X-Git-Url: http://git.rot13.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=arch%2Fx86_64%2FKconfig.debug;h=ea31b4c62105cfc808ce0278bee31228dd0bab23;hb=d1db4ec86c7b1bf5b44d2ed3bf84a4bb53c33b1c;hp=d584ecc27ea1902e038329335486a60b8e72f9eb;hpb=7669a22592fc6cc7ac03f55a7db8d23ce938f1dc;p=powerpc.git diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug index d584ecc27e..ea31b4c621 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug @@ -2,21 +2,15 @@ menu "Kernel hacking" source "lib/Kconfig.debug" -# !SMP for now because the context switch early causes GPF in segment reloading -# and the GS base checking does the wrong thing then, causing a hang. -config CHECKING - bool "Additional run-time checks" - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !SMP - help - Enables some internal consistency checks for kernel debugging. - You should normally say N. - -config INIT_DEBUG - bool "Debug __init statements" - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL - help - Fill __init and __initdata at the end of boot. This helps debugging - illegal uses of __init and __initdata after initialization. +config DEBUG_RODATA + bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + help + Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables, + in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const data. + This option may have a slight performance impact because a portion + of the kernel code won't be covered by a 2MB TLB anymore. + If in doubt, say "N". config IOMMU_DEBUG depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL