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authorPekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>2010-10-24 19:57:05 +0300
committerPekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>2010-10-24 19:57:05 +0300
commit6d4121f6c20a0e86231d52f535f1c82423b3326f (patch)
tree5c235cac699ca86b504850aa663ddadde0455a61 /lib/Kconfig.debug
parent92a5bbc11ff2442a54b2f1d313088c245828ef4e (diff)
parent35da7a307c535f9c2929cae277f3df425c9f9b1e (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into for-linus
Conflicts: include/linux/percpu.h mm/percpu.c
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.debug')
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug58
1 files changed, 54 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index b6263651a955..69a32664c289 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -461,6 +461,15 @@ config DEBUG_MUTEXES
This feature allows mutex semantics violations to be detected and
reported.
+config BKL
+ bool "Big Kernel Lock" if (SMP || PREEMPT)
+ default y
+ help
+ This is the traditional lock that is used in old code instead
+ of proper locking. All drivers that use the BKL should depend
+ on this symbol.
+ Say Y here unless you are working on removing the BKL.
+
config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
@@ -482,6 +491,7 @@ config PROVE_LOCKING
select DEBUG_SPINLOCK
select DEBUG_MUTEXES
select DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+ select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
default n
help
This feature enables the kernel to prove that all locking
@@ -539,6 +549,23 @@ config PROVE_RCU_REPEATEDLY
disabling, allowing multiple RCU-lockdep warnings to be printed
on a single reboot.
+ Say Y to allow multiple RCU-lockdep warnings per boot.
+
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
+config SPARSE_RCU_POINTER
+ bool "RCU debugging: sparse-based checks for pointer usage"
+ default n
+ help
+ This feature enables the __rcu sparse annotation for
+ RCU-protected pointers. This annotation will cause sparse
+ to flag any non-RCU used of annotated pointers. This can be
+ helpful when debugging RCU usage. Please note that this feature
+ is not intended to enforce code cleanliness; it is instead merely
+ a debugging aid.
+
+ Say Y to make sparse flag questionable use of RCU-protected pointers
+
Say N if you are unsure.
config LOCKDEP
@@ -579,11 +606,10 @@ config DEBUG_LOCKDEP
of more runtime overhead.
config TRACE_IRQFLAGS
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
bool
- default y
- depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
- depends on PROVE_LOCKING
+ help
+ Enables hooks to interrupt enabling and disabling for
+ either tracing or lock debugging.
config DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
bool "Spinlock debugging: sleep-inside-spinlock checking"
@@ -832,6 +858,30 @@ config RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR
Say Y if you are unsure.
+config RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT
+ int "RCU CPU stall timeout in seconds"
+ depends on RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR
+ range 3 300
+ default 60
+ help
+ If a given RCU grace period extends more than the specified
+ number of seconds, a CPU stall warning is printed. If the
+ RCU grace period persists, additional CPU stall warnings are
+ printed at more widely spaced intervals.
+
+config RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR_RUNNABLE
+ bool "RCU CPU stall checking starts automatically at boot"
+ depends on RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR
+ default y
+ help
+ If set, start checking for RCU CPU stalls immediately on
+ boot. Otherwise, RCU CPU stall checking must be manually
+ enabled.
+
+ Say Y if you are unsure.
+
+ Say N if you wish to suppress RCU CPU stall checking during boot.
+
config RCU_CPU_STALL_VERBOSE
bool "Print additional per-task information for RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR"
depends on RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR && TREE_PREEMPT_RCU