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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 50 |
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 299f7f3b5b08..156822e3cc79 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -46,6 +46,25 @@ config LOG_BUF_SHIFT 13 => 8 KB 12 => 4 KB +config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP + bool "Detect Soft Lockups" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + 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 + mode for more than 10 seconds, without giving other tasks a + chance to run. + + 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. + + (Note that "hard lockups" are separate type of bugs that + can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that + support it.) + config SCHEDSTATS bool "Collect scheduler statistics" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS @@ -109,7 +128,7 @@ config DEBUG_HIGHMEM config DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE bool "Verbose BUG() reporting (adds 70K)" if DEBUG_KERNEL && EMBEDDED depends on BUG - depends on ARM || ARM26 || M32R || M68K || SPARC32 || SPARC64 || (X86 && !X86_64) || FRV + depends on ARM || ARM26 || M32R || M68K || SPARC32 || SPARC64 || X86_32 || FRV default !EMBEDDED help Say Y here to make BUG() panics output the file name and line number @@ -149,13 +168,34 @@ config DEBUG_FS If unsure, say N. +config DEBUG_VM + bool "Debug VM" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + help + Enable this to debug the virtual-memory system. + + If unsure, say N. + config FRAME_POINTER bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers" - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && ((X86 && !X86_64) || CRIS || M68K || M68KNOMMU || FRV || UML) + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && (X86 || CRIS || M68K || M68KNOMMU || FRV || UML) default y if DEBUG_INFO && UML help If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will be slightly larger - and slower, but it will give very useful debugging information. - If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N, but we may not be able - to solve problems without frame pointers. + and slower, but it might give very useful debugging information on + some architectures or if you use external debuggers. + If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N. + +config RCU_TORTURE_TEST + tristate "torture tests for RCU" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + default n + help + This option provides a kernel module that runs torture tests + on the RCU infrastructure. The kernel module may be built + after the fact on the running kernel to be tested, if desired. + Say Y here if you want RCU torture tests to start automatically + at boot time (you probably don't). + Say M if you want the RCU torture tests to build as a module. + Say N if you are unsure. |