From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel-hacking: move SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK after DEBUG_STACK_USAGE They are both memory debug options to debug kernel stack issues. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190909144453.3520-7-changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/Kconfig.debug | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug~hacking-move-sched_stack_end_check-after-debug_stack_usage +++ a/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -632,6 +632,18 @@ config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE This option will slow down process creation somewhat. +config SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK + bool "Detect stack corruption on calls to schedule()" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + default n + help + This option checks for a stack overrun on calls to schedule(). + If the stack end location is found to be over written always panic as + the content of the corrupted region can no longer be trusted. + This is to ensure no erroneous behaviour occurs which could result in + data corruption or a sporadic crash at a later stage once the region + is examined. The runtime overhead introduced is minimal. + config DEBUG_VM bool "Debug VM" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL @@ -985,18 +997,6 @@ config SCHEDSTATS application, you can say N to avoid the very slight overhead this adds. -config SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK - bool "Detect stack corruption on calls to schedule()" - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL - default n - help - This option checks for a stack overrun on calls to schedule(). - If the stack end location is found to be over written always panic as - the content of the corrupted region can no longer be trusted. - This is to ensure no erroneous behaviour occurs which could result in - data corruption or a sporadic crash at a later stage once the region - is examined. The runtime overhead introduced is minimal. - config DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING bool "Enable extra timekeeping sanity checking" help _
