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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 50 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index 702eb39901ca..5b1979a45a1e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT source "lib/Kconfig.debug" +config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM + bool "Disable promiscuous /dev/mem" + help + The /dev/mem file by default only allows userspace access to PCI + space and the BIOS code and data regions. This is sufficient for + dosemu and X and all common users of /dev/mem. With this config + option, you allow userspace access to all of memory, including + kernel and userspace memory. Accidental access to this is + obviously disasterous, but specific access can be used by people + debugging the kernel. + config EARLY_PRINTK bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED default y @@ -54,6 +65,18 @@ config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS Say N if unsure. +config X86_PTDUMP + bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + select DEBUG_FS + help + Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a + debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers + who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel. + It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production + kernel. + If in doubt, say "N" + config DEBUG_RODATA bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures" default y @@ -64,6 +87,18 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner. If in doubt, say "Y". +config DIRECT_GBPAGES + bool "Enable gbpages-mapped kernel pagetables" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && X86_64 + help + Enable gigabyte pages support (if the CPU supports it). This can + improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by reducing TLB + pressure. + + This is experimental code. + + If in doubt, say "N". + config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature" depends on DEBUG_RODATA @@ -82,8 +117,8 @@ config DEBUG_NX_TEST config 4KSTACKS bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb" - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on X86_32 + default y help If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates @@ -222,3 +257,16 @@ config CPA_DEBUG Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds. endmenu + +config OPTIMIZE_INLINING + bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'" + default y + 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 + do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of + compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and + disabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully + this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc4 to make the decision can + become the default in the future, until then this option is there to + test gcc for this. |