1menu "Kernel hacking" 2 3source "lib/Kconfig.debug" 4 5config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW 6 bool "Check for stack overflows" 7 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL 8 help 9 This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space 10 drops below a certain limit. 11 12config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE 13 bool "Stack utilization instrumentation" 14 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL 15 help 16 Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each 17 task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output. 18 19 This option will slow down process creation somewhat. 20 21config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC 22 bool "Debug page memory allocations" 23 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && BROKEN 24 help 25 Unmap pages from the kernel linear mapping after free_pages(). 26 This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types 27 of memory corruptions. 28 29config FRAME_POINTER 30 bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers" 31 help 32 If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will be slightly larger 33 and slower, but it will give very useful debugging information. 34 If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N, but we may not be able 35 to solve problems without frame pointers. 36 37endmenu 38