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1 | menu "Kernel hacking" |
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55f327fa | 3 | config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT |
d013a27c | 4 | def_bool y |
55f327fa | 5 | |
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6 | source "lib/Kconfig.debug" |
7 | ||
d092633b | 8 | config STRICT_DEVMEM |
16104b55 | 9 | bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" |
8f9ca475 | 10 | ---help--- |
f2d0f1de | 11 | If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all |
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12 | of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental |
13 | access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can | |
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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. | |
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17 | |
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 | |
21 | /dev/mem. | |
22 | ||
23 | If in doubt, say Y. | |
ae531c26 | 24 | |
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25 | config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP |
26 | bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages" | |
27 | default y | |
8f9ca475 | 28 | ---help--- |
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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. | |
32 | ||
1da177e4 | 33 | config EARLY_PRINTK |
6a108a14 | 34 | bool "Early printk" if EXPERT |
1da177e4 | 35 | default y |
8f9ca475 | 36 | ---help--- |
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37 | Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial |
38 | port. | |
39 | ||
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. | |
45 | ||
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46 | config EARLY_PRINTK_MRST |
47 | bool "Early printk for MRST platform support" | |
48 | depends on EARLY_PRINTK && X86_MRST | |
49 | ||
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50 | config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP |
51 | bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port" | |
9749986a | 52 | depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI |
8f9ca475 | 53 | ---help--- |
5c05917e YL |
54 | Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port. |
55 | ||
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. | |
61 | ||
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62 | config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW |
63 | bool "Check for stack overflows" | |
64 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
8f9ca475 | 65 | ---help--- |
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66 | This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space |
67 | drops below a certain limit. | |
1da177e4 | 68 | |
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69 | config X86_PTDUMP |
70 | bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs" | |
fe770bf0 | 71 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
926e5392 | 72 | select DEBUG_FS |
8f9ca475 | 73 | ---help--- |
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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 | |
78 | kernel. | |
79 | If in doubt, say "N" | |
80 | ||
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81 | config DEBUG_RODATA |
82 | bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures" | |
11201e60 | 83 | default y |
63aaf308 | 84 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
8f9ca475 | 85 | ---help--- |
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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 | |
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88 | data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner. |
89 | If in doubt, say "Y". | |
63aaf308 | 90 | |
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91 | config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST |
92 | bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature" | |
93 | depends on DEBUG_RODATA | |
72370f2a | 94 | default y |
8f9ca475 | 95 | ---help--- |
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96 | This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA |
97 | feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure. | |
98 | If in doubt, say "N" | |
99 | ||
84e1c6bb | 100 | config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX |
101 | bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO" | |
102 | depends on MODULES | |
103 | ---help--- | |
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". | |
110 | ||
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111 | config DEBUG_NX_TEST |
112 | tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature" | |
113 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m | |
8f9ca475 | 114 | ---help--- |
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115 | This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability |
116 | and the software setup of this feature. | |
117 | If in doubt, say "N" | |
118 | ||
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119 | config DOUBLEFAULT |
120 | default y | |
6a108a14 | 121 | bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT |
d013a27c | 122 | depends on X86_32 |
8f9ca475 | 123 | ---help--- |
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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 | |
127 | hair. | |
128 | ||
129 | config IOMMU_DEBUG | |
130 | bool "Enable IOMMU debugging" | |
966396d3 | 131 | depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL |
d013a27c | 132 | depends on X86_64 |
8f9ca475 | 133 | ---help--- |
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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_64/boot-options.txt for more | |
143 | details. | |
144 | ||
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145 | config IOMMU_STRESS |
146 | bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode" | |
147 | ---help--- | |
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 | |
151 | testing. | |
152 | ||
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153 | config IOMMU_LEAK |
154 | bool "IOMMU leak tracing" | |
19c1a6f5 | 155 | depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG |
8f9ca475 | 156 | ---help--- |
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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. | |
159 | ||
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160 | config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT |
161 | def_bool y | |
8b7d89d0 | 162 | |
ca0e9bad | 163 | config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST |
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164 | bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest" |
165 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES | |
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166 | ---help--- |
167 | Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time. | |
168 | This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction | |
169 | decoder code. | |
170 | If unsure, say "N". | |
171 | ||
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172 | # |
173 | # IO delay types: | |
174 | # | |
175 | ||
176 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80 | |
177 | int | |
178 | default "0" | |
179 | ||
180 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED | |
181 | int | |
182 | default "1" | |
183 | ||
184 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY | |
185 | int | |
186 | default "2" | |
187 | ||
188 | config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE | |
189 | int | |
190 | default "3" | |
191 | ||
192 | choice | |
193 | prompt "IO delay type" | |
fd59e9e9 | 194 | default IO_DELAY_0X80 |
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195 | |
196 | config IO_DELAY_0X80 | |
197 | bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]" | |
8f9ca475 | 198 | ---help--- |
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199 | This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p. |
200 | It is the most tested hence safest selection here. | |
201 | ||
202 | config IO_DELAY_0XED | |
203 | bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay" | |
8f9ca475 | 204 | ---help--- |
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205 | Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is |
206 | often used as a hardware-debug port. | |
207 | ||
208 | config IO_DELAY_UDELAY | |
209 | bool "udelay based port-IO delay" | |
8f9ca475 | 210 | ---help--- |
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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. | |
213 | ||
214 | config IO_DELAY_NONE | |
215 | bool "no port-IO delay" | |
8f9ca475 | 216 | ---help--- |
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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. | |
219 | ||
220 | endchoice | |
221 | ||
222 | if IO_DELAY_0X80 | |
223 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | |
224 | int | |
225 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80 | |
226 | endif | |
227 | ||
228 | if IO_DELAY_0XED | |
229 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | |
230 | int | |
231 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED | |
232 | endif | |
233 | ||
234 | if IO_DELAY_UDELAY | |
235 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | |
236 | int | |
237 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY | |
238 | endif | |
239 | ||
240 | if IO_DELAY_NONE | |
241 | config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE | |
242 | int | |
243 | default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE | |
244 | endif | |
b02aae9c | 245 | |
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246 | config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS |
247 | bool "Debug boot parameters" | |
248 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | |
249 | depends on DEBUG_FS | |
8f9ca475 | 250 | ---help--- |
6d7d7433 HY |
251 | This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs. |
252 | ||
0c42f392 | 253 | config CPA_DEBUG |
971a52d6 | 254 | bool "CPA self-test code" |
f316fe68 | 255 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
8f9ca475 | 256 | ---help--- |
971a52d6 | 257 | Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds. |
0c42f392 | 258 | |
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259 | config OPTIMIZE_INLINING |
260 | bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'" | |
8f9ca475 | 261 | ---help--- |
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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 | |
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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. | |
c9af1e33 | 270 | |
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271 | If unsure, say N. |
272 | ||
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273 | config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS |
274 | bool "Strict copy size checks" | |
ad8f4356 | 275 | depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
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276 | ---help--- |
277 | Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user | |
278 | copy operations into compile time failures. | |
279 | ||
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 | |
283 | within bounds. | |
284 | ||
285 | If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N. | |
286 | ||
c9af1e33 | 287 | endmenu |