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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug')
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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 |