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-rw-r--r--arch/arc/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/arc/Kconfig.debug7
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/Kconfig.debug7
-rw-r--r--arch/frv/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/frv/Kconfig.debug4
-rw-r--r--arch/m32r/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/m32r/Kconfig.debug7
-rw-r--r--arch/metag/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/metag/Kconfig.debug7
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/Kconfig.debug9
-rw-r--r--arch/mn10300/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/mn10300/Kconfig.debug4
-rw-r--r--arch/openrisc/Kconfig11
-rw-r--r--arch/parisc/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug11
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug7
-rw-r--r--arch/tile/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/tile/Kconfig.debug7
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig.debug10
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug21
24 files changed, 33 insertions, 90 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 5917099..cff2aad 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ config ARC
select OF
select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arc/Kconfig.debug
index 962c609..a7fc0da 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK
with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
unless you want to debug such a crash.
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
- drops below a certain limit.
-
config 16KSTACKS
bool "Use 16Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
help
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
index a117652..82707a7 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ config BLACKFIN
select ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET if !GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
config GENERIC_CSUM
def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig.debug b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig.debug
index 79594694..f3337ee 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@ menu "Kernel hacking"
source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
- drops below a certain limit.
-
config DEBUG_VERBOSE
bool "Verbose fault messages"
default y
diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig b/arch/frv/Kconfig
index 2ce731f..4b6628e 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config FRV
select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3
select OLD_SIGACTION
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
config ZONE_DMA
bool
diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig.debug b/arch/frv/Kconfig.debug
index 211f01b..98c99a3 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ menu "Kernel hacking"
source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
-
config GDBSTUB
bool "Remote GDB kernel debugging"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff --git a/arch/m32r/Kconfig b/arch/m32r/Kconfig
index bcd17b2..29a7ef4 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m32r/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config M32R
select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
select ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
config SBUS
bool
diff --git a/arch/m32r/Kconfig.debug b/arch/m32r/Kconfig.debug
index bb1afc1..6c612b7 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/m32r/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@ menu "Kernel hacking"
source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
- drops below a certain limit.
-
config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
bool "Debug page memory allocations"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && BROKEN
diff --git a/arch/metag/Kconfig b/arch/metag/Kconfig
index dcd9440..cfd831c 100644
--- a/arch/metag/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/metag/Kconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ config METAG
select OF
select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
select SPARSE_IRQ
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/metag/Kconfig.debug b/arch/metag/Kconfig.debug
index e45bbf6..cb5c928 100644
--- a/arch/metag/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/metag/Kconfig.debug
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
- drops below a certain limit.
-
config 4KSTACKS
bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 7a58ab9..7aae1ef 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ config MIPS
select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL if MODULES
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA if MODULES && 64BIT
select CLONE_BACKWARDS
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
menu "Machine selection"
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
index 5a43aa0..37871f0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
Normally, you will choose 'N' here.
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
- drops below a certain limit(2GB on MIPS). The debugging option
- provides another way to check stack overflow happened on kernel mode
- stack usually caused by nested interruption.
-
config SMTC_IDLE_HOOK_DEBUG
bool "Enable additional debug checks before going into CPU idle loop"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && MIPS_MT_SMTC
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
index 428da17..70e4f66 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config MN10300
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3
select OLD_SIGACTION
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
config AM33_2
def_bool n
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig.debug b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig.debug
index bdbfd44..94efb3e 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ menu "Kernel hacking"
source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
-
config DEBUG_DECOMPRESS_KERNEL
bool "Using serial port during decompressing kernel"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index 1072bfd..99dbab1 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ config OPENRISC
select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
config MMU
def_bool y
@@ -128,16 +129,6 @@ config CMDLINE
menu "Debugging options"
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for kernel stack overflow"
- default y
- help
- Make extra checks for space available on stack in some
- critical functions. This will cause kernel to run a bit slower,
- but will catch most of kernel stack overruns and exit gracefully.
-
- Say Y if you are unsure.
-
config JUMP_UPON_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION
bool "Try to die gracefully"
default y
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 6507dab..ffcd557 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ config PARISC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
select CLONE_BACKWARDS
select TTY # Needed for pdc_cons.c
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
help
The PA-RISC microprocessor is designed by Hewlett-Packard and used
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug
index 08a332f..bc989e5 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -13,14 +13,3 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA
If in doubt, say "N".
endmenu
-
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- default y
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- ---help---
- Say Y here if you want to check the overflows of kernel, IRQ
- and exception stacks. This option will cause messages of the
- stacks in detail when free stack space drops below a certain
- limit.
- If in doubt, say "N".
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index c33e3ad..a4f5959 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ config PPC
select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
select OLD_SIGSUSPEND
select OLD_SIGACTION if PPC32
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
config EARLY_PRINTK
bool
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index 863d877..a4914f3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ config PRINT_STACK_DEPTH
too small and stack traces cause important information to
scroll off the screen.
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
- drops below a certain limit.
-
config HCALL_STATS
bool "Hypervisor call instrumentation"
depends on PPC_PSERIES && DEBUG_FS && TRACEPOINTS
diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig b/arch/tile/Kconfig
index 3aa3766..24565a7 100644
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ config TILE
select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
# FIXME: investigate whether we need/want these options.
# select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig.debug b/arch/tile/Kconfig.debug
index ddbfc33..9165ea9 100644
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig.debug
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK
with klogd/syslogd. You should normally N here,
unless you want to debug such a crash.
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
- drops below a certain limit.
-
config DEBUG_EXTRA_FLAGS
string "Additional compiler arguments when building with '-g'"
depends on DEBUG_INFO
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index fe120da..22f3033 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ config X86
select OLD_SIGACTION if X86_32
select COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION if IA32_EMULATION
select RTC_LIB
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index c198b7e..c1665a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -59,16 +59,6 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
-config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
- bool "Check for stack overflows"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- ---help---
- Say Y here if you want to check the overflows of kernel, IRQ
- and exception stacks. This option will cause messages of the
- stacks in detail when free stack space drops below a certain
- limit.
- If in doubt, say "N".
-
config X86_PTDUMP
bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 566cf2b..cc443bc 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1475,6 +1475,27 @@ config ASYNC_RAID6_TEST
If unsure, say N.
+config HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+ bool
+
+config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+ bool "Check for stack overflows"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here if you want to check for overflows of kernel, IRQ
+ and exception stacks (if your archicture uses them). This
+ option will show detailed messages if free stack space drops
+ below a certain limit.
+
+ These kinds of bugs usually occur when call-chains in the
+ kernel get too deep, especially when interrupts are
+ involved.
+
+ Use this in cases where you see apparently random memory
+ corruption, especially if it appears in 'struct thread_info'
+
+ If in doubt, say "N".
+
source "samples/Kconfig"
source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb"
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