mm: add a basic debugging framework for memory initialisation

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / lib / Kconfig.debug

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index df27132a56f437eacdf53cde9caf93162d87d1d0..e1d4764435ed842ea1875c7739bfd668f6453fae 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ config DEBUG_FS
          debugging files into.  Enable this option to be able to read and
          write to these files.
 
+         For detailed documentation on the debugfs API, see
+         Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.
+
          If unsure, say N.
 
 config HEADERS_CHECK
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
        help
          Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "soft lockups",
          which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
-         mode for more than 10 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+         mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
          chance to run.
 
          When a soft-lockup is detected, the kernel will print the
@@ -159,6 +162,30 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
           can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that
           support it.)
 
+config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+       bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups"
+       depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+       help
+         Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups",
+         which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
+         mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+         chance to run.
+
+         The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout,
+         to cause the system to reboot automatically after a
+         lockup has been detected. This feature is useful for
+         high-availability systems that have uptime guarantees and
+         where a lockup must be resolved ASAP.
+
+         Say N if unsure.
+
+config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
+       int
+       depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+       range 0 1
+       default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+       default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+
 config SCHED_DEBUG
        bool "Collect scheduler debugging info"
        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
@@ -478,6 +505,18 @@ config DEBUG_WRITECOUNT
 
          If unsure, say N.
 
+config DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT
+       bool "Debug memory initialisation" if EMBEDDED
+       default !EMBEDDED
+       help
+         Enable this for additional checks during memory initialisation.
+         The sanity checks verify aspects of the VM such as the memory model
+         and other information provided by the architecture. Verbose
+         information will be printed at KERN_DEBUG loglevel depending
+         on the mminit_loglevel= command-line option.
+
+         If unsure, say Y
+
 config DEBUG_LIST
        bool "Debug linked list manipulation"
        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL