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authorMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>2007-10-19 02:41:05 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-19 14:53:54 -0400
commit09cadedbdc01f1a4bea1f427d4fb4642eaa19da9 (patch)
tree988da227d46be7eb239a37676b9140d325dc4335 /kernel
parent1c3f0b8e07de78a86f2dce911f5e245845ce40a8 (diff)
Combine instrumentation menus in kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
Quoting Randy: "It seems sad that this patch sources Kconfig.marker, a 7-line file, 20-something times. Yes, you (we) don't want to put those 7 lines into 20-something different files, so sourcing is the right thing. However, what you did for avr32 seems more on the right track to me: make _one_ Instrumentation support menu that includes PROFILING, OPROFILE, KPROBES, and MARKERS and then use (source) that in all of the arches." Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
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1menuconfig INSTRUMENTATION
2 bool "Instrumentation Support"
3 default y
4 ---help---
5 Say Y here to get to see options related to performance measurement,
6 system-wide debugging, and testing. This option alone does not add any
7 kernel code.
8
9 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and
10 disabled. If you're trying to debug the kernel itself, go see the
11 Kernel Hacking menu.
12
13if INSTRUMENTATION
14
15config PROFILING
16 bool "Profiling support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
17 help
18 Say Y here to enable the extended profiling support mechanisms used
19 by profilers such as OProfile.
20
21config OPROFILE
22 tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)"
23 depends on PROFILING
24 depends on ALPHA || ARM || BLACKFIN || X86_32 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS || PARISC || PPC || S390 || SUPERH || SPARC || X86_64
25 help
26 OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the
27 whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,
28 and applications.
29
30 If unsure, say N.
31
32config KPROBES
33 bool "Kprobes"
34 depends on KALLSYMS && MODULES
35 depends on X86_32 || IA64 || PPC || S390 || SPARC64 || X86_64 || AVR32
36 help
37 Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
38 execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
39 a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful
40 for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
41 If in doubt, say "N".
42
43endif # INSTRUMENTATION