x86: add code to dump the (kernel) page tables for visual inspection by kernel developers

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / arch / x86 / Kconfig.debug

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 702eb39901ca3ee987f0adeb81f7d38567ba8c93..cb7002eca8875000b69e2c9165a8f9187b2942f6 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
 
          Say N if unsure.
 
+config X86_PTDUMP
+       bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
+       depends on X86_64
+       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 DEBUG_RODATA
        bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
        default y