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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>,
	Ivan Shapovalov <intelfx@intelfx.name>,
	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
	Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>
Subject: [PATCH 12/15] x86/kconfig/64: Enable popular kernel debugging options in the defconfig
Date: Tue,  6 May 2025 19:09:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250506170924.3513161-13-mingo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250506170924.3513161-1-mingo@kernel.org>

Since the x86 defconfig aims to be a distro kernel work-alike with
fewer drivers and a shorter build time, enable a handful of
kernel debugging options that are typically enabled on major Linux
distributions.

The options enabled is a superset of the latest Ubuntu and Fedora
kernel debugging configs, using Ubuntu's config-6.11.0-24-generic
file, Fedora's kernel-x86_64-fedora.config and RHEL's
kernel-x86_64-rhel.config from kernel-ark.git.

Notable features enabled:

 - CONFIG_UBSAN=y:

     Despite the runtime overhead, UBSAN is actively enabled
     in all 3 major Linux distros I checked, so we want it
     enabled in the defconfig as well - to better see the
     consequences.

 - CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ=y:

     Fedora/RHEL have this enabled, while Ubuntu has it disabled.

 - CONFIG_LIST_HARDENED=y:

     Fedora/RHEL have CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST enabled, while Ubuntu has
     it disabled, so pick the lightweight LIST_HARDENED variant.

 - CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER=y:

     This is enabled on all distros I checked as well.

DEBUGINFO is still disabled, despite enabled in all Linux distros,
because the ~10x .o bloat is still just so painful on anything
but the most powerful build boxes.

Note that while the following features seemingly get removed from
the defconfig :

  - CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
  - CONFIG_KPROBES=y
  - CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y

they are actually still enabled in the actual .config, because they
get selected by other options indirectly.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ivan Shapovalov <intelfx@intelfx.name>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>
---
 arch/x86/configs/defconfig.x86_64 | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/defconfig.x86_64 b/arch/x86/configs/defconfig.x86_64
index 02c4ba79946b..3c4a03633328 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/defconfig.x86_64
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/defconfig.x86_64
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_MISC=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_KEXEC=y
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=y
 CONFIG_KVM_AMD=y
 CONFIG_KVM_XEN=y
 CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS=4096
-CONFIG_KPROBES=y
 CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
@@ -303,14 +301,56 @@ CONFIG_SECURITY=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_BOOTPARAM=y
+CONFIG_LIST_HARDENED=y
 CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
+CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY=y
+CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
-CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
+CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS=y
+CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y
+CONFIG_KGDB=y
+CONFIG_KGDB_TESTS=y
+CONFIG_KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP=y
+CONFIG_KGDB_KDB=y
+CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD=y
+CONFIG_UBSAN=y
+CONFIG_UBSAN_SHIFT=y
+CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER=y
+CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_WX=y
+CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK_STATS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK=y
+CONFIG_KFENCE=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ=y
+CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS=y
+CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR=y
+CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC=y
+CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT=y
 CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y
+CONFIG_NMI_CHECK_CPU=y
+CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_CPUTIME=y
+CONFIG_BOOTTIME_TRACING=y
+CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETVAL=y
+CONFIG_FPROBE=y
+CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER=y
+CONFIG_STACK_TRACER=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER=y
+CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER=y
+CONFIG_TIMERLAT_TRACER=y
+CONFIG_MMIOTRACE=y
+CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE=y
+CONFIG_USER_EVENTS=y
+CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS=y
+CONFIG_TRACE_EVENT_INJECT=y
+CONFIG_RV=y
+CONFIG_RV_MON_WWNR=y
 CONFIG_PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT=y
 CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP=y
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_USB_XDBC=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY=y
+CONFIG_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION=y
+CONFIG_MEMTEST=y
-- 
2.45.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-05-06 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-06 17:09 [PATCH -v2 00/15] x86/kconfig: Enable various kernel features in the defconfig, add the 'x86_32' subarchitecture build target and misc cleanups Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 01/15] x86/kconfig/64: Refresh defconfig Ingo Molnar
2025-05-07  5:31   ` Arnd Bergmann
2025-05-07  6:22     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 02/15] x86/kconfig/32: " Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 03/15] x86/kconfig: Rename x86_64_defconfig to defconfig.x86_64 and i386_defconfig to defconfig.i386 Ingo Molnar
2025-05-09 18:10   ` Arnd Bergmann
2025-05-15 13:16     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 04/15] x86/kbuild: Introduce the 'x86_32' subarchitecture Ingo Molnar
2025-05-07  5:44   ` Arnd Bergmann
2025-05-07  6:35     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-05-09 12:04       ` David Laight
2025-05-09 18:00         ` H. Peter Anvin
2025-05-09 18:05       ` Arnd Bergmann
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 05/15] x86/kbuild: Remove ancient 'arch/i386/' and 'arch/x86_64/' directory removal 'archclean' target Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 06/15] x86/tools: insn_decoder_test.c: Emit standard build success messages Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 07/15] x86/tools: insn_sanity.c: " Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 08/15] x86/kconfig/64: Enable the KVM host in the defconfig Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 09/15] x86/kconfig/64: Enable more virtualization guest options in the defconfig: enable Xen, Xen_PVH, Jailhouse, ACRN, Intel TDX and Hyper-V Ingo Molnar
2025-05-08  9:21   ` Jürgen Groß
2025-05-15 13:19     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 10/15] x86/kconfig/64: Enable BPF support in the defconfig Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 11/15] x86/kconfig/64: Enable popular MM options " Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 13/15] x86/kconfig/64: Enable popular scheduler, cgroups and namespaces " Ingo Molnar
2025-05-07  3:00   ` Yafang Shao
2025-05-07  7:06     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-05-07 11:42       ` Yafang Shao
2025-05-07 16:22         ` Ingo Molnar
2025-05-08  5:56           ` Yafang Shao
2025-05-22  5:49           ` Yafang Shao
2025-05-07  5:11   ` Arnd Bergmann
2025-05-07 16:09     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-05-28 17:22   ` Michal Koutný
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 14/15] x86/kconfig/64: Enable popular generic kernel " Ingo Molnar
2025-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH 15/15] x86/kconfig/32: Synchronize the x86-32 defconfig to the x86-64 defconfig Ingo Molnar
2025-05-07  5:27   ` Arnd Bergmann
2025-05-07 17:41     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-05-07 17:55       ` Arnd Bergmann
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2025-05-05 11:09 [PATCH 00/15] x86/kconfig: Enable various kernel features in the defconfig, add the 'x86_32' subarchitecture build target and misc cleanups Ingo Molnar
2025-05-05 11:09 ` [PATCH 12/15] x86/kconfig/64: Enable popular kernel debugging options in the defconfig Ingo Molnar
2025-05-05 12:56   ` Sam James
2025-05-05 23:30   ` Ivan Shapovalov
2025-05-06 11:23     ` Ingo Molnar

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