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1 files changed, 40 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/Kconfig b/fs/proc/Kconfig index 817c02b13b1d..6ae966c561e7 100644 --- a/fs/proc/Kconfig +++ b/fs/proc/Kconfig @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only config PROC_FS bool "/proc file system support" if EXPERT default y @@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ config PROC_FS /proc" or the equivalent line in /etc/fstab does the job. The /proc file system is explained in the file - <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> and on the proc(5) manpage + <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst> and on the proc(5) manpage ("man 5 proc"). This option will enlarge your kernel by about 67 KB. Several @@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ config PROC_FS config PROC_KCORE bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM depends on PROC_FS && MMU - select CRASH_CORE + select VMCORE_INFO help Provides a virtual ELF core file of the live kernel. This can be read with gdb and other ELF tools. No modifications can be @@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ config PROC_VMCORE bool "/proc/vmcore support" depends on PROC_FS && CRASH_DUMP default y - help - Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format. + help + Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format. config PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP bool "Device Hardware/Firmware Log Collection" @@ -57,21 +58,41 @@ config PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP snapshot. If you say Y here, the collected device dumps will be added - as ELF notes to /proc/vmcore. + as ELF notes to /proc/vmcore. You can still disable device + dump using the kernel command line option 'novmcoredd'. + +config NEED_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_RAM + bool + +config PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_RAM + def_bool y + depends on PROC_VMCORE && NEED_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_RAM + depends on VIRTIO_MEM + help + If the elfcore hdr is allocated and prepared by the dump kernel + ("2nd kernel") instead of the crashed kernel, RAM provided by memory + devices such as virtio-mem will not be included in the dump + image, because only the device driver can properly detect them. + + With this config enabled, these RAM ranges will be queried from the + device drivers once the device gets probed, so they can be included + in the crash dump. + + Relevant architectures should select NEED_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_RAM. config PROC_SYSCTL bool "Sysctl support (/proc/sys)" if EXPERT depends on PROC_FS select SYSCTL default y - ---help--- + help The sysctl interface provides a means of dynamically changing certain kernel parameters and variables on the fly without requiring a recompile of the kernel or reboot of the system. The primary interface is through /proc/sys. If you say Y here a tree of modifiable sysctl entries will be generated beneath the - /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files - in <file:Documentation/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this + /proc/sys directory. They are explained in the files + in <file:Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/>. Note that enabling this option will enlarge the kernel by at least 8 KB. As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless @@ -86,14 +107,23 @@ config PROC_PAGE_MONITOR Various /proc files exist to monitor process memory utilization: /proc/pid/smaps, /proc/pid/clear_refs, /proc/pid/pagemap, /proc/kpagecount, and /proc/kpageflags. Disabling these - interfaces will reduce the size of the kernel by approximately 4kb. + interfaces will reduce the size of the kernel by approximately 4kb. config PROC_CHILDREN bool "Include /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children file" + depends on PROC_FS default n help Provides a fast way to retrieve first level children pids of a task. See - <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt> for more information. + <file:Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst> for more information. Say Y if you are running any user-space software which takes benefit from this interface. For example, rkt is such a piece of software. + +config PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS + def_bool n + depends on PROC_FS + +config PROC_CPU_RESCTRL + def_bool n + depends on PROC_FS |