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Greg Kroah-Hartmanb2441312017-11-01 15:07:57 +01001# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002menu "Kernel hacking"
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Ingo Molnar55f327f2006-07-03 00:24:43 -07004config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -07005 def_bool y
Ingo Molnar55f327f2006-07-03 00:24:43 -07006
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07007source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
8
Lu Baoluaeb9dd12017-03-21 16:01:30 +08009config EARLY_PRINTK_USB
10 bool
11
Ben Collins6bcb13b2008-06-18 14:04:35 -040012config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
13 bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
14 default y
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010015 ---help---
Ben Collins6bcb13b2008-06-18 14:04:35 -040016 Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
17 (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
18 see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
19
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070020config EARLY_PRINTK
David Rientjes6a108a12011-01-20 14:44:16 -080021 bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070022 default y
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010023 ---help---
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070024 Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
25 port.
26
27 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
28 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
29 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
Lu Baoluaeb9dd12017-03-21 16:01:30 +080030 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally say N here,
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070031 unless you want to debug such a crash.
32
Yinghai Lu5c059172008-07-24 17:29:40 -070033config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
34 bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
Ingo Molnar97499862008-07-26 17:28:11 +020035 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
Lu Baoluaeb9dd12017-03-21 16:01:30 +080036 select EARLY_PRINTK_USB
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010037 ---help---
Yinghai Lu5c059172008-07-24 17:29:40 -070038 Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
39
40 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
41 early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
42 it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
Lu Baoluaeb9dd12017-03-21 16:01:30 +080043 with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally say N here,
Yinghai Lu5c059172008-07-24 17:29:40 -070044 unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
45
Matt Fleming72548e82013-10-04 09:36:56 +010046config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
47 bool "Early printk via the EFI framebuffer"
48 depends on EFI && EARLY_PRINTK
49 select FONT_SUPPORT
50 ---help---
51 Write kernel log output directly into the EFI framebuffer.
52
53 This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
54 early before the console code is initialized.
55
Lu Baoluaeb9dd12017-03-21 16:01:30 +080056config EARLY_PRINTK_USB_XDBC
57 bool "Early printk via the xHCI debug port"
58 depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
59 select EARLY_PRINTK_USB
60 ---help---
61 Write kernel log output directly into the xHCI debug port.
62
63 One use for this feature is kernel debugging, for example when your
64 machine crashes very early before the regular console code is
65 initialized. Other uses include simpler, lockless logging instead of
66 a full-blown printk console driver + klogd.
67
68 For normal production environments this is normally not recommended,
69 because it doesn't feed events into klogd/syslogd and doesn't try to
70 print anything on the screen.
71
72 You should normally say N here, unless you want to debug early
73 crashes or need a very simple printk logging facility.
74
Stephen Smalleye1a58322015-10-05 12:55:20 -040075config X86_PTDUMP_CORE
76 def_bool n
77
Arjan van de Ven926e5392008-04-17 17:40:45 +020078config X86_PTDUMP
Kees Cook8609d1b2015-11-19 17:07:55 -080079 tristate "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
H. Peter Anvinfe770bf02008-04-17 17:40:45 +020080 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Arjan van de Ven926e5392008-04-17 17:40:45 +020081 select DEBUG_FS
Stephen Smalleye1a58322015-10-05 12:55:20 -040082 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +010083 ---help---
Arjan van de Ven926e5392008-04-17 17:40:45 +020084 Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
85 debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
86 who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
87 It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
88 kernel.
89 If in doubt, say "N"
90
Borislav Petkov11cc8512014-01-18 12:48:15 +010091config EFI_PGT_DUMP
92 bool "Dump the EFI pagetable"
Stephen Smalleye1a58322015-10-05 12:55:20 -040093 depends on EFI
94 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
Borislav Petkov11cc8512014-01-18 12:48:15 +010095 ---help---
96 Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before
97 enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous
98 issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that
99 table.
100
Stephen Smalleye1a58322015-10-05 12:55:20 -0400101config DEBUG_WX
102 bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
Stephen Smalleye1a58322015-10-05 12:55:20 -0400103 select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
104 ---help---
105 Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
106
107 This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
108 W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.
109
110 Look for a message in dmesg output like this:
111
112 x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
113
114 or like this, if the check failed:
115
116 x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.
117
118 Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
119 still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
120 themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
121 of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
122
123 There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
124 once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
125
126 If in doubt, say "Y".
127
Andi Kleen102e41f2006-04-18 12:35:22 +0200128config DOUBLEFAULT
129 default y
David Rientjes6a108a12011-01-20 14:44:16 -0800130 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100131 ---help---
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700132 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
133 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
134 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
135 hair.
136
Alex Shi3df32122012-06-28 09:02:20 +0800137config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
138 bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
Paul Bollecd69aa62013-03-14 12:54:37 +0100139 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Alex Shi3df32122012-06-28 09:02:20 +0800140 ---help---
141
142 X86-only for now.
143
144 This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
145 kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
146 certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
147 tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
148 to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
149 for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
150 invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
151
152 flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
153
154 If in doubt, say "N".
155
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700156config IOMMU_DEBUG
157 bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
Joerg Roedel966396d2007-10-24 12:49:48 +0200158 depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700159 depends on X86_64
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100160 ---help---
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700161 Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
162 memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
163 allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
164 time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
165 list merging. Currently not recommended for production
166 code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
167 IOMMU/AGP aperture. Most of the options enabled by this can
168 be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
Paul Bolle395cf962011-08-15 02:02:26 +0200169 options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700170 details.
171
Joerg Roedel2be69c72009-05-22 12:15:49 +0200172config IOMMU_STRESS
173 bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
174 ---help---
175 This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
176 code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
177 will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
178 testing.
179
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700180config IOMMU_LEAK
181 bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
FUJITA Tomonori19c1a6f2009-04-14 09:43:19 +0900182 depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100183 ---help---
Randy Dunlapd013a272007-10-24 15:50:43 -0700184 Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
185 are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
186
Pekka Paalanen6bc5c362009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200187config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
188 def_bool y
Pekka Paalanen8b7d89d2008-05-12 21:20:56 +0200189
Masami Hiramatsuca0e9ba2009-08-13 16:34:21 -0400190config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
OGAWA Hirofumicbe5c342009-12-06 20:14:29 +0900191 bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
192 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
Ingo Molnarf8f20232014-02-05 06:51:37 +0100193 depends on !COMPILE_TEST
Masami Hiramatsuca0e9ba2009-08-13 16:34:21 -0400194 ---help---
195 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
196 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
197 decoder code.
198 If unsure, say "N".
199
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100200#
201# IO delay types:
202#
203
204config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
205 int
206 default "0"
207
208config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
209 int
210 default "1"
211
212config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
213 int
214 default "2"
215
216config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
217 int
218 default "3"
219
220choice
221 prompt "IO delay type"
Ingo Molnarfd59e9e2008-02-17 20:20:24 +0100222 default IO_DELAY_0X80
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100223
224config IO_DELAY_0X80
225 bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100226 ---help---
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100227 This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
228 It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
229
230config IO_DELAY_0XED
231 bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100232 ---help---
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100233 Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
234 often used as a hardware-debug port.
235
236config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
237 bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100238 ---help---
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100239 Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
240 while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
241
242config IO_DELAY_NONE
243 bool "no port-IO delay"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100244 ---help---
Ingo Molnar6e7c4022008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100245 No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
246 delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
247
248endchoice
249
250if IO_DELAY_0X80
251config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
252 int
253 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
254endif
255
256if IO_DELAY_0XED
257config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
258 int
259 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
260endif
261
262if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
263config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
264 int
265 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
266endif
267
268if IO_DELAY_NONE
269config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
270 int
271 default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
272endif
Rene Hermanb02aae92008-01-30 13:30:05 +0100273
Huang, Ying6d7d7432008-01-30 13:32:51 +0100274config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
275 bool "Debug boot parameters"
276 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
277 depends on DEBUG_FS
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100278 ---help---
Huang, Ying6d7d7432008-01-30 13:32:51 +0100279 This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
280
Andi Kleen0c42f392008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100281config CPA_DEBUG
Ingo Molnar971a52d2008-02-06 22:39:45 +0100282 bool "CPA self-test code"
Ingo Molnarf316fe62008-01-30 13:34:04 +0100283 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100284 ---help---
Ingo Molnar971a52d2008-02-06 22:39:45 +0100285 Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
Andi Kleen0c42f392008-01-30 13:33:42 +0100286
Ingo Molnar60a3cdd2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100287config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
288 bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
Ingo Molnar8f9ca472009-02-05 16:21:53 +0100289 ---help---
Ingo Molnar60a3cdd2008-03-03 12:38:52 +0100290 This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
291 developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
292 do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
293 compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
Sitsofe Wheeler63fb7082008-10-11 20:27:53 +0100294 enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
295 this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
296 decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
297 is there to test gcc for this.
Ingo Molnarc9af1e32008-04-30 08:48:45 +0200298
Ingo Molnar3f9b5cc2008-07-18 16:30:05 +0200299 If unsure, say N.
300
Andy Lutomirskia97439a2015-07-15 10:29:41 -0700301config DEBUG_ENTRY
302 bool "Debug low-level entry code"
303 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
304 ---help---
305 This option enables sanity checks in x86's low-level entry code.
306 Some of these sanity checks may slow down kernel entries and
307 exits or otherwise impact performance.
308
Andy Lutomirskia97439a2015-07-15 10:29:41 -0700309 If unsure, say N.
310
Don Zickus99e8b9c2011-10-13 15:14:26 -0400311config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
312 bool "NMI Selftest"
Don Zickus4f941c52011-12-07 16:06:30 -0500313 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
Don Zickus99e8b9c2011-10-13 15:14:26 -0400314 ---help---
315 Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify
316 that the NMI behaves correctly.
317
318 This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to
319 function properly.
320
321 If unsure, say N.
322
Bryan O'Donoghue28a375d2015-01-30 16:29:38 +0000323config DEBUG_IMR_SELFTEST
324 bool "Isolated Memory Region self test"
325 default n
326 depends on INTEL_IMR
327 ---help---
328 This option enables automated sanity testing of the IMR code.
329 Some simple tests are run to verify IMR bounds checking, alignment
330 and overlapping. This option is really only useful if you are
331 debugging an IMR memory map or are modifying the IMR code and want to
332 test your changes.
333
334 If unsure say N here.
335
Ingo Molnare97131a2015-05-05 11:34:49 +0200336config X86_DEBUG_FPU
337 bool "Debug the x86 FPU code"
338 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
339 default y
340 ---help---
341 If this option is enabled then there will be extra sanity
342 checks and (boot time) debug printouts added to the kernel.
343 This debugging adds some small amount of runtime overhead
344 to the kernel.
345
346 If unsure, say N.
347
Srinivas Pandruvada956079e2015-05-06 12:15:54 -0700348config PUNIT_ATOM_DEBUG
349 tristate "ATOM Punit debug driver"
Arnd Bergmannd689c642017-07-19 14:53:05 +0200350 depends on PCI
Srinivas Pandruvada956079e2015-05-06 12:15:54 -0700351 select DEBUG_FS
352 select IOSF_MBI
353 ---help---
354 This is a debug driver, which gets the power states
355 of all Punit North Complex devices. The power states of
356 each device is exposed as part of the debugfs interface.
357 The current power state can be read from
358 /sys/kernel/debug/punit_atom/dev_power_state
359
Josh Poimboeuf81d38712017-07-25 08:54:24 -0500360choice
361 prompt "Choose kernel unwinder"
Josh Poimboeuffc72ae42017-10-13 15:02:01 -0500362 default UNWINDER_ORC if X86_64
363 default UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER if X86_32
Josh Poimboeuf81d38712017-07-25 08:54:24 -0500364 ---help---
365 This determines which method will be used for unwinding kernel stack
366 traces for panics, oopses, bugs, warnings, perf, /proc/<pid>/stack,
367 livepatch, lockdep, and more.
368
Josh Poimboeuf11af8472017-10-13 15:02:00 -0500369config UNWINDER_ORC
Josh Poimboeufee9f8fc2017-07-24 18:36:57 -0500370 bool "ORC unwinder"
Josh Poimboeuf81d38712017-07-25 08:54:24 -0500371 depends on X86_64
Josh Poimboeufee9f8fc2017-07-24 18:36:57 -0500372 select STACK_VALIDATION
373 ---help---
374 This option enables the ORC (Oops Rewind Capability) unwinder for
375 unwinding kernel stack traces. It uses a custom data format which is
376 a simplified version of the DWARF Call Frame Information standard.
377
378 This unwinder is more accurate across interrupt entry frames than the
Josh Poimboeufa34a7662017-07-24 18:36:58 -0500379 frame pointer unwinder. It also enables a 5-10% performance
380 improvement across the entire kernel compared to frame pointers.
Josh Poimboeufee9f8fc2017-07-24 18:36:57 -0500381
382 Enabling this option will increase the kernel's runtime memory usage
383 by roughly 2-4MB, depending on your kernel config.
384
Josh Poimboeuffc72ae42017-10-13 15:02:01 -0500385config UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER
386 bool "Frame pointer unwinder"
387 select FRAME_POINTER
388 ---help---
389 This option enables the frame pointer unwinder for unwinding kernel
390 stack traces.
391
392 The unwinder itself is fast and it uses less RAM than the ORC
393 unwinder, but the kernel text size will grow by ~3% and the kernel's
394 overall performance will degrade by roughly 5-10%.
395
396 This option is recommended if you want to use the livepatch
397 consistency model, as this is currently the only way to get a
398 reliable stack trace (CONFIG_HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE).
399
Josh Poimboeuf11af8472017-10-13 15:02:00 -0500400config UNWINDER_GUESS
Josh Poimboeuf81d38712017-07-25 08:54:24 -0500401 bool "Guess unwinder"
402 depends on EXPERT
Andrey Ryabinin0a373d4f2017-11-30 15:35:54 +0300403 depends on !STACKDEPOT
Josh Poimboeuf81d38712017-07-25 08:54:24 -0500404 ---help---
405 This option enables the "guess" unwinder for unwinding kernel stack
406 traces. It scans the stack and reports every kernel text address it
407 finds. Some of the addresses it reports may be incorrect.
408
409 While this option often produces false positives, it can still be
410 useful in many cases. Unlike the other unwinders, it has no runtime
411 overhead.
412
413endchoice
414
415config FRAME_POINTER
Josh Poimboeuf11af8472017-10-13 15:02:00 -0500416 depends on !UNWINDER_ORC && !UNWINDER_GUESS
Josh Poimboeuf81d38712017-07-25 08:54:24 -0500417 bool
Josh Poimboeufee9f8fc2017-07-24 18:36:57 -0500418
Ingo Molnarc9af1e32008-04-30 08:48:45 +0200419endmenu