help
The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal
references from one section to another section.
- Linux will during link or during runtime drop some sections
- and any use of code/data previously in these sections will
+ During linktime or runtime, some sections are dropped;
+ any use of code/data previously in these sections would
most likely result in an oops.
- In the code functions and variables are annotated with
- __init, __devinit etc. (see full list in include/linux/init.h)
+ In the code, functions and variables are annotated with
+ __init, __devinit, etc. (see the full list in include/linux/init.h),
which results in the code/data being placed in specific sections.
- The section mismatch analysis is always done after a full
- kernel build but enabling this option will in addition
- do the following:
- - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc
- When inlining a function annotated __init in a non-init
- function we would lose the section information and thus
+ The section mismatch analysis is always performed after a full
+ kernel build, and enabling this option causes the following
+ additional steps to occur:
+ - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc commands.
+ When inlining a function annotated with __init in a non-init
+ function, we would lose the section information and thus
the analysis would not catch the illegal reference.
- This option tells gcc to inline less but will also
- result in a larger kernel.
- - Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o
- When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o we
+ This option tells gcc to inline less (but it does result in
+ a larger kernel).
+ - Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o file.
+ When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o, we
lose valueble information about where the mismatch was
introduced.
Running the analysis for each module/built-in.o file
- will tell where the mismatch happens much closer to the
- source. The drawback is that we will report the same
- mismatch at least twice.
- - Enable verbose reporting from modpost to help solving
- the section mismatches reported.
+ tells where the mismatch happens much closer to the
+ source. The drawback is that the same mismatch is
+ reported at least twice.
+ - Enable verbose reporting from modpost in order to help resolve
+ the section mismatches that are reported.
config DEBUG_KERNEL
bool "Kernel debugging"
config DETECT_HUNG_TASK
bool "Detect Hung Tasks"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- default DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+ default LOCKUP_DETECTOR
help
Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "hung tasks",
which are bugs that cause the task to be stuck in
Enables hooks to interrupt enabling and disabling for
either tracing or lock debugging.
-config DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
- bool "Spinlock debugging: sleep-inside-spinlock checking"
+config DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP
+ bool "Sleep inside atomic section checking"
+ select PREEMPT_COUNT
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
If you say Y here, various routines which may sleep will become very
- noisy if they are called with a spinlock held.
+ noisy if they are called inside atomic sections: when a spinlock is
+ held, inside an rcu read side critical section, inside preempt disabled
+ sections, inside an interrupt, etc...
config DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS
bool "Locking API boot-time self-tests"
#
# Select this config option from the architecture Kconfig, if it
-# it is preferred to always offer frame pointers as a config
+# is preferred to always offer frame pointers as a config
# option on the architecture (regardless of KERNEL_DEBUG):
#
config ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
system, and then set "lpj=M" before setting "boot_delay=N".
NOTE: Using this option may adversely affect SMP systems.
I.e., processors other than the first one may not boot up.
- BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY also may cause DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP to detect
+ BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY also may cause LOCKUP_DETECTOR to detect
what it believes to be lockup conditions.
config RCU_TORTURE_TEST
depends on FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
depends on !X86_64
select STACKTRACE
- select FRAME_POINTER if !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE
+ select FRAME_POINTER if !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE && !ARM_UNWIND
help
Provide stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
depends on PROC_FS
- select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE
+ select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC && !S390 && !MICROBLAZE && !ARM_UNWIND
select KALLSYMS
select KALLSYMS_ALL
select STACKTRACE
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