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1 files changed, 71 insertions, 72 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 2689b7c50c52..c1e720a22c71 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -1590,6 +1590,54 @@ config LATENCYTOP source kernel/trace/Kconfig +config PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT + bool "Remote debugging over FireWire early on boot" + depends on PCI && X86 + help + If you want to debug problems which hang or crash the kernel early + on boot and the crashing machine has a FireWire port, you can use + this feature to remotely access the memory of the crashed machine + over FireWire. This employs remote DMA as part of the OHCI1394 + specification which is now the standard for FireWire controllers. + + With remote DMA, you can monitor the printk buffer remotely using + firescope and access all memory below 4GB using fireproxy from gdb. + Even controlling a kernel debugger is possible using remote DMA. + + Usage: + + If ohci1394_dma=early is used as boot parameter, it will initialize + all OHCI1394 controllers which are found in the PCI config space. + + As all changes to the FireWire bus such as enabling and disabling + devices cause a bus reset and thereby disable remote DMA for all + devices, be sure to have the cable plugged and FireWire enabled on + the debugging host before booting the debug target for debugging. + + This code (~1k) is freed after boot. By then, the firewire stack + in charge of the OHCI-1394 controllers should be used instead. + + See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more information. + +config DMA_API_DEBUG + bool "Enable debugging of DMA-API usage" + depends on HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG + help + Enable this option to debug the use of the DMA API by device drivers. + With this option you will be able to detect common bugs in device + drivers like double-freeing of DMA mappings or freeing mappings that + were never allocated. + + This also attempts to catch cases where a page owned by DMA is + accessed by the cpu in a way that could cause data corruption. For + example, this enables cow_user_page() to check that the source page is + not undergoing DMA. + + This option causes a performance degradation. Use only if you want to + debug device drivers and dma interactions. + + If unsure, say N. + menu "Runtime Testing" config LKDTM @@ -1749,56 +1797,6 @@ config TEST_PARMAN If unsure, say N. -endmenu # runtime tests - -config PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT - bool "Remote debugging over FireWire early on boot" - depends on PCI && X86 - help - If you want to debug problems which hang or crash the kernel early - on boot and the crashing machine has a FireWire port, you can use - this feature to remotely access the memory of the crashed machine - over FireWire. This employs remote DMA as part of the OHCI1394 - specification which is now the standard for FireWire controllers. - - With remote DMA, you can monitor the printk buffer remotely using - firescope and access all memory below 4GB using fireproxy from gdb. - Even controlling a kernel debugger is possible using remote DMA. - - Usage: - - If ohci1394_dma=early is used as boot parameter, it will initialize - all OHCI1394 controllers which are found in the PCI config space. - - As all changes to the FireWire bus such as enabling and disabling - devices cause a bus reset and thereby disable remote DMA for all - devices, be sure to have the cable plugged and FireWire enabled on - the debugging host before booting the debug target for debugging. - - This code (~1k) is freed after boot. By then, the firewire stack - in charge of the OHCI-1394 controllers should be used instead. - - See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more information. - -config DMA_API_DEBUG - bool "Enable debugging of DMA-API usage" - depends on HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG - help - Enable this option to debug the use of the DMA API by device drivers. - With this option you will be able to detect common bugs in device - drivers like double-freeing of DMA mappings or freeing mappings that - were never allocated. - - This also attempts to catch cases where a page owned by DMA is - accessed by the cpu in a way that could cause data corruption. For - example, this enables cow_user_page() to check that the source page is - not undergoing DMA. - - This option causes a performance degradation. Use only if you want to - debug device drivers and dma interactions. - - If unsure, say N. - config TEST_LKM tristate "Test module loading with 'hello world' module" default n @@ -1873,18 +1871,6 @@ config TEST_UDELAY If unsure, say N. -config MEMTEST - bool "Memtest" - depends on HAVE_MEMBLOCK - ---help--- - This option adds a kernel parameter 'memtest', which allows memtest - to be set. - memtest=0, mean disabled; -- default - memtest=1, mean do 1 test pattern; - ... - memtest=17, mean do 17 test patterns. - If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. - config TEST_STATIC_KEYS tristate "Test static keys" default n @@ -1894,16 +1880,6 @@ config TEST_STATIC_KEYS If unsure, say N. -config BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION - bool "Trigger a BUG when data corruption is detected" - select DEBUG_LIST - help - Select this option if the kernel should BUG when it encounters - data corruption in kernel memory structures when they get checked - for validity. - - If unsure, say N. - config TEST_KMOD tristate "kmod stress tester" default n @@ -1941,6 +1917,29 @@ config TEST_DEBUG_VIRTUAL If unsure, say N. +endmenu # runtime tests + +config MEMTEST + bool "Memtest" + depends on HAVE_MEMBLOCK + ---help--- + This option adds a kernel parameter 'memtest', which allows memtest + to be set. + memtest=0, mean disabled; -- default + memtest=1, mean do 1 test pattern; + ... + memtest=17, mean do 17 test patterns. + If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. + +config BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION + bool "Trigger a BUG when data corruption is detected" + select DEBUG_LIST + help + Select this option if the kernel should BUG when it encounters + data corruption in kernel memory structures when they get checked + for validity. + + If unsure, say N. source "samples/Kconfig" |