help
Enable this to turn on debugging of RCU list heads (call_rcu() usage).
+config DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER
+ bool "Debug percpu counter objects"
+ depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
+ help
+ If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the
+ percpu counter routines to track the life time of percpu counter
+ objects and validate the percpu counter operations.
+
config DEBUG_OBJECTS_ENABLE_DEFAULT
int "debug_objects bootup default value (0-1)"
range 0 1
config SLUB_STATS
default n
bool "Enable SLUB performance statistics"
- depends on SLUB && SLUB_DEBUG && SYSFS
+ depends on SLUB && SYSFS
help
SLUB statistics are useful to debug SLUBs allocation behavior in
order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be
This feature allows mutex semantics violations to be detected and
reported.
+config BKL
+ bool "Big Kernel Lock" if (SMP || PREEMPT)
+ default y
+ help
+ This is the traditional lock that is used in old code instead
+ of proper locking. All drivers that use the BKL should depend
+ on this symbol.
+ Say Y here unless you are working on removing the BKL.
+
config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
select DEBUG_SPINLOCK
select DEBUG_MUTEXES
select DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+ select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
default n
help
This feature enables the kernel to prove that all locking
disabling, allowing multiple RCU-lockdep warnings to be printed
on a single reboot.
+ Say Y to allow multiple RCU-lockdep warnings per boot.
+
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
+config SPARSE_RCU_POINTER
+ bool "RCU debugging: sparse-based checks for pointer usage"
+ default n
+ help
+ This feature enables the __rcu sparse annotation for
+ RCU-protected pointers. This annotation will cause sparse
+ to flag any non-RCU used of annotated pointers. This can be
+ helpful when debugging RCU usage. Please note that this feature
+ is not intended to enforce code cleanliness; it is instead merely
+ a debugging aid.
+
+ Say Y to make sparse flag questionable use of RCU-protected pointers
+
Say N if you are unsure.
config LOCKDEP
of more runtime overhead.
config TRACE_IRQFLAGS
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
bool
- default y
- depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
- depends on PROVE_LOCKING
+ help
+ Enables hooks to interrupt enabling and disabling for
+ either tracing or lock debugging.
config DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
bool "Spinlock debugging: sleep-inside-spinlock checking"
If unsure, say N.
+config TEST_LIST_SORT
+ bool "Linked list sorting test"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ Enable this to turn on 'list_sort()' function test. This test is
+ executed only once during system boot, so affects only boot time.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config DEBUG_SG
bool "Debug SG table operations"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Say Y if you are unsure.
+config RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT
+ int "RCU CPU stall timeout in seconds"
+ depends on RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR
+ range 3 300
+ default 60
+ help
+ If a given RCU grace period extends more than the specified
+ number of seconds, a CPU stall warning is printed. If the
+ RCU grace period persists, additional CPU stall warnings are
+ printed at more widely spaced intervals.
+
+config RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR_RUNNABLE
+ bool "RCU CPU stall checking starts automatically at boot"
+ depends on RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR
+ default y
+ help
+ If set, start checking for RCU CPU stalls immediately on
+ boot. Otherwise, RCU CPU stall checking must be manually
+ enabled.
+
+ Say Y if you are unsure.
+
+ Say N if you wish to suppress RCU CPU stall checking during boot.
+
config RCU_CPU_STALL_VERBOSE
bool "Print additional per-task information for RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR"
depends on RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR && TREE_PREEMPT_RCU