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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 43 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 156822e3cc79..a314e663d517 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -9,15 +9,9 @@ config PRINTK_TIME in kernel startup. -config DEBUG_KERNEL - bool "Kernel debugging" - help - Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and - identify kernel problems. - config MAGIC_SYSRQ bool "Magic SysRq key" - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !UML + depends on !UML help If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you @@ -29,10 +23,16 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y unless you really know what this hack does. +config DEBUG_KERNEL + bool "Kernel debugging" + help + Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and + identify kernel problems. + config LOG_BUF_SHIFT int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)" if DEBUG_KERNEL range 12 21 - default 17 if ARCH_S390 + default 17 if S390 default 16 if X86_NUMAQ || IA64 default 15 if SMP default 14 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ config SCHEDSTATS config DEBUG_SLAB bool "Debug memory allocations" - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SLAB help Say Y here to have the kernel do limited verification on memory allocation as well as poisoning memory on free to catch use of freed @@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ config DEBUG_PREEMPT if kernel code uses it in a preemption-unsafe way. Also, the kernel will detect preemption count underflows. +config DEBUG_MUTEXES + bool "Mutex debugging, deadlock detection" + default y + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + help + This allows mutex semantics violations and mutex related deadlocks + (lockups) to be detected and reported automatically. + config DEBUG_SPINLOCK bool "Spinlock debugging" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL @@ -172,7 +180,8 @@ config DEBUG_VM bool "Debug VM" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL help - Enable this to debug the virtual-memory system. + Enable this to turn on extended checks in the virtual-memory system + that may impact performance. If unsure, say N. @@ -186,6 +195,20 @@ config FRAME_POINTER some architectures or if you use external debuggers. If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. +config FORCED_INLINING + bool "Force gcc to inline functions marked 'inline'" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + default y + help + This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions + developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to + do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of + compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and + disabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully + this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc4 to make the decision can + become the default in the future, until then this option is there to + test gcc for this. + config RCU_TORTURE_TEST tristate "torture tests for RCU" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |