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authorMel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>2008-07-23 21:26:49 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-24 10:47:13 -0700
commit6b74ab97bc12ce74acec900f1d89a4aee2e4d70d (patch)
treed9d7b522a4a8f5f605d2e0f7f7a1bcb9d5049a82 /lib
parent9483a578df27fe7603605d565eefe039c1ba5845 (diff)
mm: add a basic debugging framework for memory initialisation
Boot initialisation is very complex, with significant numbers of architecture-specific routines, hooks and code ordering. While significant amounts of the initialisation is architecture-independent, it trusts the data received from the architecture layer. This is a mistake, and has resulted in a number of difficult-to-diagnose bugs. This patchset adds some validation and tracing to memory initialisation. It also introduces a few basic defensive measures. The validation code can be explicitly disabled for embedded systems. This patch: Add additional debugging and verification code for memory initialisation. Once enabled, the verification checks are always run and when required additional debugging information may be outputted via a mminit_loglevel= command-line parameter. The verification code is placed in a new file mm/mm_init.c. Ideally other mm initialisation code will be moved here over time. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 882c5104899..e1d4764435e 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -505,6 +505,18 @@ config DEBUG_WRITECOUNT
If unsure, say N.
+config DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT
+ bool "Debug memory initialisation" if EMBEDDED
+ default !EMBEDDED
+ help
+ Enable this for additional checks during memory initialisation.
+ The sanity checks verify aspects of the VM such as the memory model
+ and other information provided by the architecture. Verbose
+ information will be printed at KERN_DEBUG loglevel depending
+ on the mminit_loglevel= command-line option.
+
+ If unsure, say Y
+
config DEBUG_LIST
bool "Debug linked list manipulation"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL