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