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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-15 11:46:29 (GMT) |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-15 11:46:29 (GMT) |
commit | b2aaf8f74cdc84a9182f6cabf198b7763bcb9d40 (patch) | |
tree | 53ccb1c2c14751fe69cf93102e76e97021f6df07 /arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | |
parent | 4f962d4d65923d7b722192e729840cfb79af0a5a (diff) | |
parent | 278429cff8809958d25415ba0ed32b59866ab1a8 (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-b2aaf8f74cdc84a9182f6cabf198b7763bcb9d40.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'linus' into stackprotector
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
include/asm-x86/pda.h
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 70 |
1 files changed, 56 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index a8d3c7e..95fe606 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT source "lib/Kconfig.debug" -config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM +config STRICT_DEVMEM bool "Filter access to /dev/mem" help - If this option is left off, you allow userspace access to all + If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can - be used by people debugging the kernel. + be used by people debugging the kernel. Note that with PAT support + enabled, even in this case there are restrictions on /dev/mem + use due to the cache aliasing requirements. If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions. @@ -20,6 +22,14 @@ config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM If in doubt, say Y. +config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP + bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages" + default y + help + Enables the informational output from the decompression stage + (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still + see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup. + config EARLY_PRINTK bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED default y @@ -33,6 +43,19 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here, unless you want to debug such a crash. +config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP + bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port" + default n + depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI + help + Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port. + + This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very + early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation + it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate + with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here, + unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device. + config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW bool "Check for stack overflows" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL @@ -60,7 +83,7 @@ config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL - depends on X86_64_SMP + depends on X86_SMP default n help Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has @@ -130,15 +153,6 @@ config 4KSTACKS on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace. -config X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG - def_bool y - depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC || X86_VOYAGER - depends on X86_32 - -config X86_MPPARSE - def_bool y - depends on (X86_32 && (X86_LOCAL_APIC && !X86_VISWS)) || X86_64 - config DOUBLEFAULT default y bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED @@ -173,6 +187,33 @@ config IOMMU_LEAK Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings. +config MMIOTRACE_HOOKS + bool + +config MMIOTRACE + bool "Memory mapped IO tracing" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PCI + select TRACING + select MMIOTRACE_HOOKS + help + Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for + debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap + implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by + default and can be enabled at run-time. + + See Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt. + If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N. + +config MMIOTRACE_TEST + tristate "Test module for mmiotrace" + depends on MMIOTRACE && m + help + This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous + as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address. + However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM. + + Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing. + # # IO delay types: # @@ -262,7 +303,6 @@ config CPA_DEBUG config OPTIMIZE_INLINING bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'" - depends on BROKEN 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 @@ -273,5 +313,7 @@ config OPTIMIZE_INLINING become the default in the future, until then this option is there to test gcc for this. + If unsure, say N. + endmenu |