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1menu "Kernel hacking"
2
3config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
4	def_bool y
5
6source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
7
8config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
9	bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
10	default y
11	---help---
12	  Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
13	  (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
14	  see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
15
16config EARLY_PRINTK
17	bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
18	default y
19	---help---
20	  Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
21	  port.
22
23	  This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
24	  early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
25	  it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
26	  with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
27	  unless you want to debug such a crash.
28
29config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
30	bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
31	depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
32	---help---
33	  Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
34
35	  This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
36	  early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
37	  it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
38	  with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
39	  unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
40
41config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
42	bool "Early printk via the EFI framebuffer"
43	depends on EFI && EARLY_PRINTK
44	select FONT_SUPPORT
45	---help---
46	  Write kernel log output directly into the EFI framebuffer.
47
48	  This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
49	  early before the console code is initialized.
50
51config X86_PTDUMP_CORE
52	def_bool n
53
54config X86_PTDUMP
55	tristate "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
56	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
57	select DEBUG_FS
58	select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
59	---help---
60	  Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
61	  debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
62	  who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
63	  It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
64	  kernel.
65	  If in doubt, say "N"
66
67config EFI_PGT_DUMP
68	bool "Dump the EFI pagetable"
69	depends on EFI
70	select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
71	---help---
72	  Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before
73	  enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous
74	  issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that
75	  table.
76
77config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
78	bool "Testcase for the marking rodata read-only"
79	default y
80	---help---
81	  This option enables a testcase for the setting rodata read-only
82	  as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
83	  If in doubt, say "N"
84
85config DEBUG_WX
86	bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
87	select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
88	---help---
89	  Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
90
91	  This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
92	  W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.
93
94	  Look for a message in dmesg output like this:
95
96	    x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
97
98	  or like this, if the check failed:
99
100	    x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.
101
102	  Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
103	  still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
104	  themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
105	  of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
106
107	  There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
108	  once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
109
110	  If in doubt, say "Y".
111
112config DOUBLEFAULT
113	default y
114	bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
115	---help---
116	  This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
117	  would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
118	  option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
119	  hair.
120
121config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
122	bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
123	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
124	---help---
125
126	X86-only for now.
127
128	This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
129	kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
130	certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
131	tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
132	to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
133	for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
134	invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
135
136	flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
137
138	If in doubt, say "N".
139
140config IOMMU_DEBUG
141	bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
142	depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
143	depends on X86_64
144	---help---
145	  Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
146	  memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
147	  allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
148	  time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
149	  list merging.  Currently not recommended for production
150	  code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
151	  IOMMU/AGP aperture.  Most of the options enabled by this can
152	  be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
153	  options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
154	  details.
155
156config IOMMU_STRESS
157	bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
158	---help---
159	  This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
160	  code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
161	  will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
162	  testing.
163
164config IOMMU_LEAK
165	bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
166	depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
167	---help---
168	  Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
169	  are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
170
171config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
172	def_bool y
173
174config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
175	bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
176	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
177	depends on !COMPILE_TEST
178	---help---
179	 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
180	 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
181	 decoder code.
182	 If unsure, say "N".
183
184#
185# IO delay types:
186#
187
188config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
189	int
190	default "0"
191
192config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
193	int
194	default "1"
195
196config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
197	int
198	default "2"
199
200config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
201	int
202	default "3"
203
204choice
205	prompt "IO delay type"
206	default IO_DELAY_0X80
207
208config IO_DELAY_0X80
209	bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
210	---help---
211	  This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
212	  It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
213
214config IO_DELAY_0XED
215	bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
216	---help---
217	  Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
218	  often used as a hardware-debug port.
219
220config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
221	bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
222	---help---
223	  Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
224	  while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
225
226config IO_DELAY_NONE
227	bool "no port-IO delay"
228	---help---
229	  No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
230	  delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
231
232endchoice
233
234if IO_DELAY_0X80
235config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
236	int
237	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
238endif
239
240if IO_DELAY_0XED
241config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
242	int
243	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
244endif
245
246if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
247config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
248	int
249	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
250endif
251
252if IO_DELAY_NONE
253config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
254	int
255	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
256endif
257
258config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
259	bool "Debug boot parameters"
260	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
261	depends on DEBUG_FS
262	---help---
263	  This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
264
265config CPA_DEBUG
266	bool "CPA self-test code"
267	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
268	---help---
269	  Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
270
271config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
272	bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
273	---help---
274	  This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
275	  developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
276	  do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
277	  compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
278	  enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
279	  this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
280	  decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
281	  is there to test gcc for this.
282
283	  If unsure, say N.
284
285config DEBUG_ENTRY
286	bool "Debug low-level entry code"
287	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
288	---help---
289	  This option enables sanity checks in x86's low-level entry code.
290	  Some of these sanity checks may slow down kernel entries and
291	  exits or otherwise impact performance.
292
293	  This is currently used to help test NMI code.
294
295	  If unsure, say N.
296
297config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
298	bool "NMI Selftest"
299	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
300	---help---
301	  Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify
302	  that the NMI behaves correctly.
303
304	  This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to
305	  function properly.
306
307	  If unsure, say N.
308
309config DEBUG_IMR_SELFTEST
310	bool "Isolated Memory Region self test"
311	default n
312	depends on INTEL_IMR
313	---help---
314	  This option enables automated sanity testing of the IMR code.
315	  Some simple tests are run to verify IMR bounds checking, alignment
316	  and overlapping. This option is really only useful if you are
317	  debugging an IMR memory map or are modifying the IMR code and want to
318	  test your changes.
319
320	  If unsure say N here.
321
322config X86_DEBUG_FPU
323	bool "Debug the x86 FPU code"
324	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
325	default y
326	---help---
327	  If this option is enabled then there will be extra sanity
328	  checks and (boot time) debug printouts added to the kernel.
329	  This debugging adds some small amount of runtime overhead
330	  to the kernel.
331
332	  If unsure, say N.
333
334config PUNIT_ATOM_DEBUG
335	tristate "ATOM Punit debug driver"
336	select DEBUG_FS
337	select IOSF_MBI
338	---help---
339	  This is a debug driver, which gets the power states
340	  of all Punit North Complex devices. The power states of
341	  each device is exposed as part of the debugfs interface.
342	  The current power state can be read from
343	  /sys/kernel/debug/punit_atom/dev_power_state
344
345endmenu
346