operations. This is useful for identifying long delays
in kernel startup.
+config ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED
+ bool "Enable __deprecated logic"
+ default y
+ help
+ Enable the __deprecated logic in the kernel build.
+ Disable this to suppress the "warning: 'foo' is deprecated
+ (declared at kernel/power/somefile.c:1234)" messages.
+
config ENABLE_MUST_CHECK
bool "Enable __must_check logic"
default y
exported to $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH) (usually 'usr/include' in
your build tree), to make sure they're suitable.
+config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
+ bool "Enable full Section mismatch analysis"
+ depends on UNDEFINED
+ # This option is on purpose disabled for now.
+ # It will be enabled when we are down to a resonable number
+ # of section mismatch warnings (< 10 for an allyesconfig build)
+ help
+ The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal
+ references from one section to another section.
+ Linux will during link or during runtime drop some sections
+ and any use of code/data previously in these sections will
+ most likely result in an oops.
+ In the code functions and variables are annotated with
+ __init, __devinit etc. (see full list in include/linux/init.h)
+ which results in the code/data being placed in specific sections.
+ The section mismatch analysis is always done after a full
+ kernel build but enabling this option will in addition
+ do the following:
+ - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc
+ When inlining a function annotated __init in a non-init
+ function we would lose the section information and thus
+ the analysis would not catch the illegal reference.
+ This option tells gcc to inline less but will also
+ result in a larger kernel.
+ - Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o
+ When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o we
+ lose valueble information about where the mismatch was
+ introduced.
+ Running the analysis for each module/built-in.o file
+ will tell where the mismatch happens much closer to the
+ source. The drawback is that we will report the same
+ mismatch at least twice.
+ - Enable verbose reporting from modpost to help solving
+ the section mismatches reported.
+
config DEBUG_KERNEL
bool "Kernel debugging"
help
Drivers ought to be able to handle interrupts coming in at those
points; some don't and need to be caught.
-config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
- int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)" if DEBUG_KERNEL
- range 12 21
- default 17 if S390 || LOCKDEP
- default 16 if X86_NUMAQ || IA64
- default 15 if SMP
- default 14
- help
- Select kernel log buffer size as a power of 2.
- Defaults and Examples:
- 17 => 128 KB for S/390
- 16 => 64 KB for x86 NUMAQ or IA-64
- 15 => 32 KB for SMP
- 14 => 16 KB for uniprocessor
- 13 => 8 KB
- 12 => 4 KB
-
config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
bool "Detect Soft Lockups"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !S390
can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that
support it.)
+config SCHED_DEBUG
+ bool "Collect scheduler debugging info"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
+ default y
+ help
+ If you say Y here, the /proc/sched_debug file will be provided
+ that can help debug the scheduler. The runtime overhead of this
+ option is minimal.
+
config SCHEDSTATS
bool "Collect scheduler statistics"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
reprogrammed. The statistics can be read from /proc/timer_stats.
The statistics collection is started by writing 1 to /proc/timer_stats,
writing 0 stops it. This feature is useful to collect information
- about timer usage patterns in kernel and userspace.
+ about timer usage patterns in kernel and userspace. This feature
+ is lightweight if enabled in the kernel config but not activated
+ (it defaults to deactivated on bootup and will only be activated
+ if some application like powertop activates it explicitly).
config DEBUG_SLAB
bool "Debug slab memory allocations"
bool "Memory leak debugging"
depends on DEBUG_SLAB
+config SLUB_DEBUG_ON
+ bool "SLUB debugging on by default"
+ depends on SLUB && SLUB_DEBUG
+ default n
+ help
+ Boot with debugging on by default. SLUB boots by default with
+ the runtime debug capabilities switched off. Enabling this is
+ equivalent to specifying the "slub_debug" parameter on boot.
+ There is no support for more fine grained debug control like
+ possible with slub_debug=xxx. SLUB debugging may be switched
+ off in a kernel built with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON by specifying
+ "slub_debug=-".
+
+config SLUB_STATS
+ default n
+ bool "Enable SLUB performance statistics"
+ depends on SLUB
+ help
+ SLUB statistics are useful to debug SLUBs allocation behavior in
+ order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be
+ enabled for production use since keeping statistics slows down
+ the allocator by a few percentage points. The slabinfo command
+ supports the determination of the most active slabs to figure
+ out which slabs are relevant to a particular load.
+ Try running: slabinfo -DA
+
config DEBUG_PREEMPT
bool "Debug preemptible kernel"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT && (TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC64)
default y
help
If you say Y here then the kernel will use a debug variant of the
This feature allows mutex semantics violations to be detected and
reported.
+config DEBUG_SEMAPHORE
+ bool "Semaphore debugging"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on ALPHA || FRV
+ default n
+ help
+ If you say Y here then semaphore processing will issue lots of
+ verbose debugging messages. If you suspect a semaphore problem or a
+ kernel hacker asks for this option then say Y. Otherwise say N.
+
config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
select KALLSYMS
select KALLSYMS_ALL
+config LOCK_STAT
+ bool "Lock usage statistics"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
+ select LOCKDEP
+ select DEBUG_SPINLOCK
+ select DEBUG_MUTEXES
+ select DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+ default n
+ help
+ This feature enables tracking lock contention points
+
+ For more details, see Documentation/lockstat.txt
+
config DEBUG_LOCKDEP
bool "Lock dependency engine debugging"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && LOCKDEP
config DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
bool "Verbose BUG() reporting (adds 70K)" if DEBUG_KERNEL && EMBEDDED
depends on BUG
- depends on ARM || ARM26 || AVR32 || M32R || M68K || SPARC32 || SPARC64 || FRV || SUPERH || GENERIC_BUG || BFIN
+ depends on ARM || AVR32 || M32R || M68K || SPARC32 || SPARC64 || \
+ FRV || SUPERH || GENERIC_BUG || BLACKFIN || MN10300
default !EMBEDDED
help
Say Y here to make BUG() panics output the file name and line number
If unsure, say N.
+config DEBUG_SG
+ bool "Debug SG table operations"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ Enable this to turn on checks on scatter-gather tables. This can
+ help find problems with drivers that do not properly initialize
+ their sg tables.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config FRAME_POINTER
bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && (X86 || CRIS || M68K || M68KNOMMU || FRV || UML || S390 || AVR32 || SUPERH || BFIN)
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && \
+ (X86 || CRIS || M68K || M68KNOMMU || FRV || UML || S390 || \
+ AVR32 || SUPERH || BLACKFIN || MN10300)
default y if DEBUG_INFO && UML
help
If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will be slightly larger
some architectures or if you use external debuggers.
If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N.
-config FORCED_INLINING
- bool "Force gcc to inline functions marked 'inline'"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- default y
+config BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY
+ bool "Delay each boot printk message by N milliseconds"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PRINTK && GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
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
- do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
- compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
- disabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
- this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc4 to make the decision can
- become the default in the future, until then this option is there to
- test gcc for this.
+ This build option allows you to read kernel boot messages
+ by inserting a short delay after each one. The delay is
+ specified in milliseconds on the kernel command line,
+ using "boot_delay=N".
+
+ It is likely that you would also need to use "lpj=M" to preset
+ the "loops per jiffie" value.
+ See a previous boot log for the "lpj" value to use for your
+ system, and then set "lpj=M" before setting "boot_delay=N".
+ NOTE: Using this option may adversely affect SMP systems.
+ I.e., processors other than the first one may not boot up.
+ BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY also may cause DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP to detect
+ what it believes to be lockup conditions.
config RCU_TORTURE_TEST
tristate "torture tests for RCU"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on m
default n
help
This option provides a kernel module that runs torture tests
on the RCU infrastructure. The kernel module may be built
after the fact on the running kernel to be tested, if desired.
- Say Y here if you want RCU torture tests to start automatically
- at boot time (you probably don't).
Say M if you want the RCU torture tests to build as a module.
Say N if you are unsure.
+config KPROBES_SANITY_TEST
+ bool "Kprobes sanity tests"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on KPROBES
+ default n
+ help
+ This option provides for testing basic kprobes functionality on
+ boot. A sample kprobe, jprobe and kretprobe are inserted and
+ verified for functionality.
+
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
+config BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST
+ tristate "Self test for the backtrace code"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ default n
+ help
+ This option provides a kernel module that can be used to test
+ the kernel stack backtrace code. This option is not useful
+ for distributions or general kernels, but only for kernel
+ developers working on architecture code.
+
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
config LKDTM
tristate "Linux Kernel Dump Test Tool Module"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
depends on KPROBES
+ depends on BLOCK
default n
help
This module enables testing of the different dumping mechanisms by
config FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER
bool "stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities"
depends on FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
+ depends on !X86_64
select STACKTRACE
select FRAME_POINTER
help
Provide stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities
+
+config LATENCYTOP
+ bool "Latency measuring infrastructure"
+ select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS
+ select KALLSYMS
+ select KALLSYMS_ALL
+ select STACKTRACE
+ select SCHEDSTATS
+ select SCHED_DEBUG
+ depends on HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT
+ help
+ Enable this option if you want to use the LatencyTOP tool
+ to find out which userspace is blocking on what kernel operations.
+
+config PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT
+ bool "Provide code for enabling DMA over FireWire early on boot"
+ depends on PCI && X86
+ help
+ If you want to debug problems which hang or crash the kernel early
+ on boot and the crashing machine has a FireWire port, you can use
+ this feature to remotely access the memory of the crashed machine
+ over FireWire. This employs remote DMA as part of the OHCI1394
+ specification which is now the standard for FireWire controllers.
+
+ With remote DMA, you can monitor the printk buffer remotely using
+ firescope and access all memory below 4GB using fireproxy from gdb.
+ Even controlling a kernel debugger is possible using remote DMA.
+
+ Usage:
+
+ If ohci1394_dma=early is used as boot parameter, it will initialize
+ all OHCI1394 controllers which are found in the PCI config space.
+
+ As all changes to the FireWire bus such as enabling and disabling
+ devices cause a bus reset and thereby disable remote DMA for all
+ devices, be sure to have the cable plugged and FireWire enabled on
+ the debugging host before booting the debug target for debugging.
+
+ This code (~1k) is freed after boot. By then, the firewire stack
+ in charge of the OHCI-1394 controllers should be used instead.
+
+ See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more information.
+
+source "samples/Kconfig"
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