1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 # General architecture dependent options
7 # Note: arch/$(SRCARCH)/Kconfig needs to be included first so that it can
8 # override the default values in this file.
10 source "arch/$(SRCARCH)/Kconfig"
12 menu "General architecture-dependent options"
28 tristate "OProfile system profiling"
30 depends on HAVE_OPROFILE
32 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
34 OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the
35 whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,
40 config OPROFILE_EVENT_MULTIPLEX
41 bool "OProfile multiplexing support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
43 depends on OPROFILE && X86
45 The number of hardware counters is limited. The multiplexing
46 feature enables OProfile to gather more events than counters
47 are provided by the hardware. This is realized by switching
48 between events at a user specified time interval.
55 config OPROFILE_NMI_TIMER
57 depends on PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && !PPC64
62 depends on HAVE_KPROBES
65 Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
66 execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
67 a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful
68 for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
72 bool "Optimize very unlikely/likely branches"
73 depends on HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
75 This option enables a transparent branch optimization that
76 makes certain almost-always-true or almost-always-false branch
77 conditions even cheaper to execute within the kernel.
79 Certain performance-sensitive kernel code, such as trace points,
80 scheduler functionality, networking code and KVM have such
81 branches and include support for this optimization technique.
83 If it is detected that the compiler has support for "asm goto",
84 the kernel will compile such branches with just a nop
85 instruction. When the condition flag is toggled to true, the
86 nop will be converted to a jump instruction to execute the
87 conditional block of instructions.
89 This technique lowers overhead and stress on the branch prediction
90 of the processor and generally makes the kernel faster. The update
91 of the condition is slower, but those are always very rare.
93 ( On 32-bit x86, the necessary options added to the compiler
94 flags may increase the size of the kernel slightly. )
96 config STATIC_KEYS_SELFTEST
97 bool "Static key selftest"
100 Boot time self-test of the branch patching code.
104 depends on KPROBES && HAVE_OPTPROBES
105 select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPT
107 config KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
109 depends on KPROBES && HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
110 depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
112 If function tracer is enabled and the arch supports full
113 passing of pt_regs to function tracing, then kprobes can
114 optimize on top of function tracing.
118 depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
120 Uprobes is the user-space counterpart to kprobes: they
121 enable instrumentation applications (such as 'perf probe')
122 to establish unintrusive probes in user-space binaries and
123 libraries, by executing handler functions when the probes
124 are hit by user-space applications.
126 ( These probes come in the form of single-byte breakpoints,
127 managed by the kernel and kept transparent to the probed
130 config HAVE_64BIT_ALIGNED_ACCESS
131 def_bool 64BIT && !HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
133 Some architectures require 64 bit accesses to be 64 bit
134 aligned, which also requires structs containing 64 bit values
135 to be 64 bit aligned too. This includes some 32 bit
136 architectures which can do 64 bit accesses, as well as 64 bit
137 architectures without unaligned access.
139 This symbol should be selected by an architecture if 64 bit
140 accesses are required to be 64 bit aligned in this way even
141 though it is not a 64 bit architecture.
143 See Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt for more
144 information on the topic of unaligned memory accesses.
146 config HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
149 Some architectures are unable to perform unaligned accesses
150 without the use of get_unaligned/put_unaligned. Others are
151 unable to perform such accesses efficiently (e.g. trap on
152 unaligned access and require fixing it up in the exception
155 This symbol should be selected by an architecture if it can
156 perform unaligned accesses efficiently to allow different
157 code paths to be selected for these cases. Some network
158 drivers, for example, could opt to not fix up alignment
159 problems with received packets if doing so would not help
162 See Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt for more
163 information on the topic of unaligned memory accesses.
165 config ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
168 Modern versions of GCC (since 4.4) have builtin functions
169 for handling byte-swapping. Using these, instead of the old
170 inline assembler that the architecture code provides in the
171 __arch_bswapXX() macros, allows the compiler to see what's
172 happening and offers more opportunity for optimisation. In
173 particular, the compiler will be able to combine the byteswap
174 with a nearby load or store and use load-and-swap or
175 store-and-swap instructions if the architecture has them. It
176 should almost *never* result in code which is worse than the
177 hand-coded assembler in <asm/swab.h>. But just in case it
178 does, the use of the builtins is optional.
180 Any architecture with load-and-swap or store-and-swap
181 instructions should set this. And it shouldn't hurt to set it
182 on architectures that don't have such instructions.
186 depends on KPROBES && HAVE_KRETPROBES
188 config USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
190 depends on HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
192 Provide a kernel-internal notification when a cpu is about to
195 config HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
201 config HAVE_KRETPROBES
204 config HAVE_OPTPROBES
207 config HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
210 config HAVE_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION
217 # An arch should select this if it provides all these things:
219 # task_pt_regs() in asm/processor.h or asm/ptrace.h
220 # arch_has_single_step() if there is hardware single-step support
221 # arch_has_block_step() if there is hardware block-step support
222 # asm/syscall.h supplying asm-generic/syscall.h interface
223 # linux/regset.h user_regset interfaces
224 # CORE_DUMP_USE_REGSET #define'd in linux/elf.h
225 # TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE calls tracehook_report_syscall_{entry,exit}
226 # TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME calls tracehook_notify_resume()
227 # signal delivery calls tracehook_signal_handler()
229 config HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
232 config HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
235 config GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
238 config GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
241 config ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
244 An architecture should select this when it can successfully
245 build and run with CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.
247 # Select if arch has all set_memory_ro/rw/x/nx() functions in asm/cacheflush.h
248 config ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
251 # Select if arch init_task must go in the __init_task_data section
252 config ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK
255 # Select if arch has its private alloc_task_struct() function
256 config ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
259 config HAVE_ARCH_THREAD_STRUCT_WHITELIST
261 depends on !ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
263 An architecture should select this to provide hardened usercopy
264 knowledge about what region of the thread_struct should be
265 whitelisted for copying to userspace. Normally this is only the
266 FPU registers. Specifically, arch_thread_struct_whitelist()
267 should be implemented. Without this, the entire thread_struct
268 field in task_struct will be left whitelisted.
270 # Select if arch has its private alloc_thread_stack() function
271 config ARCH_THREAD_STACK_ALLOCATOR
274 # Select if arch wants to size task_struct dynamically via arch_task_struct_size:
275 config ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
278 config HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
281 This symbol should be selected by an architecure if it supports
282 the API needed to access registers and stack entries from pt_regs,
283 declared in asm/ptrace.h
284 For example the kprobes-based event tracer needs this API.
288 depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
290 This symbol should be selected by an architecture if it
291 supports an implementation of restartable sequences.
296 The <linux/clk.h> calls support software clock gating and
297 thus are a key power management tool on many systems.
299 config HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
301 depends on PERF_EVENTS
303 config HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
305 depends on HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
307 Depending on the arch implementation of hardware breakpoints,
308 some of them have separate registers for data and instruction
309 breakpoints addresses, others have mixed registers to store
310 them but define the access type in a control register.
311 Select this option if your arch implements breakpoints under the
314 config HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
317 config HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
320 System hardware can generate an NMI using the perf event
321 subsystem. Also has support for calculating CPU cycle events
322 to determine how many clock cycles in a given period.
324 config HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF
326 depends on HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
328 The arch chooses to use the generic perf-NMI-based hardlockup
329 detector. Must define HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI.
331 config HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG
335 The arch provides a low level NMI watchdog. It provides
336 asm/nmi.h, and defines its own arch_touch_nmi_watchdog().
338 config HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_ARCH
340 select HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG
342 The arch chooses to provide its own hardlockup detector, which is
343 a superset of the HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG. It also conforms to config
344 interfaces and parameters provided by hardlockup detector subsystem.
346 config HAVE_PERF_REGS
349 Support selective register dumps for perf events. This includes
350 bit-mapping of each registers and a unique architecture id.
352 config HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
355 Support user stack dumps for perf event samples. This needs
356 access to the user stack pointer which is not unified across
359 config HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
362 config HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL_RELATIVE
365 config HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
368 config HAVE_RCU_TABLE_INVALIDATE
371 config ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
374 config HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE
377 This makes sure that struct pages are double word aligned and that
378 e.g. the SLUB allocator can perform double word atomic operations
379 on a struct page for better performance. However selecting this
380 might increase the size of a struct page by a word.
382 config HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
385 config HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE
388 config ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE
391 config ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
394 config ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
397 config ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
398 select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
401 config HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
404 An arch should select this symbol if it provides all of these things:
406 - syscall_get_arguments()
408 - syscall_set_return_value()
409 - SIGSYS siginfo_t support
410 - secure_computing is called from a ptrace_event()-safe context
411 - secure_computing return value is checked and a return value of -1
412 results in the system call being skipped immediately.
413 - seccomp syscall wired up
415 config SECCOMP_FILTER
417 depends on HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER && SECCOMP && NET
419 Enable tasks to build secure computing environments defined
420 in terms of Berkeley Packet Filter programs which implement
421 task-defined system call filtering polices.
423 See Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst for details.
425 config HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR
428 An arch should select this symbol if:
429 - it has implemented a stack canary (e.g. __stack_chk_guard)
431 config CC_HAS_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE
432 def_bool $(cc-option,-fno-stack-protector)
434 config STACKPROTECTOR
435 bool "Stack Protector buffer overflow detection"
436 depends on HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR
437 depends on $(cc-option,-fstack-protector)
440 This option turns on the "stack-protector" GCC feature. This
441 feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
442 the stack just before the return address, and validates
443 the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer
444 overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
445 overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
446 neutralized via a kernel panic.
448 Functions will have the stack-protector canary logic added if they
449 have an 8-byte or larger character array on the stack.
451 This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above, or a distribution
452 gcc with the feature backported ("-fstack-protector").
454 On an x86 "defconfig" build, this feature adds canary checks to
455 about 3% of all kernel functions, which increases kernel code size
458 config STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
459 bool "Strong Stack Protector"
460 depends on STACKPROTECTOR
461 depends on $(cc-option,-fstack-protector-strong)
464 Functions will have the stack-protector canary logic added in any
465 of the following conditions:
467 - local variable's address used as part of the right hand side of an
468 assignment or function argument
469 - local variable is an array (or union containing an array),
470 regardless of array type or length
471 - uses register local variables
473 This feature requires gcc version 4.9 or above, or a distribution
474 gcc with the feature backported ("-fstack-protector-strong").
476 On an x86 "defconfig" build, this feature adds canary checks to
477 about 20% of all kernel functions, which increases the kernel code
480 config HAVE_ARCH_WITHIN_STACK_FRAMES
483 An architecture should select this if it can walk the kernel stack
484 frames to determine if an object is part of either the arguments
485 or local variables (i.e. that it excludes saved return addresses,
486 and similar) by implementing an inline arch_within_stack_frames(),
487 which is used by CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY.
489 config HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
492 Provide kernel/user boundaries probes necessary for subsystems
493 that need it, such as userspace RCU extended quiescent state.
494 Syscalls need to be wrapped inside user_exit()-user_enter() through
495 the slow path using TIF_NOHZ flag. Exceptions handlers must be
496 wrapped as well. Irqs are already protected inside
497 rcu_irq_enter/rcu_irq_exit() but preemption or signal handling on
498 irq exit still need to be protected.
500 config HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
503 config ARCH_HAS_SCALED_CPUTIME
506 config HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
510 With VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN, cputime_t becomes 64-bit.
511 Before enabling this option, arch code must be audited
512 to ensure there are no races in concurrent read/write of
513 cputime_t. For example, reading/writing 64-bit cputime_t on
514 some 32-bit arches may require multiple accesses, so proper
515 locking is needed to protect against concurrent accesses.
518 config HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
521 Archs need to ensure they use a high enough resolution clock to
522 support irq time accounting and then call enable_sched_clock_irqtime().
524 config HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
527 config HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD
530 config HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP
533 config HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY
536 config HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
539 The arch uses struct mod_arch_specific to store data. Many arches
540 just need a simple module loader without arch specific data - those
541 should not enable this.
543 config MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
546 Modules only use ELF RELA relocations. Modules with ELF REL
547 relocations will give an error.
549 config MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
552 Modules only use ELF REL relocations. Modules with ELF RELA
553 relocations will give an error.
555 config HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK
558 Architecture doesn't only execute the irq handler on the irq stack
559 but also irq_exit(). This way we can process softirqs on this irq
560 stack instead of switching to a new one when we call __do_softirq()
561 in the end of an hardirq.
562 This spares a stack switch and improves cache usage on softirq
565 config PGTABLE_LEVELS
569 config ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
572 An architecture supports choosing randomized locations for
573 stack, mmap, brk, and ET_DYN. Defined functions:
575 - arch_randomize_brk()
577 config HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
580 An arch should select this symbol if it supports setting a variable
581 number of bits for use in establishing the base address for mmap
582 allocations, has MMU enabled and provides values for both:
583 - ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
584 - ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
586 config HAVE_EXIT_THREAD
589 An architecture implements exit_thread.
591 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
594 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
597 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT
600 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
601 int "Number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address" if EXPERT
602 range ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
603 default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT if ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT
604 default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
605 depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
607 This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to
608 determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions
609 resulting from mmap allocations. This value will be bounded
610 by the architecture's minimum and maximum supported values.
612 This value can be changed after boot using the
613 /proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_bits tunable
615 config HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
618 An arch should select this symbol if it supports running applications
619 in compatibility mode, supports setting a variable number of bits for
620 use in establishing the base address for mmap allocations, has MMU
621 enabled and provides values for both:
622 - ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
623 - ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
625 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
628 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
631 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT
634 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
635 int "Number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address for compatible applications" if EXPERT
636 range ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
637 default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT if ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT
638 default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
639 depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
641 This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to
642 determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions
643 resulting from mmap allocations for compatible applications This
644 value will be bounded by the architecture's minimum and maximum
647 This value can be changed after boot using the
648 /proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_compat_bits tunable
650 config HAVE_ARCH_COMPAT_MMAP_BASES
653 This allows 64bit applications to invoke 32-bit mmap() syscall
654 and vice-versa 32-bit applications to call 64-bit mmap().
655 Required for applications doing different bitness syscalls.
657 config HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS
660 Architecture provides copy_thread_tls to accept tls argument via
661 normal C parameter passing, rather than extracting the syscall
662 argument from pt_regs.
664 config HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION
667 Architecture supports the 'objtool check' host tool command, which
668 performs compile-time stack metadata validation.
670 config HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE
673 Architecture has a save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() function which
674 only returns a stack trace if it can guarantee the trace is reliable.
676 config HAVE_ARCH_HASH
680 If this is set, the architecture provides an <asm/hash.h>
681 file which provides platform-specific implementations of some
682 functions in <linux/hash.h> or fs/namei.c.
690 config CLONE_BACKWARDS
693 Architecture has tls passed as the 4th argument of clone(2),
696 config CLONE_BACKWARDS2
699 Architecture has the first two arguments of clone(2) swapped.
701 config CLONE_BACKWARDS3
704 Architecture has tls passed as the 3rd argument of clone(2),
707 config ODD_RT_SIGACTION
710 Architecture has unusual rt_sigaction(2) arguments
712 config OLD_SIGSUSPEND
715 Architecture has old sigsuspend(2) syscall, of one-argument variety
717 config OLD_SIGSUSPEND3
720 Even weirder antique ABI - three-argument sigsuspend(2)
725 Architecture has old sigaction(2) syscall. Nope, not the same
726 as OLD_SIGSUSPEND | OLD_SIGSUSPEND3 - alpha has sigsuspend(2),
727 but fairly different variant of sigaction(2), thanks to OSF/1
730 config COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION
734 def_bool ARCH_HAS_64BIT_TIME
736 This should be selected by all architectures that need to support
737 new system calls with a 64-bit time_t. This is relevant on all 32-bit
738 architectures, and 64-bit architectures as part of compat syscall
741 config COMPAT_32BIT_TIME
742 def_bool (!64BIT && 64BIT_TIME) || COMPAT
744 This enables 32 bit time_t support in addition to 64 bit time_t support.
745 This is relevant on all 32-bit architectures, and 64-bit architectures
746 as part of compat syscall handling.
748 config ARCH_NO_COHERENT_DMA_MMAP
751 config ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
754 config CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
757 config HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK
760 An arch should select this symbol if it can support kernel stacks
761 in vmalloc space. This means:
763 - vmalloc space must be large enough to hold many kernel stacks.
764 This may rule out many 32-bit architectures.
766 - Stacks in vmalloc space need to work reliably. For example, if
767 vmap page tables are created on demand, either this mechanism
768 needs to work while the stack points to a virtual address with
769 unpopulated page tables or arch code (switch_to() and switch_mm(),
770 most likely) needs to ensure that the stack's page table entries
771 are populated before running on a possibly unpopulated stack.
773 - If the stack overflows into a guard page, something reasonable
774 should happen. The definition of "reasonable" is flexible, but
775 instantly rebooting without logging anything would be unfriendly.
779 bool "Use a virtually-mapped stack"
780 depends on HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK && !KASAN
782 Enable this if you want the use virtually-mapped kernel stacks
783 with guard pages. This causes kernel stack overflows to be
784 caught immediately rather than causing difficult-to-diagnose
787 This is presently incompatible with KASAN because KASAN expects
788 the stack to map directly to the KASAN shadow map using a formula
789 that is incorrect if the stack is in vmalloc space.
791 config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
794 config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
797 config ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
800 config STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
801 bool "Make kernel text and rodata read-only" if ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
802 depends on ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
803 default !ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX || ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
805 If this is set, kernel text and rodata memory will be made read-only,
806 and non-text memory will be made non-executable. This provides
807 protection against certain security exploits (e.g. executing the heap
810 These features are considered standard security practice these days.
811 You should say Y here in almost all cases.
813 config ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
816 config STRICT_MODULE_RWX
817 bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO" if ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
818 depends on ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX && MODULES
819 default !ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX || ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
821 If this is set, module text and rodata memory will be made read-only,
822 and non-text memory will be made non-executable. This provides
823 protection against certain security exploits (e.g. writing to text)
825 # select if the architecture provides an asm/dma-direct.h header
826 config ARCH_HAS_PHYS_TO_DMA
829 config ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT
832 An architecture selects this when it has implemented refcount_t
833 using open coded assembly primitives that provide an optimized
834 refcount_t implementation, possibly at the expense of some full
835 refcount state checks of CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL=y.
837 The refcount overflow check behavior, however, must be retained.
838 Catching overflows is the primary security concern for protecting
839 against bugs in reference counts.
842 bool "Perform full reference count validation at the expense of speed"
844 Enabling this switches the refcounting infrastructure from a fast
845 unchecked atomic_t implementation to a fully state checked
846 implementation, which can be (slightly) slower but provides protections
847 against various use-after-free conditions that can be used in
848 security flaw exploits.
850 config HAVE_ARCH_COMPILER_H
853 An architecture can select this if it provides an
854 asm/compiler.h header that should be included after
855 linux/compiler-*.h in order to override macro definitions that those
856 headers generally provide.
858 config HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
861 May be selected by an architecture if it supports place-relative
862 32-bit relocations, both in the toolchain and in the module loader,
863 in which case relative references can be used in special sections
864 for PCI fixup, initcalls etc which are only half the size on 64 bit
865 architectures, and don't require runtime relocation on relocatable
868 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
870 source "scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig"