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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 0b504814e378..b0f239e443bc 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -495,6 +495,15 @@ config DEBUG_VM If unsure, say N. +config DEBUG_VIRTUAL + bool "Debug VM translations" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86 + help + Enable some costly sanity checks in virtual to page code. This can + catch mistakes with virt_to_page() and friends. + + If unsure, say N. + config DEBUG_WRITECOUNT bool "Debug filesystem writers count" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL @@ -597,6 +606,19 @@ config RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE Say N here if you want the RCU torture tests to start only after being manually enabled via /proc. +config RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR + bool "Check for stalled CPUs delaying RCU grace periods" + depends on CLASSIC_RCU + default n + help + This option causes RCU to printk information on which + CPUs are delaying the current grace period, but only when + the grace period extends for excessive time periods. + + Say Y if you want RCU to perform such checks. + + Say N if you are unsure. + config KPROBES_SANITY_TEST bool "Kprobes sanity tests" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL @@ -624,6 +646,33 @@ config BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST Say N if you are unsure. +config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT + bool "Force extended block device numbers and spread them" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + depends on BLOCK + default n + help + BIG FAT WARNING: ENABLING THIS OPTION MIGHT BREAK BOOTING ON + SOME DISTRIBUTIONS. DO NOT ENABLE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT + YOU ARE DOING. Distros, please enable this and fix whatever + is broken. + + Conventionally, block device numbers are allocated from + predetermined contiguous area. However, extended block area + may introduce non-contiguous block device numbers. This + option forces most block device numbers to be allocated from + the extended space and spreads them to discover kernel or + userland code paths which assume predetermined contiguous + device number allocation. + + Note that turning on this debug option shuffles all the + device numbers for all IDE and SCSI devices including libata + ones, so root partition specified using device number + directly (via rdev or root=MAJ:MIN) won't work anymore. + Textual device names (root=/dev/sdXn) will continue to work. + + Say N if you are unsure. + config LKDTM tristate "Linux Kernel Dump Test Tool Module" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL @@ -661,10 +710,21 @@ config FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC config FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST bool "Fault-injection capability for disk IO" - depends on FAULT_INJECTION + depends on FAULT_INJECTION && BLOCK help Provide fault-injection capability for disk IO. +config FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT + bool "Faul-injection capability for faking disk interrupts" + depends on FAULT_INJECTION && BLOCK + help + Provide fault-injection capability on end IO handling. This + will make the block layer "forget" an interrupt as configured, + thus exercising the error handling. + + Only works with drivers that use the generic timeout handling, + for others it wont do anything. + config FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS bool "Debugfs entries for fault-injection capabilities" depends on FAULT_INJECTION && SYSFS && DEBUG_FS @@ -752,6 +812,61 @@ menuconfig BUILD_DOCSRC Say N if you are unsure. +config DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG + bool "Enable dynamic printk() call support" + default n + depends on PRINTK + select PRINTK_DEBUG + help + + Compiles debug level messages into the kernel, which would not + otherwise be available at runtime. These messages can then be + enabled/disabled on a per module basis. This mechanism implicitly + enables all pr_debug() and dev_dbg() calls. The impact of this + compile option is a larger kernel text size of about 2%. + + Usage: + + Dynamic debugging is controlled by the debugfs file, + dynamic_printk/modules. This file contains a list of the modules that + can be enabled. The format of the file is the module name, followed + by a set of flags that can be enabled. The first flag is always the + 'enabled' flag. For example: + + <module_name> <enabled=0/1> + . + . + . + + <module_name> : Name of the module in which the debug call resides + <enabled=0/1> : whether the messages are enabled or not + + From a live system: + + snd_hda_intel enabled=0 + fixup enabled=0 + driver enabled=0 + + Enable a module: + + $echo "set enabled=1 <module_name>" > dynamic_printk/modules + + Disable a module: + + $echo "set enabled=0 <module_name>" > dynamic_printk/modules + + Enable all modules: + + $echo "set enabled=1 all" > dynamic_printk/modules + + Disable all modules: + + $echo "set enabled=0 all" > dynamic_printk/modules + + Finally, passing "dynamic_printk" at the command line enables + debugging for all modules. This mode can be turned off via the above + disable command. + source "samples/Kconfig" source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb" |