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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 26 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index 702eb39901ca..610aaecc19f8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS Say N if unsure. +config X86_PTDUMP + bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + select DEBUG_FS + help + Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a + debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers + who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel. + It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production + kernel. + If in doubt, say "N" + config DEBUG_RODATA bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures" default y @@ -64,6 +76,18 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner. If in doubt, say "Y". +config DIRECT_GBPAGES + bool "Enable gbpages-mapped kernel pagetables" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && X86_64 + help + Enable gigabyte pages support (if the CPU supports it). This can + improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by reducing TLB + pressure. + + This is experimental code. + + If in doubt, say "N". + config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature" depends on DEBUG_RODATA @@ -82,8 +106,8 @@ config DEBUG_NX_TEST config 4KSTACKS bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb" - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on X86_32 + default y help If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates |