diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 134 |
1 files changed, 85 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index d105f29bb6b..61bd2ad9428 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup. config EARLY_PRINTK - bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED + bool "Early printk" if EXPERT default y ---help--- Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial @@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ 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_INTEL_MID + bool "Early printk for Intel MID platform support" + depends on EARLY_PRINTK && X86_INTEL_MID + 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. @@ -56,33 +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 - ---help--- - This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space - drops below a certain limit. - -config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE - bool "Stack utilization instrumentation" - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL - ---help--- - Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each - task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output. - - This option will slow down process creation somewhat. - -config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS - bool "Debug access to per_cpu maps" - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL - depends on SMP - default n +config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI + bool "Early printk via the EFI framebuffer" + depends on EFI && EARLY_PRINTK + select FONT_SUPPORT ---help--- - Say Y to verify that the per_cpu map being accessed has - been setup. Adds a fair amount of code to kernel memory - and decreases performance. + Write kernel log output directly into the EFI framebuffer. - Say N if unsure. + 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" @@ -96,6 +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 @@ -115,6 +109,17 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure. If in doubt, say "N" +config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX + bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO" + depends on MODULES + ---help--- + This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable + kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution + of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code + patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect + against certain classes of kernel exploits. + If in doubt, say "N". + config DEBUG_NX_TEST tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m @@ -123,26 +128,34 @@ config DEBUG_NX_TEST and the software setup of this feature. If in doubt, say "N" -config 4KSTACKS - bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb" - depends on X86_32 - ---help--- - If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the - kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates - running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure - on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option - will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace. - config DOUBLEFAULT default y - bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED - depends on X86_32 + bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT ---help--- This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey hair. +config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH + bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + ---help--- + + X86-only for now. + + This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the + kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In + certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the + tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it + to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise, + for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry + invalidating instructions according to the following formula: + + flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift + + If in doubt, say "N". + config IOMMU_DEBUG bool "Enable IOMMU debugging" depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL @@ -156,7 +169,7 @@ config IOMMU_DEBUG code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line - options. See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more + options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more details. config IOMMU_STRESS @@ -174,18 +187,19 @@ 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 X86_DS_SELFTEST - bool "DS selftest" - default y - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL - depends on X86_DS - ---help--- - Perform Debug Store selftests at boot time. - If in doubt, say "N". - config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT def_bool y +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 + decoder code. + If unsure, say "N". + # # IO delay types: # @@ -287,4 +301,26 @@ config OPTIMIZE_INLINING If unsure, say N. +config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST + bool "NMI Selftest" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC + ---help--- + Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify + that the NMI behaves correctly. + + This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to + function properly. + + If unsure, say N. + +config X86_DEBUG_STATIC_CPU_HAS + bool "Debug alternatives" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + ---help--- + This option causes additional code to be generated which + fails if static_cpu_has() is used before alternatives have + run. + + If unsure, say N. + endmenu |