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_INTEL_MID
47 bool "Early printk for Intel MID platform support"
48 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && X86_INTEL_MID
50 config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
51 bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
52 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
54 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
56 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
57 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
58 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
59 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
60 unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
62 config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
63 bool "Check for stack overflows"
64 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
66 Say Y here if you want to check the overflows of kernel, IRQ
67 and exception stacks. This option will cause messages of the
68 stacks in detail when free stack space drops below a certain
73 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
74 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
77 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
78 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
79 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
80 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
85 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
87 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
89 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
90 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
91 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
94 config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
95 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
96 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
99 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
100 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
103 config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
104 bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
107 This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
108 kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
109 of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
110 patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
111 against certain classes of kernel exploits.
112 If in doubt, say "N".
115 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
116 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
118 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
119 and the software setup of this feature.
124 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
126 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
127 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
128 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
131 config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
132 bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
133 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
138 This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
139 kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
140 certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
141 tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
142 to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
143 for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
144 invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
146 flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
148 If in doubt, say "N".
151 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
152 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
155 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
156 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
157 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
158 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
159 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
160 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
161 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
162 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
163 options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
167 bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
169 This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
170 code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
171 will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
175 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
176 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
178 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
179 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
181 config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
184 config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
185 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
186 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
188 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
189 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
197 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
201 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
205 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
209 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
214 prompt "IO delay type"
215 default IO_DELAY_0X80
218 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
220 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
221 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
224 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
226 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
227 often used as a hardware-debug port.
229 config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
230 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
232 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
233 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
236 bool "no port-IO delay"
238 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
239 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
244 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
246 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
250 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
252 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
256 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
258 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
262 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
264 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
267 config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
268 bool "Debug boot parameters"
269 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
272 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
275 bool "CPA self-test code"
276 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
278 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
280 config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
281 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
283 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
284 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
285 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
286 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
287 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
288 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
289 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
290 is there to test gcc for this.
294 config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
296 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
298 Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify
299 that the NMI behaves correctly.
301 This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to
306 config X86_DEBUG_STATIC_CPU_HAS
307 bool "Debug alternatives"
308 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
310 This option causes additional code to be generated which
311 fails if static_cpu_has() is used before alternatives have