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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index df27132a56f4..8b5a7d304a5f 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ config DEBUG_FS
debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and
write to these files.
+ For detailed documentation on the debugfs API, see
+ Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.
+
If unsure, say N.
config HEADERS_CHECK
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
help
Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "soft lockups",
which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
- mode for more than 10 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+ mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
chance to run.
When a soft-lockup is detected, the kernel will print the
@@ -159,6 +162,30 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that
support it.)
+config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+ bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups"
+ depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups",
+ which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
+ mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+ chance to run.
+
+ The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout,
+ to cause the system to reboot automatically after a
+ lockup has been detected. This feature is useful for
+ high-availability systems that have uptime guarantees and
+ where a lockup must be resolved ASAP.
+
+ Say N if unsure.
+
+config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
+ int
+ depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+ range 0 1
+ default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+ default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+
config SCHED_DEBUG
bool "Collect scheduler debugging info"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
@@ -478,6 +505,18 @@ config DEBUG_WRITECOUNT
If unsure, say N.
+config DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT
+ bool "Debug memory initialisation" if EMBEDDED
+ default !EMBEDDED
+ help
+ Enable this for additional checks during memory initialisation.
+ The sanity checks verify aspects of the VM such as the memory model
+ and other information provided by the architecture. Verbose
+ information will be printed at KERN_DEBUG loglevel depending
+ on the mminit_loglevel= command-line option.
+
+ If unsure, say Y
+
config DEBUG_LIST
bool "Debug linked list manipulation"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
@@ -654,6 +693,14 @@ config LATENCYTOP
Enable this option if you want to use the LatencyTOP tool
to find out which userspace is blocking on what kernel operations.
+config SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK
+ bool "Sysctl checks"
+ depends on SYSCTL_SYSCALL
+ ---help---
+ sys_sysctl uses binary paths that have been found challenging
+ to properly maintain and use. This enables checks that help
+ you to keep things correct.
+
source kernel/trace/Kconfig
config PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT
@@ -696,6 +743,15 @@ config FIREWIRE_OHCI_REMOTE_DMA
If unsure, say N.
+menuconfig BUILD_DOCSRC
+ bool "Build targets in Documentation/ tree"
+ depends on HEADERS_CHECK
+ help
+ This option attempts to build objects from the source files in the
+ kernel Documentation/ tree.
+
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
source "samples/Kconfig"
source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb"