config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
bool "Enable full Section mismatch analysis"
- default n
+ depends on UNDEFINED
+ # This option is on purpose disabled for now.
+ # It will be enabled when we are down to a resonable number
+ # of section mismatch warnings (< 10 for an allyesconfig build)
help
The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal
references from one section to another section.
most likely result in an oops.
In the code functions and variables are annotated with
__init, __devinit etc. (see full list in include/linux/init.h)
- which result in the code/data being placed in specific sections.
- The section mismatch anaylsis are always done after a full
- kernel build but enabling this options will in addition
+ which results in the code/data being placed in specific sections.
+ The section mismatch analysis is always done after a full
+ kernel build but enabling this option will in addition
do the following:
- Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc
When inlining a function annotated __init in a non-init
- function we would loose the section information and thus
+ function we would lose the section information and thus
the analysis would not catch the illegal reference.
- This options tell gcc to inline less but will also
+ This option tells gcc to inline less but will also
result in a larger kernel.
- Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o
When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o we
- looses valueable information about where the mismatch was
+ lose valueble information about where the mismatch was
introduced.
Running the analysis for each module/built-in.o file
will tell where the mismatch happens much closer to the
off in a kernel built with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON by specifying
"slub_debug=-".
+config SLUB_STATS
+ default n
+ bool "Enable SLUB performance statistics"
+ depends on SLUB
+ help
+ SLUB statistics are useful to debug SLUBs allocation behavior in
+ order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be
+ enabled for production use since keeping statistics slows down
+ the allocator by a few percentage points. The slabinfo command
+ supports the determination of the most active slabs to figure
+ out which slabs are relevant to a particular load.
+ Try running: slabinfo -DA
+
config DEBUG_PREEMPT
bool "Debug preemptible kernel"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT && (TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC64)
config DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
bool "Verbose BUG() reporting (adds 70K)" if DEBUG_KERNEL && EMBEDDED
depends on BUG
- depends on ARM || AVR32 || M32R || M68K || SPARC32 || SPARC64 || FRV || SUPERH || GENERIC_BUG || BLACKFIN
+ depends on ARM || AVR32 || M32R || M68K || SPARC32 || SPARC64 || \
+ FRV || SUPERH || GENERIC_BUG || BLACKFIN || MN10300
default !EMBEDDED
help
Say Y here to make BUG() panics output the file name and line number
config FRAME_POINTER
bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && (X86 || CRIS || M68K || M68KNOMMU || FRV || UML || S390 || AVR32 || SUPERH || BLACKFIN)
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && \
+ (X86 || CRIS || M68K || M68KNOMMU || FRV || UML || S390 || \
+ AVR32 || SUPERH || BLACKFIN || MN10300)
default y if DEBUG_INFO && UML
help
If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will be slightly larger
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 BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY
bool "Delay each boot printk message by N milliseconds"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PRINTK && GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
Say M if you want the RCU torture tests to build as a module.
Say N if you are unsure.
+config KPROBES_SANITY_TEST
+ bool "Kprobes sanity tests"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on KPROBES
+ default n
+ help
+ This option provides for testing basic kprobes functionality on
+ boot. A sample kprobe, jprobe and kretprobe are inserted and
+ verified for functionality.
+
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
+config BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST
+ tristate "Self test for the backtrace code"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ default n
+ help
+ This option provides a kernel module that can be used to test
+ the kernel stack backtrace code. This option is not useful
+ for distributions or general kernels, but only for kernel
+ developers working on architecture code.
+
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
config LKDTM
tristate "Linux Kernel Dump Test Tool Module"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
select STACKTRACE
select SCHEDSTATS
select SCHED_DEBUG
- depends on X86 || X86_64
+ depends on HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT
help
Enable this option if you want to use the LatencyTOP tool
to find out which userspace is blocking on what kernel operations.
+config PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT
+ bool "Provide code for enabling DMA over FireWire early on boot"
+ depends on PCI && X86
+ help
+ If you want to debug problems which hang or crash the kernel early
+ on boot and the crashing machine has a FireWire port, you can use
+ this feature to remotely access the memory of the crashed machine
+ over FireWire. This employs remote DMA as part of the OHCI1394
+ specification which is now the standard for FireWire controllers.
+
+ With remote DMA, you can monitor the printk buffer remotely using
+ firescope and access all memory below 4GB using fireproxy from gdb.
+ Even controlling a kernel debugger is possible using remote DMA.
+
+ Usage:
+
+ If ohci1394_dma=early is used as boot parameter, it will initialize
+ all OHCI1394 controllers which are found in the PCI config space.
+
+ As all changes to the FireWire bus such as enabling and disabling
+ devices cause a bus reset and thereby disable remote DMA for all
+ devices, be sure to have the cable plugged and FireWire enabled on
+ the debugging host before booting the debug target for debugging.
+
+ This code (~1k) is freed after boot. By then, the firewire stack
+ in charge of the OHCI-1394 controllers should be used instead.
+
+ See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more information.
source "samples/Kconfig"
git.samba.org / sfrench / cifs-2.6.git / blobdiff