3 config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
6 source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
9 bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
11 If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
12 of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
13 access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
14 be used by people debugging the kernel. Note that with PAT support
15 enabled, even in this case there are restrictions on /dev/mem
16 use due to the cache aliasing requirements.
18 If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
19 userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions.
20 This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of
25 config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
26 bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
29 Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
30 (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
31 see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
34 bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
37 Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
40 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
41 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
42 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
43 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
44 unless you want to debug such a crash.
46 config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
47 bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
48 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
50 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
52 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
53 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
54 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
55 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
56 unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
58 config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
59 bool "Early printk via the EFI framebuffer"
60 depends on EFI && EARLY_PRINTK
63 Write kernel log output directly into the EFI framebuffer.
65 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
66 early before the console code is initialized.
69 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
70 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
73 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
74 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
75 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
76 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
81 bool "Dump the EFI pagetable"
82 depends on EFI && X86_PTDUMP
84 Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before
85 enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous
86 issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that
90 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
92 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
94 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
95 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
96 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
99 config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
100 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
101 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
104 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
105 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
108 config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
109 bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
112 This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
113 kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
114 of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
115 patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
116 against certain classes of kernel exploits.
117 If in doubt, say "N".
120 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
121 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
123 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
124 and the software setup of this feature.
129 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
131 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
132 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
133 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
136 config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
137 bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
138 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
143 This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
144 kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
145 certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
146 tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
147 to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
148 for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
149 invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
151 flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
153 If in doubt, say "N".
156 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
157 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
160 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
161 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
162 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
163 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
164 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
165 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
166 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
167 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
168 options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
172 bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
174 This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
175 code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
176 will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
180 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
181 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
183 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
184 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
186 config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
189 config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
190 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
191 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
192 depends on !COMPILE_TEST
194 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
195 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
203 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
207 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
211 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
215 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
220 prompt "IO delay type"
221 default IO_DELAY_0X80
224 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
226 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
227 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
230 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
232 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
233 often used as a hardware-debug port.
235 config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
236 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
238 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
239 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
242 bool "no port-IO delay"
244 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
245 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
250 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
252 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
256 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
258 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
262 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
264 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
268 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
270 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
273 config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
274 bool "Debug boot parameters"
275 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
278 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
281 bool "CPA self-test code"
282 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
284 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
286 config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
287 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
289 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
290 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
291 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
292 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
293 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
294 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
295 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
296 is there to test gcc for this.
300 config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
302 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
304 Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify
305 that the NMI behaves correctly.
307 This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to
312 config DEBUG_IMR_SELFTEST
313 bool "Isolated Memory Region self test"
317 This option enables automated sanity testing of the IMR code.
318 Some simple tests are run to verify IMR bounds checking, alignment
319 and overlapping. This option is really only useful if you are
320 debugging an IMR memory map or are modifying the IMR code and want to
323 If unsure say N here.
325 config X86_DEBUG_STATIC_CPU_HAS
326 bool "Debug alternatives"
327 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
329 This option causes additional code to be generated which
330 fails if static_cpu_has() is used before alternatives have