernel, and will run basic sanity checks on them to | |
120 | ensure that exported files do not attempt to include files which | |
121 | were not exported, etc. | |
122 | ||
123 | If you're making modifications to header files which are | |
124 | relevant for userspace, say 'Y', and check the headers | |
125 | exported to $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH) (usually 'usr/include' in | |
126 | your build tree), to make sure they're suitable. | |
127 | ||
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128 | config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH |
129 | bool "Enable full Section mismatch analysis" | |
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130 | help |
131 | The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal | |
132 | references from one section to another section. | |
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133 | During linktime or runtime, some sections are dropped; |
134 | any use of code/data previously in these sections would | |
91341d4b | 135 | most likely result in an oops. |
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136 | In the code, functions and variables are annotated with |
137 | __init, __devinit, etc. (see the full list in include/linux/init.h), | |
d6fbfa4f | 138 | which results in the code/data being placed in specific sections. |
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139 | The section mismatch analysis is always performed after a full |
140 | kernel build, and enabling this option causes the following | |
141 | additional steps to occur: | |
142 | - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc commands. | |
143 | When inlining a function annotated with __init in a non-init | |
144 | function, we would lose the section information and thus | |
91341d4b | 145 | the analysis would not catch the illegal reference. |
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146 | This option tells gcc to inline less (but it does result in |
147 | a larger kernel). | |
148 | - Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o file. | |
149 | When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o, we | |
d6fbfa4f | 150 | lose valueble information about where the mismatch was |
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151 | introduced. |
152 | Running the analysis for each module/built-in.o file | |
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153 | tells where the mismatch happens much closer to the |
154 | source. The drawback is that the same mismatch is | |
155 | reported at least twice. | |
156 | - Enable verbose reporting from modpost in order to help resolve | |
157 | the section mismatches that are reported. | |
91341d4b | 158 | |
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159 | config DEBUG_KERNEL |
160 | bool "Kernel debugging" | |
161 | help | |
162 | Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and | |
163 | identify kernel problems. | |
164 | ||
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165 | config DEBUG_SHIRQ |
166 | bool "Debug shared IRQ handlers" | |
167 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && GENERIC_HARDIRQS | |
168 | help | |
169 | Enable this to generate a spurious interrupt as soon as a shared | |
170 | interrupt handler is registered, and just before one is deregistered. | |
171 | Drivers ought to be able to handle interrupts coming in at those | |
172 | points; some don't and need to be caught. | |
173 | ||
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174 | config LOCKUP_DETECTOR |
175 | bool "Detect Hard and Soft Lockups" | |
dea20a3f | 176 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !S390 |
8446f1d3 | 177 | help |
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178 | Say Y here to enable the kernel to act as a watchdog to detect |
179 | hard and soft lockups. | |
180 | ||
181 | Softlockups are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel | |
5f329089 | 182 | mode for more than 20 seconds, without giving other tasks a |
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183 | chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon |
184 | detection and the system will stay locked up. | |
8446f1d3 | 185 | |
58687acb | 186 | Hardlockups are bugs that cause the CPU to loop in kernel mode |
5f329089 | 187 | for more than 10 seconds, without letting other interrupts have a |
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188 | chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon detection |
189 | and the system will stay locked up. | |
8446f1d3 | 190 | |
58687acb | 191 | The overhead should be minimal. A periodic hrtimer runs to |
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192 | generate interrupts and kick the watchdog task every 4 seconds. |
193 | An NMI is generated every 10 seconds or so to check for hardlockups. | |
194 | ||
195 | The frequency of hrtimer and NMI events and the soft and hard lockup | |
196 | thresholds can be controlled through the sysctl watchdog_thresh. | |
8446f1d3 | 197 | |
23637d47 | 198 | config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR |
4a7863cc | 199 | def_bool LOCKUP_DETECTOR && PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && \ |
d314d74c | 200 | !HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG |
8446f1d3 | 201 | |
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202 | config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC |
203 | bool "Panic (Reboot) On Hard Lockups" | |
204 | depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR | |
205 | help | |
206 | Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hard lockups", | |
207 | which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel | |
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208 | mode with interrupts disabled for more than 10 seconds (configurable |
209 | using the watchdog_thresh sysctl). | |
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210 | |
211 | Say N if unsure. | |
212 | ||
213 | config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE | |
214 | int | |
215 | depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR | |
216 | range 0 1 | |
217 | default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC | |
218 | default 1 if BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC | |
219 | ||
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220 | config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC |
221 | bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups" | |
89d7ce2a | 222 | depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR |
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223 | help |
224 | Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups", | |
225 | which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel | |
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226 | mode for more than 20 seconds (configurable using the watchdog_thresh |
227 | sysctl), without giving other tasks a chance to run. | |
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228 | |
229 | The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout, | |
230 | to cause the system to reboot automatically after a | |
231 | lockup has been detected. This feature is useful for | |
232 | high-availability systems that have uptime guarantees and | |
233 | where a lockup must be resolved ASAP. | |
234 | ||
235 | Say N if unsure. | |
236 | ||
237 | config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE | |
238 | int | |
e16bb1d7 | 239 | depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR |
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240 | range 0 1 |
241 | default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC | |
242 | default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC | |
243 | ||
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244 | config PANIC_ON_OOPS |
245 | bool "Panic on Oops" if EXPERT | |
246 | default n | |
247 | help | |
248 | Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic when it oopses. This | |
249 | has the same effect as setting oops=panic on the kernel command | |
250 | line. | |
251 | ||
252 | This feature is useful to ensure that the kernel does not do | |
253 | anything erroneous after an oops which could result in data | |
254 | corruption or other issues. | |
255 | ||
256 | Say N if unsure. | |
257 | ||
258 | config PANIC_ON_OOPS_VALUE | |
259 | int | |
260 | range 0 1 | |
261 | default 0 if !PANIC_ON_OOPS | |
262 | default 1 if PANIC_ON_OOPS | |
263 | ||
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264 | config DETECT_HUNG_TASK |
265 | bool "Detect Hung Tasks" | |
266 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
8edbb83e | 267 | default LOCKUP_DETECTOR |
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268 | help |
269 | Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "hung tasks", | |
270 | which are bugs that cause the task to be stuck in | |
271 | uninterruptible "D" state indefinitiley. | |
272 | ||
273 | When a hung task is detected, the kernel will print the | |
274 | current stack trace (which you should report), but the | |
275 | task will stay in uninterruptible state. If lockdep is | |
276 | enabled then all held locks will also be reported. This | |
277 | feature has negligible overhead. | |
278 | ||
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279 | config DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT |
280 | int "Default timeout for hung task detection (in seconds)" | |
281 | depends on DETECT_HUNG_TASK | |
282 | default 120 | |
283 | help | |
284 | This option controls the default timeout (in seconds) used | |
285 | to determine when a task has become non-responsive and should | |
286 | be considered hung. | |
287 | ||
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288 | It can be adjusted at runtime via the kernel.hung_task_timeout_secs |
289 | sysctl or by writing a value to | |
290 | /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs. | |
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291 | |
292 | A timeout of 0 disables the check. The default is two minutes. | |
293 | Keeping the default should be fine in most cases. | |
294 | ||
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295 | config BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC |
296 | bool "Panic (Reboot) On Hung Tasks" | |
297 | depends on DETECT_HUNG_TASK | |
298 | help | |
299 | Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hung tasks", | |
300 | which are bugs that cause the kernel to leave a task stuck | |
301 | in uninterruptible "D" state. | |
302 | ||
303 | The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout, | |
304 | to cause the system to reboot automatically after a | |
305 | hung task has been detected. This feature is useful for | |
306 | high-availability systems that have uptime guarantees and | |
307 | where a hung tasks must be resolved ASAP. | |
308 | ||
309 | Say N if unsure. | |
310 | ||
311 | config BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC_VALUE | |
312 | int | |
313 | depends on DETECT_HUNG_TASK | |
314 | range 0 1 | |
315 | default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC | |
316 | default 1 if BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC | |
317 | ||
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318 | config SCHED_DEBUG |
319 | bool "Collect scheduler debugging info" | |
320 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS | |
321 | default y | |
322 | help | |
323 | If you say Y here, the /proc/sched_debug file will be provided | |
324 | that can help debug the scheduler. The runtime overhead of this | |
325 | option is minimal. | |
326 | ||
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327 | config SCHEDSTATS |
328 | bool "Collect scheduler statistics" | |
329 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS | |
330 | help | |
331 | If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the | |
332 | scheduler and related routines to collect statistics about | |
333 | scheduler behavior and provide them in /proc/schedstat. These | |
334 | stats may be useful for both tuning and debugging the scheduler | |
335 | If you aren't debugging the scheduler or trying to tune a specific | |
336 | application, you can say N to avoid the very slight overhead | |
337 | this adds. | |
338 | ||
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339 | config TIMER_STATS |
340 | bool "Collect kernel timers statistics" | |
341 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS | |
342 | help | |
343 | If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the | |
344 | timer routines to collect statistics about kernel timers being | |
345 | reprogrammed. The statistics can be read from /proc/timer_stats. | |
346 | The statistics collection is started by writing 1 to /proc/timer_stats, | |
347 | writing 0 stops it. This feature is useful to collect information | |
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348 | about timer usage patterns in kernel and userspace. This feature |
349 | is lightweight if enabled in the kernel config but not activated | |
350 | (it defaults to deactivated on bootup and will only be activated | |
351 | if some application like powertop activates it explicitly). | |
82f67cd9 | 352 | |
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353 | config DEBUG_OBJECTS |
354 | bool "Debug object operations" | |
355 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
356 | help | |
357 | If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the | |
358 | kernel to track the life time of various objects and validate | |
359 | the operations on those objects. | |
360 | ||
361 | config DEBUG_OBJECTS_SELFTEST | |
362 | bool "Debug objects selftest" | |
363 | depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS | |
364 | help | |
365 | This enables the selftest of the object debug code. | |
366 | ||
367 | config DEBUG_OBJECTS_FREE | |
368 | bool "Debug objects in freed memory" | |
369 | depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS | |
370 | help | |
371 | This enables checks whether a k/v free operation frees an area | |
372 | which contains an object which has not been deactivated | |
373 | properly. This can make kmalloc/kfree-intensive workloads | |
374 | much slower. | |
375 | ||
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376 | config DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS |
377 | bool "Debug timer objects" | |
378 | depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS | |
379 | help | |
380 | If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the | |
381 | timer routines to track the life time of timer objects and | |
382 | validate the timer operations. | |
383 | ||
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384 | config DEBUG_OBJECTS_WORK |
385 | bool "Debug work objects" | |
386 | depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS | |
387 | help | |
388 | If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the | |
389 | work queue routines to track the life time of work objects and | |
390 | validate the work operations. | |
391 | ||
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392 | config DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD |
393 | bool "Debug RCU callbacks objects" | |
fc2ecf7e | 394 | depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS |
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395 | help |
396 | Enable this to turn on debugging of RCU list heads (call_rcu() usage). | |
397 | ||
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398 | config DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER |
399 | bool "Debug percpu counter objects" | |
400 | depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS | |
401 | help | |
402 | If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the | |
403 | percpu counter routines to track the life time of percpu counter | |
404 | objects and validate the percpu counter operations. | |
405 | ||
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406 | config DEBUG_OBJECTS_ENABLE_DEFAULT |
407 | int "debug_objects bootup default value (0-1)" | |
408 | range 0 1 | |
409 | default "1" | |
410 | depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS | |
411 | help | |
412 | Debug objects boot parameter default value | |
413 | ||
1da177e4 | 414 | config DEBUG_SLAB |
4a2f0acf | 415 | bool "Debug slab memory allocations" |
7d46d9e6 | 416 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SLAB && !KMEMCHECK |
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417 | help |
418 | Say Y here to have the kernel do limited verification on memory | |
419 | allocation as well as poisoning memory on free to catch use of freed | |
420 | memory. This can make kmalloc/kfree-intensive workloads much slower. | |
421 | ||
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422 | config DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK |
423 | bool "Memory leak debugging" | |
424 | depends on DEBUG_SLAB | |
425 | ||
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426 | config SLUB_DEBUG_ON |
427 | bool "SLUB debugging on by default" | |
7d46d9e6 | 428 | depends on SLUB && SLUB_DEBUG && !KMEMCHECK |
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429 | default n |
430 | help | |
431 | Boot with debugging on by default. SLUB boots by default with | |
432 | the runtime debug capabilities switched off. Enabling this is | |
433 | equivalent to specifying the "slub_debug" parameter on boot. | |
434 | There is no support for more fine grained debug control like | |
435 | possible with slub_debug=xxx. SLUB debugging may be switched | |
436 | off in a kernel built with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON by specifying | |
437 | "slub_debug=-". | |
438 | ||
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439 | config SLUB_STATS |
440 | default n | |
441 | bool "Enable SLUB performance statistics" | |
ab4d5ed5 | 442 | depends on SLUB && SYSFS |
8ff12cfc CL |
443 | help |
444 | SLUB statistics are useful to debug SLUBs allocation behavior in | |
445 | order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be | |
446 | enabled for production use since keeping statistics slows down | |
447 | the allocator by a few percentage points. The slabinfo command | |
448 | supports the determination of the most active slabs to figure | |
449 | out which slabs are relevant to a particular load. | |
450 | Try running: slabinfo -DA | |
451 | ||
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452 | config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK |
453 | bool "Kernel memory leak detector" | |
029aeff5 | 454 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && \ |
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455 | (X86 || ARM || PPC || MIPS || S390 || SPARC64 || SUPERH || \ |
456 | MICROBLAZE || TILE || ARM64) | |
dfcc3e6a | 457 | |
79e0d9bd | 458 | select DEBUG_FS |
3bba00d7 CM |
459 | select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT |
460 | select KALLSYMS | |
b60e26a2 | 461 | select CRC32 |
3bba00d7 CM |
462 | help |
463 | Say Y here if you want to enable the memory leak | |
464 | detector. The memory allocation/freeing is traced in a way | |
465 | similar to the Boehm's conservative garbage collector, the | |
466 | difference being that the orphan objects are not freed but | |
467 | only shown in /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak. Enabling this | |
468 | feature will introduce an overhead to memory | |
469 | allocations. See Documentation/kmemleak.txt for more | |
470 | details. | |
471 | ||
bf96d1e3 CM |
472 | Enabling DEBUG_SLAB or SLUB_DEBUG may increase the chances |
473 | of finding leaks due to the slab objects poisoning. | |
474 | ||
3bba00d7 CM |
475 | In order to access the kmemleak file, debugfs needs to be |
476 | mounted (usually at /sys/kernel/debug). | |
477 | ||
a9d9058a CM |
478 | config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE |
479 | int "Maximum kmemleak early log entries" | |
480 | depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK | |
dfcc3e6a | 481 | range 200 40000 |
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482 | default 400 |
483 | help | |
484 | Kmemleak must track all the memory allocations to avoid | |
485 | reporting false positives. Since memory may be allocated or | |
486 | freed before kmemleak is initialised, an early log buffer is | |
487 | used to store these actions. If kmemleak reports "early log | |
488 | buffer exceeded", please increase this value. | |
489 | ||
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490 | config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST |
491 | tristate "Simple test for the kernel memory leak detector" | |
9718269a | 492 | depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK && m |
0822ee4a | 493 | help |
9718269a | 494 | This option enables a module that explicitly leaks memory. |
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495 | |
496 | If unsure, say N. | |
497 | ||
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498 | config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF |
499 | bool "Default kmemleak to off" | |
500 | depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK | |
501 | help | |
502 | Say Y here to disable kmemleak by default. It can then be enabled | |
503 | on the command line via kmemleak=on. | |
504 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
505 | config DEBUG_PREEMPT |
506 | bool "Debug preemptible kernel" | |
01deab98 | 507 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT |
1da177e4 LT |
508 | default y |
509 | help | |
510 | If you say Y here then the kernel will use a debug variant of the | |
511 | commonly used smp_processor_id() function and will print warnings | |
512 | if kernel code uses it in a preemption-unsafe way. Also, the kernel | |
513 | will detect preemption count underflows. | |
514 | ||
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515 | config DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES |
516 | bool "RT Mutex debugging, deadlock detection" | |
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517 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && RT_MUTEXES |
518 | help | |
519 | This allows rt mutex semantics violations and rt mutex related | |
520 | deadlocks (lockups) to be detected and reported automatically. | |
521 | ||
522 | config DEBUG_PI_LIST | |
523 | bool | |
524 | default y | |
525 | depends on DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES | |
526 | ||
61a87122 TG |
527 | config RT_MUTEX_TESTER |
528 | bool "Built-in scriptable tester for rt-mutexes" | |
a1583d3e | 529 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && RT_MUTEXES |
61a87122 TG |
530 | help |
531 | This option enables a rt-mutex tester. | |
532 | ||
1da177e4 | 533 | config DEBUG_SPINLOCK |
4d9f34ad | 534 | bool "Spinlock and rw-lock debugging: basic checks" |
1da177e4 | 535 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
e335e3eb | 536 | select UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK |
1da177e4 LT |
537 | help |
538 | Say Y here and build SMP to catch missing spinlock initialization | |
539 | and certain other kinds of spinlock errors commonly made. This is | |
540 | best used in conjunction with the NMI watchdog so that spinlock | |
541 | deadlocks are also debuggable. | |
542 | ||
4d9f34ad IM |
543 | config DEBUG_MUTEXES |
544 | bool "Mutex debugging: basic checks" | |
545 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
546 | help | |
547 | This feature allows mutex semantics violations to be detected and | |
548 | reported. | |
549 | ||
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550 | config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC |
551 | bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks" | |
517e7aa5 | 552 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT |
4d9f34ad IM |
553 | select DEBUG_SPINLOCK |
554 | select DEBUG_MUTEXES | |
4d9f34ad IM |
555 | select LOCKDEP |
556 | help | |
557 | This feature will check whether any held lock (spinlock, rwlock, | |
558 | mutex or rwsem) is incorrectly freed by the kernel, via any of the | |
559 | memory-freeing routines (kfree(), kmem_cache_free(), free_pages(), | |
560 | vfree(), etc.), whether a live lock is incorrectly reinitialized via | |
561 | spin_lock_init()/mutex_init()/etc., or whether there is any lock | |
562 | held during task exit. | |
563 | ||
564 | config PROVE_LOCKING | |
565 | bool "Lock debugging: prove locking correctness" | |
517e7aa5 | 566 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT |
4d9f34ad IM |
567 | select LOCKDEP |
568 | select DEBUG_SPINLOCK | |
569 | select DEBUG_MUTEXES | |
4d9f34ad | 570 | select DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC |
46b93b74 | 571 | select TRACE_IRQFLAGS |
4d9f34ad IM |
572 | default n |
573 | help | |
574 | This feature enables the kernel to prove that all locking | |
575 | that occurs in the kernel runtime is mathematically | |
576 | correct: that under no circumstance could an arbitrary (and | |
577 | not yet triggered) combination of observed locking | |
578 | sequences (on an arbitrary number of CPUs, running an | |
579 | arbitrary number of tasks and interrupt contexts) cause a | |
580 | deadlock. | |
581 | ||
582 | In short, this feature enables the kernel to report locking | |
583 | related deadlocks before they actually occur. | |
584 | ||
585 | The proof does not depend on how hard and complex a | |
586 | deadlock scenario would be to trigger: how many | |
587 | participant CPUs, tasks and irq-contexts would be needed | |
588 | for it to trigger. The proof also does not depend on | |
589 | timing: if a race and a resulting deadlock is possible | |
590 | theoretically (no matter how unlikely the race scenario | |
591 | is), it will be proven so and will immediately be | |
592 | reported by the kernel (once the event is observed that | |
593 | makes the deadlock theoretically possible). | |
594 | ||
595 | If a deadlock is impossible (i.e. the locking rules, as | |
596 | observed by the kernel, are mathematically correct), the | |
597 | kernel reports nothing. | |
598 | ||
599 | NOTE: this feature can also be enabled for rwlocks, mutexes | |
600 | and rwsems - in which case all dependencies between these | |
601 | different locking variants are observed and mapped too, and | |
602 | the proof of observed correctness is also maintained for an | |
603 | arbitrary combination of these separate locking variants. | |
604 | ||
605 | For more details, see Documentation/lockdep-design.txt. | |
606 | ||
632ee200 PM |
607 | config PROVE_RCU |
608 | bool "RCU debugging: prove RCU correctness" | |
609 | depends on PROVE_LOCKING | |
610 | default n | |
611 | help | |
612 | This feature enables lockdep extensions that check for correct | |
613 | use of RCU APIs. This is currently under development. Say Y | |
614 | if you want to debug RCU usage or help work on the PROVE_RCU | |
615 | feature. | |
616 | ||
617 | Say N if you are unsure. | |
618 | ||
2b3fc35f LJ |
619 | config PROVE_RCU_REPEATEDLY |
620 | bool "RCU debugging: don't disable PROVE_RCU on first splat" | |
621 | depends on PROVE_RCU | |
622 | default n | |
623 | help | |
624 | By itself, PROVE_RCU will disable checking upon issuing the | |
625 | first warning (or "splat"). This feature prevents such | |
626 | disabling, allowing multiple RCU-lockdep warnings to be printed | |
627 | on a single reboot. | |
628 | ||
2dfbf4df PM |
629 | Say Y to allow multiple RCU-lockdep warnings per boot. |
630 | ||
631 | Say N if you are unsure. | |
632 | ||
e3ebfb96 PM |
633 | config PROVE_RCU_DELAY |
634 | bool "RCU debugging: preemptible RCU race provocation" | |
635 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT_RCU | |
636 | default n | |
637 | help | |
638 | There is a class of races that involve an unlikely preemption | |
639 | of __rcu_read_unlock() just after ->rcu_read_lock_nesting has | |
640 | been set to INT_MIN. This feature inserts a delay at that | |
641 | point to increase the probability of these races. | |
642 | ||
643 | Say Y to increase probability of preemption of __rcu_read_unlock(). | |
644 | ||
645 | Say N if you are unsure. | |
646 | ||
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647 | config SPARSE_RCU_POINTER |
648 | bool "RCU debugging: sparse-based checks for pointer usage" | |
649 | default n | |
650 | help | |
651 | This feature enables the __rcu sparse annotation for | |
652 | RCU-protected pointers. This annotation will cause sparse | |
653 | to flag any non-RCU used of annotated pointers. This can be | |
654 | helpful when debugging RCU usage. Please note that this feature | |
655 | is not intended to enforce code cleanliness; it is instead merely | |
656 | a debugging aid. | |
657 | ||
658 | Say Y to make sparse flag questionable use of RCU-protected pointers | |
659 | ||
2b3fc35f LJ |
660 | Say N if you are unsure. |
661 | ||
4d9f34ad IM |
662 | config LOCKDEP |
663 | bool | |
517e7aa5 | 664 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT |
4d9f34ad | 665 | select STACKTRACE |
79aac889 | 666 | select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !ARM_UNWIND && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE |
4d9f34ad IM |
667 | select KALLSYMS |
668 | select KALLSYMS_ALL | |
669 | ||
f20786ff | 670 | config LOCK_STAT |
fdfb870f | 671 | bool "Lock usage statistics" |
f20786ff PZ |
672 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT |
673 | select LOCKDEP | |
674 | select DEBUG_SPINLOCK | |
675 | select DEBUG_MUTEXES | |
676 | select DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC | |
677 | default n | |
678 | help | |
679 | This feature enables tracking lock contention points | |
680 | ||
a560aa48 PZ |
681 | For more details, see Documentation/lockstat.txt |
682 | ||
dd8b1cf6 FW |
683 | This also enables lock events required by "perf lock", |
684 | subcommand of perf. | |
685 | If you want to use "perf lock", you also need to turn on | |
686 | CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING. | |
84c6f88f HM |
687 | |
688 | CONFIG_LOCK_STAT defines "contended" and "acquired" lock events. | |
dd8b1cf6 | 689 | (CONFIG_LOCKDEP defines "acquire" and "release" events.) |
84c6f88f | 690 | |
4d9f34ad IM |
691 | config DEBUG_LOCKDEP |
692 | bool "Lock dependency engine debugging" | |
517e7aa5 | 693 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && LOCKDEP |
4d9f34ad IM |
694 | help |
695 | If you say Y here, the lock dependency engine will do | |
696 | additional runtime checks to debug itself, at the price | |
697 | of more runtime overhead. | |
698 | ||
699 | config TRACE_IRQFLAGS | |
700 | bool | |
46b93b74 SR |
701 | help |
702 | Enables hooks to interrupt enabling and disabling for | |
703 | either tracing or lock debugging. | |
4d9f34ad | 704 | |
d902db1e FW |
705 | config DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP |
706 | bool "Sleep inside atomic section checking" | |
e8f7c70f | 707 | select PREEMPT_COUNT |
1da177e4 LT |
708 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
709 | help | |
710 | If you say Y here, various routines which may sleep will become very | |
d902db1e FW |
711 | noisy if they are called inside atomic sections: when a spinlock is |
712 | held, inside an rcu read side critical section, inside preempt disabled | |
713 | sections, inside an interrupt, etc... | |
1da177e4 | 714 | |
cae2ed9a IM |
715 | config DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS |
716 | bool "Locking API boot-time self-tests" | |
717 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
718 | help | |
719 | Say Y here if you want the kernel to run a short self-test during | |
720 | bootup. The self-test checks whether common types of locking bugs | |
721 | are detected by debugging mechanisms or not. (if you disable | |
722 | lock debugging then those bugs wont be detected of course.) | |
723 | The following locking APIs are covered: spinlocks, rwlocks, | |
724 | mutexes and rwsems. | |
725 | ||
8637c099 IM |
726 | config STACKTRACE |
727 | bool | |
728 | depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT | |
729 | ||
5ca43f6c SB |
730 | config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE |
731 | bool "Stack utilization instrumentation" | |
e9c31b32 | 732 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !IA64 && !PARISC |
5ca43f6c SB |
733 | help |
734 | Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each | |
735 | task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output. | |
736 | ||
737 | This option will slow down process creation somewhat. | |
738 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
739 | config DEBUG_KOBJECT |
740 | bool "kobject debugging" | |
741 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
742 | help | |
743 | If you say Y here, some extra kobject debugging messages will be sent | |
744 | to the syslog. | |
745 | ||
746 | config DEBUG_HIGHMEM | |
747 | bool "Highmem debugging" | |
748 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HIGHMEM | |
749 | help | |
750 | This options enables addition error checking for high memory systems. | |
751 | Disable for production systems. | |
752 | ||
753 | config DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE | |
6a108a14 | 754 | bool "Verbose BUG() reporting (adds 70K)" if DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERT |
c8538a7a | 755 | depends on BUG |
b920de1b | 756 | depends on ARM || AVR32 || M32R || M68K || SPARC32 || SPARC64 || \ |
8c2c3df3 CM |
757 | FRV || SUPERH || GENERIC_BUG || BLACKFIN || MN10300 || \ |
758 | TILE || ARM64 | |
8420e7ef | 759 | default y |
1da177e4 LT |
760 | help |
761 | Say Y here to make BUG() panics output the file name and line number | |
762 | of the BUG call as well as the EIP and oops trace. This aids | |
763 | debugging but costs about 70-100K of memory. | |
764 | ||
765 | config DEBUG_INFO | |
766 | bool "Compile the kernel with debug info" | |
767 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
768 | help | |
769 | If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include | |
770 | debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image. | |
b72e53f8 AD |
771 | This adds debug symbols to the kernel and modules (gcc -g), and |
772 | is needed if you intend to use kernel crashdump or binary object | |
773 | tools like crash, kgdb, LKCD, gdb, etc on the kernel. | |
1da177e4 LT |
774 | Say Y here only if you plan to debug the kernel. |
775 | ||
776 | If unsure, say N. | |
777 | ||
d6f4ceb7 AK |
778 | config DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED |
779 | bool "Reduce debugging information" | |
780 | depends on DEBUG_INFO | |
781 | help | |
782 | If you say Y here gcc is instructed to generate less debugging | |
783 | information for structure types. This means that tools that | |
784 | need full debugging information (like kgdb or systemtap) won't | |
785 | be happy. But if you merely need debugging information to | |
786 | resolve line numbers there is no loss. Advantage is that | |
787 | build directory object sizes shrink dramatically over a full | |
788 | DEBUG_INFO build and compile times are reduced too. | |
789 | Only works with newer gcc versions. | |
790 | ||
a241ec65 PM |
791 | config DEBUG_VM |
792 | bool "Debug VM" | |
793 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
794 | help | |
13e7444b NP |
795 | Enable this to turn on extended checks in the virtual-memory system |
796 | that may impact performance. | |
a241ec65 PM |
797 | |
798 | If unsure, say N. | |
799 | ||
59ea7463 JS |
800 | config DEBUG_VIRTUAL |
801 | bool "Debug VM translations" | |
802 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86 | |
803 | help | |
804 | Enable some costly sanity checks in virtual to page code. This can | |
805 | catch mistakes with virt_to_page() and friends. | |
806 | ||
807 | If unsure, say N. | |
808 | ||
8feae131 DH |
809 | config DEBUG_NOMMU_REGIONS |
810 | bool "Debug the global anon/private NOMMU mapping region tree" | |
811 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !MMU | |
812 | help | |
813 | This option causes the global tree of anonymous and private mapping | |
814 | regions to be regularly checked for invalid topology. | |
815 | ||
ad775f5a DH |
816 | config DEBUG_WRITECOUNT |
817 | bool "Debug filesystem writers count" | |
818 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
819 | help | |
820 | Enable this to catch wrong use of the writers count in struct | |
821 | vfsmount. This will increase the size of each file struct by | |
822 | 32 bits. | |
823 | ||
824 | If unsure, say N. | |
825 | ||
6b74ab97 | 826 | config DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT |
6a108a14 DR |
827 | bool "Debug memory initialisation" if EXPERT |
828 | default !EXPERT | |
6b74ab97 MG |
829 | help |
830 | Enable this for additional checks during memory initialisation. | |
831 | The sanity checks verify aspects of the VM such as the memory model | |
832 | and other information provided by the architecture. Verbose | |
833 | information will be printed at KERN_DEBUG loglevel depending | |
834 | on the mminit_loglevel= command-line option. | |
835 | ||
836 | If unsure, say Y | |
837 | ||
199a9afc DJ |
838 | config DEBUG_LIST |
839 | bool "Debug linked list manipulation" | |
840 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
841 | help | |
842 | Enable this to turn on extended checks in the linked-list | |
843 | walking routines. | |
844 | ||
845 | If unsure, say N. | |
846 | ||
6d411e6c AB |
847 | config TEST_LIST_SORT |
848 | bool "Linked list sorting test" | |
849 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
850 | help | |
851 | Enable this to turn on 'list_sort()' function test. This test is | |
852 | executed only once during system boot, so affects only boot time. | |
853 | ||
854 | If unsure, say N. | |
855 | ||
d6ec0842 JA |
856 | config DEBUG_SG |
857 | bool "Debug SG table operations" | |
858 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
859 | help | |
860 | Enable this to turn on checks on scatter-gather tables. This can | |
861 | help find problems with drivers that do not properly initialize | |
862 | their sg tables. | |
863 | ||
864 | If unsure, say N. | |
865 | ||
1b2439db AV |
866 | config DEBUG_NOTIFIERS |
867 | bool "Debug notifier call chains" | |
868 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
869 | help | |
870 | Enable this to turn on sanity checking for notifier call chains. | |
871 | This is most useful for kernel developers to make sure that | |
872 | modules properly unregister themselves from notifier chains. | |
873 | This is a relatively cheap check but if you care about maximum | |
874 | performance, say N. | |
875 | ||
e0e81739 DH |
876 | config DEBUG_CREDENTIALS |
877 | bool "Debug credential management" | |
878 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
879 | help | |
880 | Enable this to turn on some debug checking for credential | |
881 | management. The additional code keeps track of the number of | |
882 | pointers from task_structs to any given cred struct, and checks to | |
883 | see that this number never exceeds the usage count of the cred | |
884 | struct. | |
885 | ||
886 | Furthermore, if SELinux is enabled, this also checks that the | |
887 | security pointer in the cred struct is never seen to be invalid. | |
888 | ||
889 | If unsure, say N. | |
890 | ||
64dec40d JM |
891 | # |
892 | # Select this config option from the architecture Kconfig, if it | |
52288b66 | 893 | # is preferred to always offer frame pointers as a config |
64dec40d JM |
894 | # option on the architecture (regardless of KERNEL_DEBUG): |
895 | # | |
896 | config ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS | |
897 | bool | |
898 | help | |
899 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
900 | config FRAME_POINTER |
901 | bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers" | |
b920de1b | 902 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && \ |
73020415 | 903 | (CRIS || M68K || FRV || UML || \ |
da4276b8 IM |
904 | AVR32 || SUPERH || BLACKFIN || MN10300) || \ |
905 | ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS | |
906 | default y if (DEBUG_INFO && UML) || ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS | |
907 | help | |
908 | If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will be slightly | |
909 | larger and slower, but it gives very useful debugging information | |
910 | in case of kernel bugs. (precise oopses/stacktraces/warnings) | |
1da177e4 | 911 | |
bfe8df3d RD |
912 | config BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY |
913 | bool "Delay each boot printk message by N milliseconds" | |
914 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PRINTK && GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY | |
915 | help | |
916 | This build option allows you to read kernel boot messages | |
917 | by inserting a short delay after each one. The delay is | |
918 | specified in milliseconds on the kernel command line, | |
919 | using "boot_delay=N". | |
920 | ||
921 | It is likely that you would also need to use "lpj=M" to preset | |
922 | the "loops per jiffie" value. | |
923 | See a previous boot log for the "lpj" value to use for your | |
924 | system, and then set "lpj=M" before setting "boot_delay=N". | |
925 | NOTE: Using this option may adversely affect SMP systems. | |
926 | I.e., processors other than the first one may not boot up. | |
8edbb83e | 927 | BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY also may cause LOCKUP_DETECTOR to detect |
bfe8df3d RD |
928 | what it believes to be lockup conditions. |
929 | ||
a241ec65 PM |
930 | config RCU_TORTURE_TEST |
931 | tristate "torture tests for RCU" | |
932 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
933 | default n | |
934 | help | |
935 | This option provides a kernel module that runs torture tests | |
936 | on the RCU infrastructure. The kernel module may be built | |
937 | after the fact on the running kernel to be tested, if desired. | |
938 | ||
31a72bce PM |
939 | Say Y here if you want RCU torture tests to be built into |
940 | the kernel. | |
a241ec65 PM |
941 | Say M if you want the RCU torture tests to build as a module. |
942 | Say N if you are unsure. | |
8bb31b9d | 943 | |
31a72bce PM |
944 | config RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE |
945 | bool "torture tests for RCU runnable by default" | |
946 | depends on RCU_TORTURE_TEST = y | |
947 | default n | |
948 | help | |
949 | This option provides a way to build the RCU torture tests | |
950 | directly into the kernel without them starting up at boot | |
951 | time. You can use /proc/sys/kernel/rcutorture_runnable | |
952 | to manually override this setting. This /proc file is | |
953 | available only when the RCU torture tests have been built | |
954 | into the kernel. | |
955 | ||
956 | Say Y here if you want the RCU torture tests to start during | |
957 | boot (you probably don't). | |
958 | Say N here if you want the RCU torture tests to start only | |
959 | after being manually enabled via /proc. | |
960 | ||
b163760e PM |
961 | config RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT |
962 | int "RCU CPU stall timeout in seconds" | |
a00e0d71 | 963 | depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU |
b163760e PM |
964 | range 3 300 |
965 | default 60 | |
966 | help | |
967 | If a given RCU grace period extends more than the specified | |
968 | number of seconds, a CPU stall warning is printed. If the | |
969 | RCU grace period persists, additional CPU stall warnings are | |
970 | printed at more widely spaced intervals. | |
971 | ||
1ed509a2 PM |
972 | config RCU_CPU_STALL_VERBOSE |
973 | bool "Print additional per-task information for RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR" | |
a00e0d71 | 974 | depends on TREE_PREEMPT_RCU |
55ec936f | 975 | default y |
1ed509a2 PM |
976 | help |
977 | This option causes RCU to printk detailed per-task information | |
978 | for any tasks that are stalling the current RCU grace period. | |
67182ae1 PM |
979 | |
980 | Say N if you are unsure. | |
981 | ||
1ed509a2 PM |
982 | Say Y if you want to enable such checks. |
983 | ||
a858af28 PM |
984 | config RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO |
985 | bool "Print additional diagnostics on RCU CPU stall" | |
986 | depends on (TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU) && DEBUG_KERNEL | |
987 | default n | |
988 | help | |
989 | For each stalled CPU that is aware of the current RCU grace | |
990 | period, print out additional per-CPU diagnostic information | |
991 | regarding scheduling-clock ticks, idle state, and, | |
992 | for RCU_FAST_NO_HZ kernels, idle-entry state. | |
993 | ||
994 | Say N if you are unsure. | |
995 | ||
996 | Say Y if you want to enable such diagnostics. | |
997 | ||
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998 | config RCU_TRACE |
999 | bool "Enable tracing for RCU" | |
1000 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
1001 | help | |
1002 | This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats | |
1003 | in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation. | |
1004 | ||
1005 | Say Y here if you want to enable RCU tracing | |
1006 | Say N if you are unsure. | |
1007 | ||
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1008 | config KPROBES_SANITY_TEST |
1009 | bool "Kprobes sanity tests" | |
1010 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
1011 | depends on KPROBES | |
1012 | default n | |
1013 | help | |
1014 | This option provides for testing basic kprobes functionality on | |
1015 | boot. A sample kprobe, jprobe and kretprobe are inserted and | |
1016 | verified for functionality. | |
1017 | ||
1018 | Say N if you are unsure. | |
1019 | ||
6dab2778 AV |
1020 | config BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST |
1021 | tristate "Self test for the backtrace code" | |
1022 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
1023 | default n | |
1024 | help | |
1025 | This option provides a kernel module that can be used to test | |
1026 | the kernel stack backtrace code. This option is not useful | |
1027 | for distributions or general kernels, but only for kernel | |
1028 | developers working on architecture code. | |
1029 | ||
ad118c54 VN |
1030 | Note that if you want to also test saved backtraces, you will |
1031 | have to enable STACKTRACE as well. | |
1032 | ||
6dab2778 AV |
1033 | Say N if you are unsure. |
1034 | ||
870d6656 TH |
1035 | config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT |
1036 | bool "Force extended block device numbers and spread them" | |
1037 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
1038 | depends on BLOCK | |
759f8ca3 | 1039 | default n |
870d6656 | 1040 | help |
0e11e342 TH |
1041 | BIG FAT WARNING: ENABLING THIS OPTION MIGHT BREAK BOOTING ON |
1042 | SOME DISTRIBUTIONS. DO NOT ENABLE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT | |
1043 | YOU ARE DOING. Distros, please enable this and fix whatever | |
1044 | is broken. | |
1045 | ||
870d6656 TH |
1046 | Conventionally, block device numbers are allocated from |
1047 | predetermined contiguous area. However, extended block area | |
1048 | may introduce non-contiguous block device numbers. This | |
1049 | option forces most block device numbers to be allocated from | |
1050 | the extended space and spreads them to discover kernel or | |
1051 | userland code paths which assume predetermined contiguous | |
1052 | device number allocation. | |
1053 | ||
55dc7db7 TH |
1054 | Note that turning on this debug option shuffles all the |
1055 | device numbers for all IDE and SCSI devices including libata | |
1056 | ones, so root partition specified using device number | |
1057 | directly (via rdev or root=MAJ:MIN) won't work anymore. | |
1058 | Textual device names (root=/dev/sdXn) will continue to work. | |
1059 | ||
870d6656 TH |
1060 | Say N if you are unsure. |
1061 | ||
7c756e6e TH |
1062 | config DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU |
1063 | bool "Force weak per-cpu definitions" | |
1064 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
1065 | help | |
1066 | s390 and alpha require percpu variables in modules to be | |
1067 | defined weak to work around addressing range issue which | |
1068 | puts the following two restrictions on percpu variable | |
1069 | definitions. | |
1070 | ||
1071 | 1. percpu symbols must be unique whether static or not | |
1072 | 2. percpu variables can't be defined inside a function | |
1073 | ||
1074 | To ensure that generic code follows the above rules, this | |
1075 | option forces all percpu variables to be defined as weak. | |
1076 | ||
44ec7abe SB |
1077 | config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS |
1078 | bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps" | |
1079 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
1080 | depends on SMP | |
1081 | help | |
1082 | Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has | |
1083 | been set up. This adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory | |
1084 | and decreases performance. | |
1085 | ||
1086 | Say N if unsure. | |
1087 | ||
8bb31b9d AG |
1088 | config LKDTM |
1089 | tristate "Linux Kernel Dump Test Tool Module" | |
0347af4e | 1090 | depends on DEBUG_FS |
fddd9cf8 | 1091 | depends on BLOCK |
8bb31b9d AG |
1092 | default n |
1093 | help | |
1094 | This module enables testing of the different dumping mechanisms by | |
1095 | inducing system failures at predefined crash points. | |
1096 | If you don't need it: say N | |
1097 | Choose M here to compile this code as a module. The module will be | |
1098 | called lkdtm. | |
1099 | ||
1100 | Documentation on how to use the module can be found in | |
0347af4e | 1101 | Documentation/fault-injection/provoke-crashes.txt |
6ff1cb35 | 1102 | |
8d438288 AM |
1103 | config NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION |
1104 | tristate "Notifier error injection" | |
1105 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
1106 | select DEBUG_FS | |
1107 | help | |
1108 | This option provides the ability to inject artifical errors to | |
1109 | specified notifier chain callbacks. It is useful to test the error | |
1110 | handling of notifier call chain failures. | |
1111 | ||
1112 | Say N if unsure. | |
1113 | ||
c9d221f8 AM |
1114 | config CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT |
1115 | tristate "CPU notifier error injection module" | |
f5a9f52e | 1116 | depends on HOTPLUG_CPU && NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION |
c9d221f8 AM |
1117 | help |
1118 | This option provides a kernel module that can be used to test | |
f5a9f52e AM |
1119 | the error handling of the cpu notifiers by injecting artifical |
1120 | errors to CPU notifier chain callbacks. It is controlled through | |
1121 | debugfs interface under /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/cpu | |
1122 | ||
1123 | If the notifier call chain should be failed with some events | |
1124 | notified, write the error code to "actions/<notifier event>/error". | |
1125 | ||
1126 | Example: Inject CPU offline error (-1 == -EPERM) | |
1127 | ||
1128 | # cd /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/cpu | |
1129 | # echo -1 > actions/CPU_DOWN_PREPARE/error | |
1130 | # echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online | |
1131 | bash: echo: write error: Operation not permitted | |
c9d221f8 AM |
1132 | |
1133 | To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will | |
1134 | be called cpu-notifier-error-inject. | |
1135 | ||
1136 | If unsure, say N. | |
1137 | ||
048b9c35 AM |
1138 | config PM_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT |
1139 | tristate "PM notifier error injection module" | |
1140 | depends on PM && NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION | |
1141 | default m if PM_DEBUG | |
1142 | help | |
1143 | This option provides the ability to inject artifical errors to | |
1144 | PM notifier chain callbacks. It is controlled through debugfs | |
1145 | interface /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/pm | |
1146 | ||
1147 | If the notifier call chain should be failed with some events | |
1148 | notified, write the error code to "actions/<notifier event>/error". | |
1149 | ||
1150 | Example: Inject PM suspend error (-12 = -ENOMEM) | |
1151 | ||
1152 | # cd /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/pm/ | |
1153 | # echo -12 > actions/PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE/error | |
1154 | # echo mem > /sys/power/state | |
1155 | bash: echo: write error: Cannot allocate memory | |
1156 | ||
1157 | To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will | |
1158 | be called pm-notifier-error-inject. | |
1159 | ||
1160 | If unsure, say N. | |
1161 | ||
9579f5bd AM |
1162 | config MEMORY_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT |
1163 | tristate "Memory hotplug notifier error injection module" | |
1164 | depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE && NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION | |
1165 | help | |
1166 | This option provides the ability to inject artifical errors to | |
1167 | memory hotplug notifier chain callbacks. It is controlled through | |
1168 | debugfs interface under /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/memory | |
1169 | ||
1170 | If the notifier call chain should be failed with some events | |
1171 | notified, write the error code to "actions/<notifier event>/error". | |
1172 | ||
1173 | Example: Inject memory hotplug offline error (-12 == -ENOMEM) | |
1174 | ||
1175 | # cd /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/memory | |
1176 | # echo -12 > actions/MEM_GOING_OFFLINE/error | |
1177 | # echo offline > /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryXXX/state | |
1178 | bash: echo: write error: Cannot allocate memory | |
1179 | ||
1180 | To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will | |
1181 | be called pSeries-reconfig-notifier-error-inject. | |
1182 | ||
1183 | If unsure, say N. | |
1184 | ||
08dfb4dd AM |
1185 | config PSERIES_RECONFIG_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT |
1186 | tristate "pSeries reconfig notifier error injection module" | |
1187 | depends on PPC_PSERIES && NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION | |
1188 | help | |
1189 | This option provides the ability to inject artifical errors to | |
1190 | pSeries reconfig notifier chain callbacks. It is controlled | |
1191 | through debugfs interface under | |
1192 | /sys/kernel/debug/notifier-error-inject/pSeries-reconfig/ | |
1193 | ||
1194 | If the notifier call chain should be failed with some events | |
1195 | notified, write the error code to "actions/<notifier event>/error". | |
1196 | ||
1197 | To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will | |
1198 | be called memory-notifier-error-inject. | |
1199 | ||
1200 | If unsure, say N. | |
1201 | ||
6ff1cb35 | 1202 | config FAULT_INJECTION |
1ab8509a AM |
1203 | bool "Fault-injection framework" |
1204 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
329409ae AM |
1205 | help |
1206 | Provide fault-injection framework. | |
1207 | For more details, see Documentation/fault-injection/. | |
6ff1cb35 | 1208 | |
8a8b6502 | 1209 | config FAILSLAB |
1ab8509a AM |
1210 | bool "Fault-injection capability for kmalloc" |
1211 | depends on FAULT_INJECTION | |
773ff60e | 1212 | depends on SLAB || SLUB |
8a8b6502 | 1213 | help |
1ab8509a | 1214 | Provide fault-injection capability for kmalloc. |
8a8b6502 | 1215 | |
933e312e AM |
1216 | config FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC |
1217 | bool "Fault-injection capabilitiy for alloc_pages()" | |
1ab8509a | 1218 | depends on FAULT_INJECTION |
933e312e | 1219 | help |
1ab8509a | 1220 | Provide fault-injection capability for alloc_pages(). |
933e312e | 1221 | |
c17bb495 | 1222 | config FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST |
86327d19 | 1223 | bool "Fault-injection capability for disk IO" |
581d4e28 | 1224 | depends on FAULT_INJECTION && BLOCK |
c17bb495 | 1225 | help |
1ab8509a | 1226 | Provide fault-injection capability for disk IO. |
c17bb495 | 1227 | |
581d4e28 | 1228 | config FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT |
f4d01439 | 1229 | bool "Fault-injection capability for faking disk interrupts" |
581d4e28 JA |
1230 | depends on FAULT_INJECTION && BLOCK |
1231 | help | |
1232 | Provide fault-injection capability on end IO handling. This | |
1233 | will make the block layer "forget" an interrupt as configured, | |
1234 | thus exercising the error handling. | |
1235 | ||
1236 | Only works with drivers that use the generic timeout handling, | |
1237 | for others it wont do anything. | |
1238 | ||
1b676f70 PF |
1239 | config FAIL_MMC_REQUEST |
1240 | bool "Fault-injection capability for MMC IO" | |
1241 | select DEBUG_FS | |
1242 | depends on FAULT_INJECTION && MMC | |
1243 | help | |
1244 | Provide fault-injection capability for MMC IO. | |
1245 | This will make the mmc core return data errors. This is | |
1246 | useful to test the error handling in the mmc block device | |
1247 | and to test how the mmc host driver handles retries from | |
1248 | the block device. | |
1249 | ||
6ff1cb35 AM |
1250 | config FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS |
1251 | bool "Debugfs entries for fault-injection capabilities" | |
1ab8509a | 1252 | depends on FAULT_INJECTION && SYSFS && DEBUG_FS |
6ff1cb35 | 1253 | help |
1ab8509a | 1254 | Enable configuration of fault-injection capabilities via debugfs. |
1df49008 AM |
1255 | |
1256 | config FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER | |
1257 | bool "stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities" | |
1258 | depends on FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT | |
6d690dca | 1259 | depends on !X86_64 |
1df49008 | 1260 | select STACKTRACE |
89bace65 | 1261 | select FRAME_POINTER if !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE && !ARM_UNWIND |
1df49008 AM |
1262 | help |
1263 | Provide stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities | |
267c4025 | 1264 | |
9745512c AV |
1265 | config LATENCYTOP |
1266 | bool "Latency measuring infrastructure" | |
625fdcaa RD |
1267 | depends on HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT |
1268 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
1269 | depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT | |
1270 | depends on PROC_FS | |
89bace65 | 1271 | select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE && !ARM_UNWIND |
9745512c AV |
1272 | select KALLSYMS |
1273 | select KALLSYMS_ALL | |
1274 | select STACKTRACE | |
1275 | select SCHEDSTATS | |
1276 | select SCHED_DEBUG | |
9745512c AV |
1277 | help |
1278 | Enable this option if you want to use the LatencyTOP tool | |
1279 | to find out which userspace is blocking on what kernel operations. | |
1280 | ||
6a11f75b | 1281 | source mm/Kconfig.debug |
16444a8a ACM |
1282 | source kernel/trace/Kconfig |
1283 | ||
f212ec4b | 1284 | config PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT |
080de8c2 | 1285 | bool "Remote debugging over FireWire early on boot" |
f212ec4b BK |
1286 | depends on PCI && X86 |
1287 | help | |
1288 | If you want to debug problems which hang or crash the kernel early | |
1289 | on boot and the crashing machine has a FireWire port, you can use | |
1290 | this feature to remotely access the memory of the crashed machine | |
1291 | over FireWire. This employs remote DMA as part of the OHCI1394 | |
1292 | specification which is now the standard for FireWire controllers. | |
1293 | ||
1294 | With remote DMA, you can monitor the printk buffer remotely using | |
1295 | firescope and access all memory below 4GB using fireproxy from gdb. | |
1296 | Even controlling a kernel debugger is possible using remote DMA. | |
1297 | ||
1298 | Usage: | |
1299 | ||
1300 | If ohci1394_dma=early is used as boot parameter, it will initialize | |
1301 | all OHCI1394 controllers which are found in the PCI config space. | |
1302 | ||
1303 | As all changes to the FireWire bus such as enabling and disabling | |
1304 | devices cause a bus reset and thereby disable remote DMA for all | |
1305 | devices, be sure to have the cable plugged and FireWire enabled on | |
1306 | the debugging host before booting the debug target for debugging. | |
1307 | ||
1308 | This code (~1k) is freed after boot. By then, the firewire stack | |
1309 | in charge of the OHCI-1394 controllers should be used instead. | |
1310 | ||
1311 | See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more information. | |
9745512c | 1312 | |
080de8c2 SR |
1313 | config FIREWIRE_OHCI_REMOTE_DMA |
1314 | bool "Remote debugging over FireWire with firewire-ohci" | |
1315 | depends on FIREWIRE_OHCI | |
1316 | help | |
1317 | This option lets you use the FireWire bus for remote debugging | |
1318 | with help of the firewire-ohci driver. It enables unfiltered | |
1319 | remote DMA in firewire-ohci. | |
1320 | See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more information. | |
1321 | ||
1322 | If unsure, say N. | |
1323 | ||
152de30b | 1324 | config BUILD_DOCSRC |
3794f3e8 RD |
1325 | bool "Build targets in Documentation/ tree" |
1326 | depends on HEADERS_CHECK | |
1327 | help | |
1328 | This option attempts to build objects from the source files in the | |
1329 | kernel Documentation/ tree. | |
1330 | ||
1331 | Say N if you are unsure. | |
1332 | ||
e9d376f0 | 1333 | config DYNAMIC_DEBUG |
86151fdf | 1334 | bool "Enable dynamic printk() support" |
346e15be JB |
1335 | default n |
1336 | depends on PRINTK | |
86151fdf | 1337 | depends on DEBUG_FS |
346e15be JB |
1338 | help |
1339 | ||
1340 | Compiles debug level messages into the kernel, which would not | |
1341 | otherwise be available at runtime. These messages can then be | |
86151fdf JB |
1342 | enabled/disabled based on various levels of scope - per source file, |
1343 | function, module, format string, and line number. This mechanism | |
29e36c9f JC |
1344 | implicitly compiles in all pr_debug() and dev_dbg() calls, which |
1345 | enlarges the kernel text size by about 2%. | |
1346 | ||
1347 | If a source file is compiled with DEBUG flag set, any | |
1348 | pr_debug() calls in it are enabled by default, but can be | |
1349 | disabled at runtime as below. Note that DEBUG flag is | |
1350 | turned on by many CONFIG_*DEBUG* options. | |
346e15be JB |
1351 | |
1352 | Usage: | |
1353 | ||
2b2f68b5 | 1354 | Dynamic debugging is controlled via the 'dynamic_debug/control' file, |
86151fdf JB |
1355 | which is contained in the 'debugfs' filesystem. Thus, the debugfs |
1356 | filesystem must first be mounted before making use of this feature. | |
2b2f68b5 | 1357 | We refer the control file as: <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control. This |
86151fdf JB |
1358 | file contains a list of the debug statements that can be enabled. The |
1359 | format for each line of the file is: | |
346e15be | 1360 | |
86151fdf | 1361 | filename:lineno [module]function flags format |
346e15be | 1362 | |
86151fdf JB |
1363 | filename : source file of the debug statement |
1364 | lineno : line number of the debug statement | |
1365 | module : module that contains the debug statement | |
1366 | function : function that contains the debug statement | |
29e36c9f | 1367 | flags : '=p' means the line is turned 'on' for printing |
86151fdf | 1368 | format : the format used for the debug statement |
346e15be JB |
1369 | |
1370 | From a live system: | |
1371 | ||
2b2f68b5 | 1372 | nullarbor:~ # cat <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control |
86151fdf | 1373 | # filename:lineno [module]function flags format |
29e36c9f JC |
1374 | fs/aio.c:222 [aio]__put_ioctx =_ "__put_ioctx:\040freeing\040%p\012" |
1375 | fs/aio.c:248 [aio]ioctx_alloc =_ "ENOMEM:\040nr_events\040too\040high\012" | |
1376 | fs/aio.c:1770 [aio]sys_io_cancel =_ "calling\040cancel\012" | |
346e15be | 1377 | |
86151fdf | 1378 | Example usage: |
346e15be | 1379 | |
86151fdf JB |
1380 | // enable the message at line 1603 of file svcsock.c |
1381 | nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' > | |
2b2f68b5 | 1382 | <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control |
346e15be | 1383 | |
86151fdf JB |
1384 | // enable all the messages in file svcsock.c |
1385 | nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c +p' > | |
2b2f68b5 | 1386 | <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control |
346e15be | 1387 | |
86151fdf JB |
1388 | // enable all the messages in the NFS server module |
1389 | nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'module nfsd +p' > | |
2b2f68b5 | 1390 | <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control |
346e15be | 1391 | |
86151fdf JB |
1392 | // enable all 12 messages in the function svc_process() |
1393 | nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'func svc_process +p' > | |
2b2f68b5 | 1394 | <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control |
346e15be | 1395 | |
86151fdf JB |
1396 | // disable all 12 messages in the function svc_process() |
1397 | nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'func svc_process -p' > | |
2b2f68b5 | 1398 | <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control |
346e15be | 1399 | |
86151fdf | 1400 | See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for additional information. |
346e15be | 1401 | |
5ee00bd4 JR |
1402 | config DMA_API_DEBUG |
1403 | bool "Enable debugging of DMA-API usage" | |
1404 | depends on HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG | |
1405 | help | |
1406 | Enable this option to debug the use of the DMA API by device drivers. | |
1407 | With this option you will be able to detect common bugs in device | |
1408 | drivers like double-freeing of DMA mappings or freeing mappings that | |
1409 | were never allocated. | |
1410 | This option causes a performance degredation. Use only if you want | |
1411 | to debug device drivers. If unsure, say N. | |
346e15be | 1412 | |
86a89380 LB |
1413 | config ATOMIC64_SELFTEST |
1414 | bool "Perform an atomic64_t self-test at boot" | |
1415 | help | |
1416 | Enable this option to test the atomic64_t functions at boot. | |
1417 | ||
1418 | If unsure, say N. | |
1419 | ||
400fb7f6 DW |
1420 | config ASYNC_RAID6_TEST |
1421 | tristate "Self test for hardware accelerated raid6 recovery" | |
1422 | depends on ASYNC_RAID6_RECOV | |
1423 | select ASYNC_MEMCPY | |
1424 | ---help--- | |
1425 | This is a one-shot self test that permutes through the | |
1426 | recovery of all the possible two disk failure scenarios for a | |
1427 | N-disk array. Recovery is performed with the asynchronous | |
1428 | raid6 recovery routines, and will optionally use an offload | |
1429 | engine if one is available. | |
1430 | ||
1431 | If unsure, say N. | |
1432 | ||
267c4025 | 1433 | source "samples/Kconfig" |
dc7d5527 JW |
1434 | |
1435 | source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb" | |
0a4af3b0 PE |
1436 | |
1437 | source "lib/Kconfig.kmemcheck" | |
33ee3b2e AD |
1438 | |
1439 | config TEST_KSTRTOX | |
1440 | tristate "Test kstrto*() family of functions at runtime" |