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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug61
1 files changed, 58 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index 19df881bf67..0baf64ec80d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2,9 +2,42 @@ menu "Kernel hacking"
source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
+config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+ bool "Check for stack overflows"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC64
+ help
+ This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
+ drops below a certain limit.
+
+config KPROBES
+ bool "Kprobes"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC64
+ 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".
+
+config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+ bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC64
+ help
+ Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
+ task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
+
+ This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
+
+config DEBUGGER
+ bool "Enable debugger hooks"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ Include in-kernel hooks for kernel debuggers. Unless you are
+ intending to debug the kernel, say N here.
+
config KGDB
bool "Include kgdb kernel debugger"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx)
+ depends on DEBUGGER && (BROKEN || PPC_GEN550 || 4xx)
select DEBUG_INFO
help
Include in-kernel hooks for kgdb, the Linux kernel source level
@@ -40,14 +73,36 @@ config KGDB_CONSOLE
config XMON
bool "Include xmon kernel debugger"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on DEBUGGER && !PPC_ISERIES
help
Include in-kernel hooks for the xmon kernel monitor/debugger.
Unless you are intending to debug the kernel, say N here.
+ Make sure to enable also CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT on Macs. Otherwise
+ nothing will appear on the screen (xmon writes directly to the
+ framebuffer memory).
+ The cmdline option 'xmon' or 'xmon=early' will drop into xmon
+ very early during boot. 'xmon=on' will just enable the xmon
+ debugger hooks. 'xmon=off' will disable the debugger hooks
+ if CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT is set.
+
+config XMON_DEFAULT
+ bool "Enable xmon by default"
+ depends on XMON
+ help
+ xmon is normally disabled unless booted with 'xmon=on'.
+ Use 'xmon=off' to disable xmon init during runtime.
+
+config IRQSTACKS
+ bool "Use separate kernel stacks when processing interrupts"
+ depends on PPC64
+ help
+ If you say Y here the kernel will use separate kernel stacks
+ for handling hard and soft interrupts. This can help avoid
+ overflowing the process kernel stacks.
config BDI_SWITCH
bool "Include BDI-2000 user context switcher"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PPC32
help
Include in-kernel support for the Abatron BDI2000 debugger.
Unless you are intending to debug the kernel with one of these