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authorMitsuo Hayasaka <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@hitachi.com>2011-11-29 15:08:29 +0900
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-12-05 11:37:45 +0100
commit37fe6a42b3433b79a159ceb06a94cd1ef00e279d (patch)
tree4852070d6782545e41b0fbd7f80e1d1414917c6b /arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
parent69682b625a043b567873e6cda397969b502f0054 (diff)
downloadlinux-37fe6a42b3433b79a159ceb06a94cd1ef00e279d.tar.bz2
x86: Check stack overflow in detail
Currently, only kernel stack is checked for the overflow, which is not sufficient for systems that need a high reliability. To enhance it, it is required to check the IRQ and exception stacks, as well. This patch checks all the stack types and will cause messages of stacks in detail when free stack space drops below a certain limit except user stack. Signed-off-by: Mitsuo Hayasaka <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@hitachi.com> Cc: yrl.pp-manager.tt@hitachi.com Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111129060829.11076.51733.stgit@ltc219.sdl.hitachi.co.jp Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig.debug7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index bf56e1793272..4caec1261f12 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ 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.
+ 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"