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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 07c28323f88f..3ac43f34437b 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -892,6 +892,10 @@ config DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH the full mutex checks enabled with (CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) this will test all possible w/w mutex interface abuse with the exception of simply not acquiring all the required locks. + Note that this feature can introduce significant overhead, so + it really should not be enabled in a production or distro kernel, + even a debug kernel. If you are a driver writer, enable it. If + you are a distro, do not. config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks" @@ -1032,8 +1036,13 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS either tracing or lock debugging. config STACKTRACE - bool + bool "Stack backtrace support" depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT + help + This option causes the kernel to create a /proc/pid/stack for + every process, showing its current stack trace. + It is also used by various kernel debugging features that require + stack trace generation. config DEBUG_KOBJECT bool "kobject debugging" @@ -1663,7 +1672,8 @@ config TEST_BPF against the BPF interpreter or BPF JIT compiler depending on the current setting. This is in particular useful for BPF JIT compiler development, but also to run regression tests against changes in - the interpreter code. + the interpreter code. It also enables test stubs for eBPF maps and + verifier used by user space verifier testsuite. If unsure, say N. |