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| author | Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> | 2007-10-18 23:41:05 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-19 11:53:54 -0700 |
| commit | 09cadedbdc01f1a4bea1f427d4fb4642eaa19da9 (patch) | |
| tree | 988da227d46be7eb239a37676b9140d325dc4335 /kernel | |
| parent | 1c3f0b8e07de78a86f2dce911f5e245845ce40a8 (diff) | |
Combine instrumentation menus in kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
Quoting Randy:
"It seems sad that this patch sources Kconfig.marker, a 7-line file,
20-something times. Yes, you (we) don't want to put those 7 lines into
20-something different files, so sourcing is the right thing.
However, what you did for avr32 seems more on the right track to me: make
_one_ Instrumentation support menu that includes PROFILING, OPROFILE, KPROBES,
and MARKERS and then use (source) that in all of the arches."
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation | 43 |
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ba5c05ca2a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +menuconfig INSTRUMENTATION + bool "Instrumentation Support" + default y + ---help--- + Say Y here to get to see options related to performance measurement, + system-wide debugging, and testing. This option alone does not add any + kernel code. + + If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and + disabled. If you're trying to debug the kernel itself, go see the + Kernel Hacking menu. + +if INSTRUMENTATION + +config PROFILING + bool "Profiling support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + help + Say Y here to enable the extended profiling support mechanisms used + by profilers such as OProfile. + +config OPROFILE + tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on PROFILING + depends on ALPHA || ARM || BLACKFIN || X86_32 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS || PARISC || PPC || S390 || SUPERH || SPARC || X86_64 + help + OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the + whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries, + and applications. + + If unsure, say N. + +config KPROBES + bool "Kprobes" + depends on KALLSYMS && MODULES + depends on X86_32 || IA64 || PPC || S390 || SPARC64 || X86_64 || AVR32 + help + Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and + execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes + a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful + for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing. + If in doubt, say "N". + +endif # INSTRUMENTATION |