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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 2e91421e096e..c8b379e2e9ad 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -1185,13 +1185,16 @@ config DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING config DEBUG_PREEMPT bool "Debug preemptible kernel" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPTION && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT - default y help If you say Y here then the kernel will use a debug variant of the commonly used smp_processor_id() function and will print warnings if kernel code uses it in a preemption-unsafe way. Also, the kernel will detect preemption count underflows. + This option has potential to introduce high runtime overhead, + depending on workload as it triggers debugging routines for each + this_cpu operation. It should only be used for debugging purposes. + menu "Lock Debugging (spinlocks, mutexes, etc...)" config LOCK_DEBUGGING_SUPPORT @@ -2029,6 +2032,41 @@ menuconfig RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU if RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU +config TEST_DHRY + tristate "Dhrystone benchmark test" + help + Enable this to include the Dhrystone 2.1 benchmark. This test + calculates the number of Dhrystones per second, and the number of + DMIPS (Dhrystone MIPS) obtained when the Dhrystone score is divided + by 1757 (the number of Dhrystones per second obtained on the VAX + 11/780, nominally a 1 MIPS machine). + + To run the benchmark, it needs to be enabled explicitly, either from + the kernel command line (when built-in), or from userspace (when + built-in or modular. + + Run once during kernel boot: + + test_dhry.run + + Set number of iterations from kernel command line: + + test_dhry.iterations=<n> + + Set number of iterations from userspace: + + echo <n> > /sys/module/test_dhry/parameters/iterations + + Trigger manual run from userspace: + + echo y > /sys/module/test_dhry/parameters/run + + If the number of iterations is <= 0, the test will devise a suitable + number of iterations (test runs for at least 2s) automatically. + This process takes ca. 4s. + + If unsure, say N. + config LKDTM tristate "Linux Kernel Dump Test Tool Module" depends on DEBUG_FS |