1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 49d5fb754e88..e7ad58c5fbeb 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -824,6 +824,18 @@ config SCHEDSTATS
           application, you can say N to avoid the very slight overhead
           this adds.
 
+config SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK
+        bool "Detect stack corruption on calls to schedule()"
+        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+        default n
+        help
+          This option checks for a stack overrun on calls to schedule().
+          If the stack end location is found to be over written always panic as
+          the content of the corrupted region can no longer be trusted.
+          This is to ensure no erroneous behaviour occurs which could result in
+          data corruption or a sporadic crash at a later stage once the region
+          is examined. The runtime overhead introduced is minimal.
+
 config TIMER_STATS
         bool "Collect kernel timers statistics"
         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS