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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 6777153f18f3..a42d3ae39648 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ config PRINTK_TIME
bool "Show timing information on printks"
depends on PRINTK
help
- Selecting this option causes timing information to be
- included in printk output. This allows you to measure
- the interval between kernel operations, including bootup
- operations. This is useful for identifying long delays
- in kernel startup. Or add printk.time=1 at boot-time.
- See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+ Selecting this option causes time stamps of the printk()
+ messages to be added to the output of the syslog() system
+ call and at the console.
+
+ The timestamp is always recorded internally, and exported
+ to /dev/kmsg. This flag just specifies if the timestamp should
+ be included, not that the timestamp is recorded.
+
+ The behavior is also controlled by the kernel command line
+ parameter printk.time=1. See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
config DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL
int "Default message log level (1-7)"
@@ -70,6 +74,15 @@ config STRIP_ASM_SYMS
that look like '.Lxxx') so they don't pollute the output of
get_wchan() and suchlike.
+config READABLE_ASM
+ bool "Generate readable assembler code"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ Disable some compiler optimizations that tend to generate human unreadable
+ assembler output. This may make the kernel slightly slower, but it helps
+ to keep kernel developers who have to stare a lot at assembler listings
+ sane.
+
config UNUSED_SYMBOLS
bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols"
default y if X86
@@ -1205,8 +1218,13 @@ config DYNAMIC_DEBUG
otherwise be available at runtime. These messages can then be
enabled/disabled based on various levels of scope - per source file,
function, module, format string, and line number. This mechanism
- implicitly enables all pr_debug() and dev_dbg() calls. The impact of
- this compile option is a larger kernel text size of about 2%.
+ implicitly compiles in all pr_debug() and dev_dbg() calls, which
+ enlarges the kernel text size by about 2%.
+
+ If a source file is compiled with DEBUG flag set, any
+ pr_debug() calls in it are enabled by default, but can be
+ disabled at runtime as below. Note that DEBUG flag is
+ turned on by many CONFIG_*DEBUG* options.
Usage:
@@ -1223,16 +1241,16 @@ config DYNAMIC_DEBUG
lineno : line number of the debug statement
module : module that contains the debug statement
function : function that contains the debug statement
- flags : 'p' means the line is turned 'on' for printing
+ flags : '=p' means the line is turned 'on' for printing
format : the format used for the debug statement
From a live system:
nullarbor:~ # cat <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
# filename:lineno [module]function flags format
- fs/aio.c:222 [aio]__put_ioctx - "__put_ioctx:\040freeing\040%p\012"
- fs/aio.c:248 [aio]ioctx_alloc - "ENOMEM:\040nr_events\040too\040high\012"
- fs/aio.c:1770 [aio]sys_io_cancel - "calling\040cancel\012"
+ fs/aio.c:222 [aio]__put_ioctx =_ "__put_ioctx:\040freeing\040%p\012"
+ fs/aio.c:248 [aio]ioctx_alloc =_ "ENOMEM:\040nr_events\040too\040high\012"
+ fs/aio.c:1770 [aio]sys_io_cancel =_ "calling\040cancel\012"
Example usage: