Merge ../linux-2.6-x86

Conflicts:

	arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c
	kernel/sched.c
	kernel/sched_stats.h

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index b0f239e443bc..1e3fd3e3436a 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -545,6 +545,16 @@ config DEBUG_SG
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config DEBUG_NOTIFIERS
+	bool "Debug notifier call chains"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	help
+	  Enable this to turn on sanity checking for notifier call chains.
+	  This is most useful for kernel developers to make sure that
+	  modules properly unregister themselves from notifier chains.
+	  This is a relatively cheap check but if you care about maximum
+	  performance, say N.
+
 config FRAME_POINTER
 	bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && \