in kernel startup.
-config DEBUG_KERNEL
- bool "Kernel debugging"
- help
- Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
- identify kernel problems.
-
config MAGIC_SYSRQ
bool "Magic SysRq key"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !UML
+ depends on !UML
help
If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even
if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you
keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y
unless you really know what this hack does.
+config DEBUG_KERNEL
+ bool "Kernel debugging"
+ help
+ Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
+ identify kernel problems.
+
config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)" if DEBUG_KERNEL
range 12 21
if kernel code uses it in a preemption-unsafe way. Also, the kernel
will detect preemption count underflows.
+config DEBUG_MUTEXES
+ bool "Mutex debugging, deadlock detection"
+ default y
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ This allows mutex semantics violations and mutex related deadlocks
+ (lockups) to be detected and reported automatically.
+
config DEBUG_SPINLOCK
bool "Spinlock debugging"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL