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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index c963881de0d..61bd2ad9428 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -59,15 +59,15 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
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
+config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
+ bool "Early printk via the EFI framebuffer"
+ depends on EFI && EARLY_PRINTK
+ select FONT_SUPPORT
---help---
- Say Y here if you want to check the overflows of kernel, IRQ
- and exception stacks. This option will cause messages of the
- stacks in detail when free stack space drops below a certain
- limit.
- If in doubt, say "N".
+ Write kernel log output directly into the EFI framebuffer.
+
+ This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
+ early before the console code is initialized.
config X86_PTDUMP
bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ config X86_PTDUMP
kernel.
If in doubt, say "N"
+config EFI_PGT_DUMP
+ bool "Dump the EFI pagetable"
+ depends on EFI && X86_PTDUMP
+ ---help---
+ Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before
+ enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous
+ issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that
+ table.
+
config DEBUG_RODATA
bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
default y
@@ -184,6 +193,7 @@ config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
+ depends on !COMPILE_TEST
---help---
Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction