From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753919Ab3FIKIx (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jun 2013 06:08:53 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:47456 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752169Ab3FIKHh (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jun 2013 06:07:37 -0400 From: Borislav Petkov To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: X86 ML , LKML , Borislav Petkov Subject: [PATCH 2/5] x86, debug: Add a collect-all misc debug checks option Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 12:07:31 +0200 Message-Id: <1370772454-6106-3-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3 In-Reply-To: <1370772454-6106-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> References: <1370772454-6106-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Borislav Petkov Instead of adding a Kconfig debug option for every single aspect of x86 debugging code we have in the kernel, let's just simply add one which people can enable and get all the debugging stuff switched on; boot and test the resulting kernel and if they're satisfied, ship their patches. This should save a lot of time of wading through "Kernel hacking" and wondering what option to enable. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov --- arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index b6a770132b67..1dab525cd358 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -303,4 +303,16 @@ config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST If unsure, say N. +config X86_MISC_DEBUG_CHECKS + bool "Miscellaneous debugging checks" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + ---help--- + Enable different build and runtime sanity checks. Those are + lumped together here so as not to search through Kconfig debug + options but have this one only enabled and get them all. + + This option enables: + - static_cpu_has premature usage + + If unsure, say N. endmenu -- 1.8.3