diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 61 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index dfdc0347b05d..79e0dff1cdcb 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ config UNUSED_SYMBOLS config DEBUG_FS bool "Debug Filesystem" - depends on SYSFS help debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and @@ -152,28 +151,33 @@ config DEBUG_SHIRQ Drivers ought to be able to handle interrupts coming in at those points; some don't and need to be caught. -config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP - bool "Detect Soft Lockups" +config LOCKUP_DETECTOR + bool "Detect Hard and Soft Lockups" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !S390 - default y help - Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "soft lockups", - which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel + Say Y here to enable the kernel to act as a watchdog to detect + hard and soft lockups. + + Softlockups are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a - chance to run. + chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon + detection and the system will stay locked up. - When a soft-lockup is detected, the kernel will print the - current stack trace (which you should report), but the - system will stay locked up. This feature has negligible - overhead. + Hardlockups are bugs that cause the CPU to loop in kernel mode + for more than 60 seconds, without letting other interrupts have a + chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon detection + and the system will stay locked up. - (Note that "hard lockups" are separate type of bugs that - can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that - support it.) + The overhead should be minimal. A periodic hrtimer runs to + generate interrupts and kick the watchdog task every 10-12 seconds. + An NMI is generated every 60 seconds or so to check for hardlockups. + +config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR + def_bool LOCKUP_DETECTOR && PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups" - depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP + depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR help Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups", which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel @@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE int - depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP + depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR range 0 1 default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC @@ -307,6 +311,12 @@ config DEBUG_OBJECTS_WORK work queue routines to track the life time of work objects and validate the work operations. +config DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD + bool "Debug RCU callbacks objects" + depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS && PREEMPT + help + Enable this to turn on debugging of RCU list heads (call_rcu() usage). + config DEBUG_OBJECTS_ENABLE_DEFAULT int "debug_objects bootup default value (0-1)" range 0 1 @@ -528,7 +538,7 @@ config LOCKDEP bool depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT select STACKTRACE - select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !ARM_UNWIND && !S390 + select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !ARM_UNWIND && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE select KALLSYMS select KALLSYMS_ALL @@ -628,6 +638,19 @@ config DEBUG_INFO If unsure, say N. +config DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED + bool "Reduce debugging information" + depends on DEBUG_INFO + help + If you say Y here gcc is instructed to generate less debugging + information for structure types. This means that tools that + need full debugging information (like kgdb or systemtap) won't + be happy. But if you merely need debugging information to + resolve line numbers there is no loss. Advantage is that + build directory object sizes shrink dramatically over a full + DEBUG_INFO build and compile times are reduced too. + Only works with newer gcc versions. + config DEBUG_VM bool "Debug VM" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL @@ -958,13 +981,13 @@ config FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER depends on FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT depends on !X86_64 select STACKTRACE - select FRAME_POINTER if !PPC && !S390 + select FRAME_POINTER if !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE help Provide stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities config LATENCYTOP bool "Latency measuring infrastructure" - select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !S390 + select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE select KALLSYMS select KALLSYMS_ALL select STACKTRACE |