source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
- bool "Disable promiscuous /dev/mem"
+ bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
help
- The /dev/mem file by default only allows userspace access to PCI
- space and the BIOS code and data regions. This is sufficient for
- dosemu and X and all common users of /dev/mem. With this config
- option, you allow userspace access to all of memory, including
- kernel and userspace memory. Accidental access to this is
- obviously disasterous, but specific access can be used by people
- debugging the kernel.
+ If this option is left off, you allow userspace access to all
+ of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
+ access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
+ be used by people debugging the kernel.
+
+ If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
+ userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions.
+ This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of
+ /dev/mem.
+
+ If in doubt, say Y.
config EARLY_PRINTK
bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
config 4KSTACKS
bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
depends on X86_32
- default y
help
If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
+config PAGE_FAULT_HANDLERS
+ bool "Custom page fault handlers"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ Allow the use of custom page fault handlers. A kernel module may
+ register a function that is called on every page fault. Custom
+ handlers are used by some debugging and reverse engineering tools.
+
#
# IO delay types:
#
config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
+ depends on BROKEN
help
This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to