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.
63 bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
64 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
67 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
68 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
69 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
70 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
75 bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
77 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
79 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
80 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
81 data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
84 config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
85 bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
86 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
89 This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
90 feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
93 config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
94 bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
97 This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
98 kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
99 of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
100 patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
101 against certain classes of kernel exploits.
102 If in doubt, say "N".
105 tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
106 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
108 This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
109 and the software setup of this feature.
114 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
116 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
117 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
118 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
121 config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
122 bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
123 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
128 This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
129 kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
130 certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
131 tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
132 to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
133 for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
134 invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
136 flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
138 If in doubt, say "N".
141 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
142 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
145 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
146 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
147 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
148 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
149 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
150 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
151 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
152 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
153 options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
157 bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
159 This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
160 code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
161 will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
165 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
166 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
168 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
169 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
171 config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
174 config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
175 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
176 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
178 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
179 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
187 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
191 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
195 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
199 config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
204 prompt "IO delay type"
205 default IO_DELAY_0X80
208 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
210 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
211 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
214 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
216 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
217 often used as a hardware-debug port.
219 config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
220 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
222 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
223 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
226 bool "no port-IO delay"
228 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
229 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
234 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
236 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
240 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
242 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
246 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
248 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
252 config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
254 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
257 config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
258 bool "Debug boot parameters"
259 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
262 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
265 bool "CPA self-test code"
266 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
268 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
270 config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
271 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
273 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
274 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
275 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
276 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
277 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
278 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
279 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
280 is there to test gcc for this.
284 config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
286 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
288 Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify
289 that the NMI behaves correctly.
291 This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to
296 config X86_DEBUG_STATIC_CPU_HAS
297 bool "Debug alternatives"
298 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
300 This option causes additional code to be generated which
301 fails if static_cpu_has() is used before alternatives have