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Tip revision: 976d167615b64e14bc1491ca51d424e2ba9a5e84 authored by Linus Torvalds on 05 October 2011, 01:11:50 UTC
Linux 3.1-rc9
Tip revision: 976d167
Kconfig.debug
menu "Kernel hacking"

source "lib/Kconfig.debug"

config DEBUG_RODATA
       bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
       depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
       help
         Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
         in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
         data. This option may have a slight performance impact because a
         portion of the kernel code won't be covered by a TLB anymore.
         If in doubt, say "N".

config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
	bool "Strict copy size checks"
	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
	---help---
	  Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user
	  copy operations into compile time failures.

	  The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there
	  are sufficient security checks on the length argument of
	  the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is
	  within bounds.

	  If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N.

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