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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 07c28323f88f..1b233fc67466 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -892,6 +892,10 @@ config DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH the full mutex checks enabled with (CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) this will test all possible w/w mutex interface abuse with the exception of simply not acquiring all the required locks. + Note that this feature can introduce significant overhead, so + it really should not be enabled in a production or distro kernel, + even a debug kernel. If you are a driver writer, enable it. If + you are a distro, do not. config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks" |