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Tip revision: 3c0eee3fe6a3a1c745379547c7e7c904aa64f6d5 authored by Linus Torvalds on 05 January 2011, 00:50:19 UTC
Linux 2.6.37
Tip revision: 3c0eee3
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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