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1menu "Kernel hacking"
2
3source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
4
5config ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE
6	def_bool n
7
8config ARM64_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS
9	bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
10	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
11	select ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE
12	select DEBUG_FS
13        help
14	  Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
15	  debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
16	  who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
17	  It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
18	  kernel.
19
20	  If in doubt, say N.
21
22config PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR
23	bool "Write the current PID to the CONTEXTIDR register"
24	help
25	  Enabling this option causes the kernel to write the current PID to
26	  the CONTEXTIDR register, at the expense of some additional
27	  instructions during context switch. Say Y here only if you are
28	  planning to use hardware trace tools with this kernel.
29
30config ARM64_RANDOMIZE_TEXT_OFFSET
31	bool "Randomize TEXT_OFFSET at build time"
32	help
33	  Say Y here if you want the image load offset (AKA TEXT_OFFSET)
34	  of the kernel to be randomized at build-time. When selected,
35	  this option will cause TEXT_OFFSET to be randomized upon any
36	  build of the kernel, and the offset will be reflected in the
37	  text_offset field of the resulting Image. This can be used to
38	  fuzz-test bootloaders which respect text_offset.
39
40	  This option is intended for bootloader and/or kernel testing
41	  only. Bootloaders must make no assumptions regarding the value
42	  of TEXT_OFFSET and platforms must not require a specific
43	  value.
44
45config DEBUG_WX
46	bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
47	select ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE
48	---help---
49	  Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
50
51	  This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
52	  W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.
53	  This check also includes UXN, which should be set on all kernel
54	  mappings.
55
56	  Look for a message in dmesg output like this:
57
58	    arm64/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
59
60	  or like this, if the check failed:
61
62	    arm64/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.
63
64	  Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
65	  still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
66	  themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
67	  of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
68
69	  There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
70	  once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
71
72	  If in doubt, say "Y".
73
74config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
75	depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
76	bool "Align linker sections up to SECTION_SIZE"
77	help
78	  If this option is enabled, sections that may potentially be marked as
79	  read only or non-executable will be aligned up to the section size of
80	  the kernel. This prevents sections from being split into pages and
81	  avoids a potential TLB penalty. The downside is an increase in
82	  alignment and potentially wasted space. Turn on this option if
83	  performance is more important than memory pressure.
84
85	  If in doubt, say N.
86
87config DEBUG_EFI
88	depends on EFI && DEBUG_INFO
89	bool "UEFI debugging"
90	help
91	  Enable this option to include EFI specific debugging features into
92	  the kernel that are only useful when using a debug build of the
93	  UEFI firmware
94
95config ARM64_RELOC_TEST
96	depends on m
97	tristate "Relocation testing module"
98
99source "drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig"
100
101endmenu
102