[PATCH v3 0/9] hacking: make 'kernel hacking' menu better structurized

From: Changbin Du
Date: Mon Sep 09 2019 - 10:45:11 EST


This series is a trivial improvment for the layout of 'kernel hacking'
configuration menu. Now we have many items in it which makes takes
a little time to look up them since they are not well structurized yet.

Early discussion is here:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/1/39

This is a preview:

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â â Compile-time checks and compiler options ---> â â
â â Generic Kernel Debugging Instruments ---> â â
â â -*- Kernel debugging â â
â â [*] Miscellaneous debug code â â
â â Memory Debugging ---> â â
â â [ ] Debug shared IRQ handlers â â
â â Debug Oops, Lockups and Hangs ---> â â
â â Scheduler Debugging ---> â â
â â [*] Enable extra timekeeping sanity checking â â
â â Lock Debugging (spinlocks, mutexes, etc...) ---> â â
â â -*- Stack backtrace support â â
â â [ ] Warn for all uses of unseeded randomness â â
â â [ ] kobject debugging â â
â â Debug kernel data structures ---> â â
â â [ ] Debug credential management â â
â â RCU Debugging ---> â â
â â [ ] Force round-robin CPU selection for unbound work items â â
â â [ ] Force extended block device numbers and spread them â â
â â [ ] Enable CPU hotplug state control â â
â â [*] Latency measuring infrastructure â â
â â [*] Tracers ---> â â
â â [ ] Remote debugging over FireWire early on boot â â
â â [*] Sample kernel code ---> â â
â â [*] Filter access to /dev/mem â â
â â [ ] Filter I/O access to /dev/mem â â
â â [ ] Additional debug code for syzbot â â
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â â Kernel Testing and Coverage ---> â â
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v3:
o change subject prefix.
v2:
o rebase to linux-next.
o move DEBUG_FS to 'Generic Kernel Debugging Instruments'
o move DEBUG_NOTIFIERS to 'Debug kernel data structures'

Changbin Du (9):
hacking: Group sysrq/kgdb/ubsan into 'Generic Kernel Debugging
Instruments'
hacking: Create submenu for arch special debugging options
hacking: Group kernel data structures debugging together
hacking: Move kernel testing and coverage options to same submenu
hacking: Move Oops into 'Lockups and Hangs'
hacking: Move SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK after DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
hacking: Create a submenu for scheduler debugging options
hacking: Move DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE to 'printk and dmesg options'
hacking: Move DEBUG_FS to 'Generic Kernel Debugging Instruments'

lib/Kconfig.debug | 659 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 340 insertions(+), 319 deletions(-)

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