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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 702eb39901ca..5b1979a45a1e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
+config NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
+ bool "Disable promiscuous /dev/mem"
+ help
+ The /dev/mem file by default only allows userspace access to PCI
+ space and the BIOS code and data regions. This is sufficient for
+ dosemu and X and all common users of /dev/mem. With this config
+ option, you allow userspace access to all of memory, including
+ kernel and userspace memory. Accidental access to this is
+ obviously disasterous, but specific access can be used by people
+ debugging the kernel.
+
config EARLY_PRINTK
bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
default y
@@ -54,6 +65,18 @@ config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
Say N if unsure.
+config X86_PTDUMP
+ bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ select DEBUG_FS
+ help
+ Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
+ debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
+ who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
+ It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
+ kernel.
+ If in doubt, say "N"
+
config DEBUG_RODATA
bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
default y
@@ -64,6 +87,18 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA
data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
If in doubt, say "Y".
+config DIRECT_GBPAGES
+ bool "Enable gbpages-mapped kernel pagetables"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && X86_64
+ help
+ Enable gigabyte pages support (if the CPU supports it). This can
+ improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by reducing TLB
+ pressure.
+
+ This is experimental code.
+
+ If in doubt, say "N".
+
config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
depends on DEBUG_RODATA
@@ -82,8 +117,8 @@ config DEBUG_NX_TEST
config 4KSTACKS
bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
depends on X86_32
+ default y
help
If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
@@ -222,3 +257,16 @@ config CPA_DEBUG
Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
endmenu
+
+config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
+ bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
+ default y
+ help
+ This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
+ developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
+ do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
+ compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
+ disabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
+ this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc4 to make the decision can
+ become the default in the future, until then this option is there to
+ test gcc for this.