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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.debug')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index fbc5c622acb..da95e10cfd7 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ config TIMER_STATS reprogrammed. The statistics can be read from /proc/timer_stats. The statistics collection is started by writing 1 to /proc/timer_stats, writing 0 stops it. This feature is useful to collect information - about timer usage patterns in kernel and userspace. + about timer usage patterns in kernel and userspace. This feature + is lightweight if enabled in the kernel config but not activated + (it defaults to deactivated on bootup and will only be activated + if some application like powertop activates it explicitly). config DEBUG_SLAB bool "Debug slab memory allocations" @@ -378,14 +381,13 @@ config FORCED_INLINING config RCU_TORTURE_TEST tristate "torture tests for RCU" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + depends on m default n help This option provides a kernel module that runs torture tests on the RCU infrastructure. The kernel module may be built after the fact on the running kernel to be tested, if desired. - Say Y here if you want RCU torture tests to start automatically - at boot time (you probably don't). Say M if you want the RCU torture tests to build as a module. Say N if you are unsure. |