source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
+config STRICT_DEVMEM
+ bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
+ depends on MMU
+ ---help---
+ If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
+ of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
+ access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
+ be used by people debugging the kernel.
+
+ If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
+ userspace access to memory mapped peripherals.
+
+ If in doubt, say Y.
+
# RMK wants arm kernels compiled with frame pointers or stack unwinding.
# If you know what you are doing and are willing to live without stack
# traces, you can get a slightly smaller kernel by setting this option to
config FRAME_POINTER
bool
depends on !THUMB2_KERNEL
- default y if !ARM_UNWIND
+ default y if !ARM_UNWIND || FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
help
If you say N here, the resulting kernel will be slightly smaller and
faster. However, if neither FRAME_POINTER nor ARM_UNWIND are enabled,
reported is severely limited.
config ARM_UNWIND
- bool "Enable stack unwinding support"
+ bool "Enable stack unwinding support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on AEABI && EXPERIMENTAL
default y
help
the performance is not affected. Currently, this feature
only works with EABI compilers. If unsure say Y.
+config OLD_MCOUNT
+ bool
+ depends on FUNCTION_TRACER && FRAME_POINTER
+ default y
+
config DEBUG_USER
bool "Verbose user fault messages"
help
8 - SIGSEGV faults
16 - SIGBUS faults
-config DEBUG_ERRORS
- bool "Verbose kernel error messages"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- This option controls verbose debugging information which can be
- printed when the kernel detects an internal error. This debugging
- information is useful to kernel hackers when tracking down problems,
- but mostly meaningless to other people. It's safe to say Y unless
- you are concerned with the code size or don't want to see these
- messages.
-
-config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
- bool "Enable stack utilization instrumentation"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
- task has ever had available in the sysrq-T output.
-
# These options are only for real kernel hackers who want to get their hands dirty.
config DEBUG_LL
bool "Kernel low-level debugging functions"