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diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug new file mode 100644 index 000000000..69c9170bd --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ + +config ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE + def_bool n + +config ARM64_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS + bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + select ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE + select DEBUG_FS + help + Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a + debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers + who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel. + It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production + kernel. + + If in doubt, say N. + +config PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR + bool "Write the current PID to the CONTEXTIDR register" + help + Enabling this option causes the kernel to write the current PID to + the CONTEXTIDR register, at the expense of some additional + instructions during context switch. Say Y here only if you are + planning to use hardware trace tools with this kernel. + +config ARM64_RANDOMIZE_TEXT_OFFSET + bool "Randomize TEXT_OFFSET at build time" + help + Say Y here if you want the image load offset (AKA TEXT_OFFSET) + of the kernel to be randomized at build-time. When selected, + this option will cause TEXT_OFFSET to be randomized upon any + build of the kernel, and the offset will be reflected in the + text_offset field of the resulting Image. This can be used to + fuzz-test bootloaders which respect text_offset. + + This option is intended for bootloader and/or kernel testing + only. Bootloaders must make no assumptions regarding the value + of TEXT_OFFSET and platforms must not require a specific + value. + +config DEBUG_WX + bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot" + select ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE + ---help--- + Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot. + + This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving + W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk. + This check also includes UXN, which should be set on all kernel + mappings. + + Look for a message in dmesg output like this: + + arm64/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found. + + or like this, if the check failed: + + arm64/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found. + + Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly + still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in + themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation + of other unfixed kernel bugs easier. + + There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option + once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check. + + If in doubt, say "Y". + +config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA + depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX + bool "Align linker sections up to SECTION_SIZE" + help + If this option is enabled, sections that may potentially be marked as + read only or non-executable will be aligned up to the section size of + the kernel. This prevents sections from being split into pages and + avoids a potential TLB penalty. The downside is an increase in + alignment and potentially wasted space. Turn on this option if + performance is more important than memory pressure. + + If in doubt, say N. + +config DEBUG_EFI + depends on EFI && DEBUG_INFO + bool "UEFI debugging" + help + Enable this option to include EFI specific debugging features into + the kernel that are only useful when using a debug build of the + UEFI firmware + +config ARM64_RELOC_TEST + depends on m + tristate "Relocation testing module" + +source "drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig" |