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authorMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>2007-10-18 23:41:05 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-19 11:53:54 -0700
commit09cadedbdc01f1a4bea1f427d4fb4642eaa19da9 (patch)
tree988da227d46be7eb239a37676b9140d325dc4335 /kernel
parent1c3f0b8e07de78a86f2dce911f5e245845ce40a8 (diff)
Combine instrumentation menus in kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
Quoting Randy: "It seems sad that this patch sources Kconfig.marker, a 7-line file, 20-something times. Yes, you (we) don't want to put those 7 lines into 20-something different files, so sourcing is the right thing. However, what you did for avr32 seems more on the right track to me: make _one_ Instrumentation support menu that includes PROFILING, OPROFILE, KPROBES, and MARKERS and then use (source) that in all of the arches." Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
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+menuconfig INSTRUMENTATION
+ bool "Instrumentation Support"
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ Say Y here to get to see options related to performance measurement,
+ system-wide debugging, and testing. This option alone does not add any
+ kernel code.
+
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and
+ disabled. If you're trying to debug the kernel itself, go see the
+ Kernel Hacking menu.
+
+if INSTRUMENTATION
+
+config PROFILING
+ bool "Profiling support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable the extended profiling support mechanisms used
+ by profilers such as OProfile.
+
+config OPROFILE
+ tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on PROFILING
+ depends on ALPHA || ARM || BLACKFIN || X86_32 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS || PARISC || PPC || S390 || SUPERH || SPARC || X86_64
+ help
+ OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the
+ whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,
+ and applications.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config KPROBES
+ bool "Kprobes"
+ depends on KALLSYMS && MODULES
+ depends on X86_32 || IA64 || PPC || S390 || SPARC64 || X86_64 || AVR32
+ help
+ Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
+ execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
+ a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful
+ for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
+ If in doubt, say "N".
+
+endif # INSTRUMENTATION