lineno : line number of the debug statement
module : module that contains the debug statement
function : function that contains the debug statement
- flags : '=p' means the line is turned 'on' for printing
- format : the format used for the debug statement
+ flags : '=p' means the line is turned 'on' for printing
+ format : the format used for the debug statement
From a live system:
of the number 28. It makes the kernel image slightly larger
(about 3KB), but can make the kernel logs easier to read.
+config DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
+ bool "Verbose BUG() reporting (adds 70K)" if DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERT
+ depends on BUG && (GENERIC_BUG || HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE)
+ default y
+ help
+ Say Y here to make BUG() panics output the file name and line number
+ of the BUG call as well as the EIP and oops trace. This aids
+ debugging but costs about 70-100K of memory.
+
endmenu # "printk and dmesg options"
menu "Compile-time checks and compiler options"
bool "Compile the kernel with debug info"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !COMPILE_TEST
help
- If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include
+ If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include
debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image.
This adds debug symbols to the kernel and modules (gcc -g), and
is needed if you intend to use kernel crashdump or binary object
get_wchan() and suchlike.
config READABLE_ASM
- bool "Generate readable assembler code"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- Disable some compiler optimizations that tend to generate human unreadable
- assembler output. This may make the kernel slightly slower, but it helps
- to keep kernel developers who have to stare a lot at assembler listings
- sane.
-
-config DEBUG_FS
- bool "Debug Filesystem"
+ bool "Generate readable assembler code"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
- debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put
- debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and
- write to these files.
-
- For detailed documentation on the debugfs API, see
- Documentation/filesystems/.
-
- If unsure, say N.
+ Disable some compiler optimizations that tend to generate human unreadable
+ assembler output. This may make the kernel slightly slower, but it helps
+ to keep kernel developers who have to stare a lot at assembler listings
+ sane.
config HEADERS_INSTALL
bool "Install uapi headers to usr/include"
This option allows you to decide whether you want to enable the
magic SysRq key.
+config DEBUG_FS
+ bool "Debug Filesystem"
+ help
+ debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put
+ debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and
+ write to these files.
+
+ For detailed documentation on the debugfs API, see
+ Documentation/filesystems/.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb"
source "lib/Kconfig.ubsan"
config DEBUG_OBJECTS_ENABLE_DEFAULT
int "debug_objects bootup default value (0-1)"
- range 0 1
- default "1"
- depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
- help
- Debug objects boot parameter default value
+ range 0 1
+ default "1"
+ depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
+ help
+ Debug objects boot parameter default value
config DEBUG_SLAB
bool "Debug slab memory allocations"
This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
+config SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK
+ bool "Detect stack corruption on calls to schedule()"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ default n
+ help
+ This option checks for a stack overrun on calls to schedule().
+ If the stack end location is found to be over written always panic as
+ the content of the corrupted region can no longer be trusted.
+ This is to ensure no erroneous behaviour occurs which could result in
+ data corruption or a sporadic crash at a later stage once the region
+ is examined. The runtime overhead introduced is minimal.
+
config DEBUG_VM
bool "Debug VM"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
Enable this to turn on extended checks in the virtual-memory system
- that may impact performance.
+ that may impact performance.
If unsure, say N.
endmenu # "Debug lockups and hangs"
+menu "Scheduler Debugging"
+
config SCHED_DEBUG
bool "Collect scheduler debugging info"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
application, you can say N to avoid the very slight overhead
this adds.
-config SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK
- bool "Detect stack corruption on calls to schedule()"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- default n
- help
- This option checks for a stack overrun on calls to schedule().
- If the stack end location is found to be over written always panic as
- the content of the corrupted region can no longer be trusted.
- This is to ensure no erroneous behaviour occurs which could result in
- data corruption or a sporadic crash at a later stage once the region
- is examined. The runtime overhead introduced is minimal.
+endmenu
config DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
bool "Enable extra timekeeping sanity checking"
config HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
bool
-config DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
- bool "Verbose BUG() reporting (adds 70K)" if DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERT
- depends on BUG && (GENERIC_BUG || HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE)
- default y
- help
- Say Y here to make BUG() panics output the file name and line number
- of the BUG call as well as the EIP and oops trace. This aids
- debugging but costs about 70-100K of memory.
-
menu "Debug kernel data structures"
config DEBUG_LIST
be impacted.
config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT
- bool "Force extended block device numbers and spread them"
+ bool "Force extended block device numbers and spread them"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
depends on BLOCK
default n
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