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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-02-17 14:35:02 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-02-17 14:35:02 -0800 |
| commit | e2b74f232e84dfccd0047eb47545b1d028df8ff1 (patch) | |
| tree | 86dffe011c9b4049f2adfa7aa78ad92870c4dc9b /lib | |
| parent | 9cd77374f0a9cbb7ec35a9aaeb6473755afe0e3e (diff) | |
| parent | 580c57f1076872ebc2427f898b927944ce170f2d (diff) | |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge yet more updates from Andrew Morton:
- a pile of minor fs fixes and cleanups
- kexec updates
- random misc fixes in various places: vmcore, rbtree, eventfd, ipc, seccomp.
- a series of python-based kgdb helper scripts
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (58 commits)
seccomp: cap SECCOMP_RET_ERRNO data to MAX_ERRNO
samples/seccomp: improve label helper
ipc,sem: use current->state helpers
scripts/gdb: disable pagination while printing from breakpoint handler
scripts/gdb: define maintainer
scripts/gdb: convert CpuList to generator function
scripts/gdb: convert ModuleList to generator function
scripts/gdb: use a generator instead of iterator for task list
scripts/gdb: ignore byte-compiled python files
scripts/gdb: port to python3 / gdb7.7
scripts/gdb: add basic documentation
scripts/gdb: add lx-lsmod command
scripts/gdb: add class to iterate over CPU masks
scripts/gdb: add lx_current convenience function
scripts/gdb: add internal helper and convenience function for per-cpu lookup
scripts/gdb: add get_gdbserver_type helper
scripts/gdb: add internal helper and convenience function to retrieve thread_info
scripts/gdb: add is_target_arch helper
scripts/gdb: add helper and convenience function to look up tasks
scripts/gdb: add task iteration class
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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index ecb3516f6546..c5cefb3c009c 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -167,6 +167,17 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4 But it significantly improves the success of resolving variables in gdb on optimized code. +config GDB_SCRIPTS + bool "Provide GDB scripts for kernel debugging" + depends on DEBUG_INFO + help + This creates the required links to GDB helper scripts in the + build directory. If you load vmlinux into gdb, the helper + scripts will be automatically imported by gdb as well, and + additional functions are available to analyze a Linux kernel + instance. See Documentation/gdb-kernel-debugging.txt for further + details. + config ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED bool "Enable __deprecated logic" default y |