On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 5:55 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Commit f9b3cd245784 ("Kconfig.debug: make DEBUG_INFO selectable from
> a choice") added CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_NONE into the DWARF version choice,
> but it should rather belong to the debug level choice.
>
> This commit cosolidates CONFIG options into two choices:
>
> - Debug info level (NONE / REDUCED / DEFAULT)
>
> - DWARF format (DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT / DWARF4 / DWARF5)
>
> This is more consistent with compilers' policy because the -g0 compiler
> flag means "no debug info".
>
> GCC manual:
>
> -g<level>
>
> Request debugging information and also use level to specify how
> much information. The default level is 2.
>
> Level 0 produces no debug information at all. Thus, -g0 negates -g.
>
> Level 1 produces minimal information, enough for making backtraces
> in parts of the program that you don’t plan to debug. This includes
> descriptions of functions and external variables, and line number
> tables, but no information about local variables.
>
> Level 3 includes extra information, such as all the macro
> definitions present in the program. Some debuggers support macro
> expansion when you use -g3.
>
> Rustc Codegen manual:
>
> debuginfo
>
> This flag controls the generation of debug information. It takes
> one of the following values:
>
> 0: no debug info at all (the default).
> 1: line tables only.
> 2: full debug info.
>
> I moved CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED into the debug level choice.
>
> This change will make it easier to add another debug info level if
> necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> lib/Kconfig.debug | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index d3e5f36bb01e..03e75a54be6c 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -232,17 +232,11 @@ config DEBUG_INFO
> information will be generated for build targets.
>
> choice
> - prompt "Debug information"
> + prompt "Debug information level"
> depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> help
> Selecting something other than "None" results in a kernel image
> that will include debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image.
> - This adds debug symbols to the kernel and modules (gcc -g), and
> - is needed if you intend to use kernel crashdump or binary object
> - tools like crash, kgdb, LKCD, gdb, etc on the kernel.
> -
> - Choose which version of DWARF debug info to emit. If unsure,
> - select "Toolchain default".
>
> config DEBUG_INFO_NONE
> bool "Disable debug information"
> @@ -250,9 +244,41 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_NONE
> Do not build the kernel with debugging information, which will
> result in a faster and smaller build.
>
> +config DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
> + bool "Reduced debugging information"
> + select DEBUG_INFO
> + help
> + If you say Y here compiler is instructed to generate less debugging
> + information for structure types. This means that tools that
> + need full debugging information (like kgdb or systemtap) won't
> + be happy. But if you merely need debugging information to
> + resolve line numbers there is no loss. Advantage is that
> + build directory object sizes shrink dramatically over a full
> + DEBUG_INFO build and compile times are reduced too.
> + Only works with newer gcc versions.
> +
> +config DEBUG_INFO_DEFAULT
> + bool "Default-level debugging information"
> + select DEBUG_INFO
> + help
> + If you say Y here compiler is instructed to generate the default
> + level of debugging information.
> +
> + This adds debug symbols to the kernel and modules (gcc -g), and
> + is needed if you intend to use kernel crashdump or binary object
> + tools like crash, kgdb, LKCD, gdb, etc on the kernel.
> +
> +endchoice # "Debug information level"
> +
> +choice
> + prompt "DWARF version"
> + depends on DEBUG_INFO
> + prompt "DWARF version"
Nit.
The same prompt appears twice.
I will drop one.
--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
