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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/module/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/module/Kconfig | 41 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module/Kconfig b/kernel/module/Kconfig index 424b3bc58f3f..e6df183e2c80 100644 --- a/kernel/module/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/module/Kconfig @@ -22,6 +22,45 @@ menuconfig MODULES if MODULES +config MODULE_DEBUGFS + bool + +config MODULE_DEBUG + bool "Module debugging" + depends on DEBUG_FS + help + Allows you to enable / disable features which can help you debug + modules. You don't need these options on production systems. + +if MODULE_DEBUG + +config MODULE_STATS + bool "Module statistics" + depends on DEBUG_FS + select MODULE_DEBUGFS + help + This option allows you to maintain a record of module statistics. + For example, size of all modules, average size, text size, a list + of failed modules and the size for each of those. For failed + modules we keep track of modules which failed due to either the + existing module taking too long to load or that module was already + loaded. + + You should enable this if you are debugging production loads + and want to see if userspace or the kernel is doing stupid things + with loading modules when it shouldn't or if you want to help + optimize userspace / kernel space module autoloading schemes. + You might want to do this because failed modules tend to use + up significant amount of memory, and so you'd be doing everyone a + favor in avoiding these failures proactively. + + This functionality is also useful for those experimenting with + module .text ELF section optimization. + + If unsure, say N. + +endif # MODULE_DEBUG + config MODULE_FORCE_LOAD bool "Forced module loading" default n @@ -51,7 +90,7 @@ config MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD config MODULE_UNLOAD_TAINT_TRACKING bool "Tainted module unload tracking" depends on MODULE_UNLOAD - default n + select MODULE_DEBUGFS help This option allows you to maintain a record of each unloaded module that tainted the kernel. In addition to displaying a |