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_MRST
47 bool "Early printk for MRST platform support"
48 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && X86_MRST
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 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
67 drops below a certain limit.
70 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
71 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
74 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
75 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
76 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
77 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
82 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
84 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
86 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
87 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
88 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
91 config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
92 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
93 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
96 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
97 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
100 config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
101 bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
104 This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
105 kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
106 of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
107 patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
108 against certain classes of kernel exploits.
109 If in doubt, say "N".
112 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
113 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
115 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
116 and the software setup of this feature.
121 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
124 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
125 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
126 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
130 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
131 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
134 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
135 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
136 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
137 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
138 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
139 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
140 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
141 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
142 options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
146 bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
148 This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
149 code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
150 will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
154 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
155 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
157 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
158 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
160 config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
163 config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
164 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
165 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
167 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
168 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
176 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
180 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
184 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
188 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
193 prompt "IO delay type"
194 default IO_DELAY_0X80
197 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
199 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
200 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
203 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
205 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
206 often used as a hardware-debug port.
208 config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
209 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
211 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
212 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
215 bool "no port-IO delay"
217 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
218 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
223 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
225 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
229 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
231 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
235 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
237 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
241 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
243 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
246 config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
247 bool "Debug boot parameters"
248 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
251 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
254 bool "CPA self-test code"
255 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
257 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
259 config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
260 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
262 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
263 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
264 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
265 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
266 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
267 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
268 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
269 is there to test gcc for this.
273 config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
274 bool "Strict copy size checks"
275 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
277 Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user
278 copy operations into compile time failures.
280 The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there
281 are sufficient security checks on the length argument of
282 the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is
285 If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N.