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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index aa81d2848448..2e75478e9c69 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -252,6 +252,14 @@ config DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS timer routines to track the life time of timer objects and validate the timer operations. +config DEBUG_OBJECTS_ENABLE_DEFAULT + int "debug_objects bootup default value (0-1)" + range 0 1 + default "1" + depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS + help + Debug objects boot parameter default value + config DEBUG_SLAB bool "Debug slab memory allocations" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SLAB @@ -545,6 +553,16 @@ config DEBUG_SG If unsure, say N. +config DEBUG_NOTIFIERS + bool "Debug notifier call chains" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + help + Enable this to turn on sanity checking for notifier call chains. + This is most useful for kernel developers to make sure that + modules properly unregister themselves from notifier chains. + This is a relatively cheap check but if you care about maximum + performance, say N. + config FRAME_POINTER bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && \ @@ -619,6 +637,19 @@ config RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR Say N if you are unsure. +config RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR + bool "Check for stalled CPUs delaying RCU grace periods" + depends on CLASSIC_RCU || TREE_RCU + default n + help + This option causes RCU to printk information on which + CPUs are delaying the current grace period, but only when + the grace period extends for excessive time periods. + + Say Y if you want RCU to perform such checks. + + Say N if you are unsure. + config KPROBES_SANITY_TEST bool "Kprobes sanity tests" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL @@ -652,6 +683,11 @@ config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT depends on BLOCK default n help + BIG FAT WARNING: ENABLING THIS OPTION MIGHT BREAK BOOTING ON + SOME DISTRIBUTIONS. DO NOT ENABLE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT + YOU ARE DOING. Distros, please enable this and fix whatever + is broken. + Conventionally, block device numbers are allocated from predetermined contiguous area. However, extended block area may introduce non-contiguous block device numbers. This @@ -694,6 +730,7 @@ config FAULT_INJECTION config FAILSLAB bool "Fault-injection capability for kmalloc" depends on FAULT_INJECTION + depends on SLAB || SLUB help Provide fault-injection capability for kmalloc. @@ -807,6 +844,61 @@ menuconfig BUILD_DOCSRC Say N if you are unsure. +config DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG + bool "Enable dynamic printk() call support" + default n + depends on PRINTK + select PRINTK_DEBUG + help + + Compiles debug level messages into the kernel, which would not + otherwise be available at runtime. These messages can then be + enabled/disabled on a per module basis. This mechanism implicitly + enables all pr_debug() and dev_dbg() calls. The impact of this + compile option is a larger kernel text size of about 2%. + + Usage: + + Dynamic debugging is controlled by the debugfs file, + dynamic_printk/modules. This file contains a list of the modules that + can be enabled. The format of the file is the module name, followed + by a set of flags that can be enabled. The first flag is always the + 'enabled' flag. For example: + + <module_name> <enabled=0/1> + . + . + . + + <module_name> : Name of the module in which the debug call resides + <enabled=0/1> : whether the messages are enabled or not + + From a live system: + + snd_hda_intel enabled=0 + fixup enabled=0 + driver enabled=0 + + Enable a module: + + $echo "set enabled=1 <module_name>" > dynamic_printk/modules + + Disable a module: + + $echo "set enabled=0 <module_name>" > dynamic_printk/modules + + Enable all modules: + + $echo "set enabled=1 all" > dynamic_printk/modules + + Disable all modules: + + $echo "set enabled=0 all" > dynamic_printk/modules + + Finally, passing "dynamic_printk" at the command line enables + debugging for all modules. This mode can be turned off via the above + disable command. + source "samples/Kconfig" source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb" |