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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 21 |
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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 566cf2bc08ea..cc443bc6edfc 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -1475,6 +1475,27 @@ config ASYNC_RAID6_TEST If unsure, say N. +config HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW + bool + +config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW + bool "Check for stack overflows" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW + ---help--- + Say Y here if you want to check for overflows of kernel, IRQ + and exception stacks (if your archicture uses them). This + option will show detailed messages if free stack space drops + below a certain limit. + + These kinds of bugs usually occur when call-chains in the + kernel get too deep, especially when interrupts are + involved. + + Use this in cases where you see apparently random memory + corruption, especially if it appears in 'struct thread_info' + + If in doubt, say "N". + source "samples/Kconfig" source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb" |