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Differences between /arch/Kconfig (Version linux-6.12-rc7) and /arch/Kconfig (Version linux-4.11.12)


  1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0             << 
  2 #                                                   1 #
  3 # General architecture dependent options            2 # General architecture dependent options
  4 #                                                   3 #
  5                                                     4 
  6 #                                              !!   5 config KEXEC_CORE
  7 # Note: arch/$(SRCARCH)/Kconfig needs to be in << 
  8 # override the default values in this file.    << 
  9 #                                              << 
 10 source "arch/$(SRCARCH)/Kconfig"               << 
 11                                                << 
 12 config ARCH_CONFIGURES_CPU_MITIGATIONS         << 
 13         bool                                        6         bool
 14                                                     7 
 15 if !ARCH_CONFIGURES_CPU_MITIGATIONS            !!   8 config HAVE_IMA_KEXEC
 16 config CPU_MITIGATIONS                         << 
 17         def_bool y                             << 
 18 endif                                          << 
 19                                                << 
 20 #                                              << 
 21 # Selected by architectures that need custom D << 
 22 # IOMMUs not handled by dma-iommu.  Drivers mu << 
 23 #                                              << 
 24 config ARCH_HAS_DMA_OPS                        << 
 25         depends on HAS_DMA                     << 
 26         select DMA_OPS_HELPERS                 << 
 27         bool                                        9         bool
 28                                                    10 
 29 menu "General architecture-dependent options"  !!  11 config OPROFILE
 30                                                !!  12         tristate "OProfile system profiling"
 31 config ARCH_HAS_SUBPAGE_FAULTS                 !!  13         depends on PROFILING
 32         bool                                   !!  14         depends on HAVE_OPROFILE
                                                   >>  15         select RING_BUFFER
                                                   >>  16         select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
 33         help                                       17         help
 34           Select if the architecture can check !!  18           OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the
 35           granularity (e.g. arm64 MTE). The pr !!  19           whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,
 36           must be implemented.                 !!  20           and applications.
 37                                                    21 
 38 config HOTPLUG_SMT                             !!  22           If unsure, say N.
 39         bool                                   << 
 40                                                << 
 41 config SMT_NUM_THREADS_DYNAMIC                 << 
 42         bool                                   << 
 43                                                << 
 44 # Selected by HOTPLUG_CORE_SYNC_DEAD or HOTPLU << 
 45 config HOTPLUG_CORE_SYNC                       << 
 46         bool                                   << 
 47                                                << 
 48 # Basic CPU dead synchronization selected by a << 
 49 config HOTPLUG_CORE_SYNC_DEAD                  << 
 50         bool                                   << 
 51         select HOTPLUG_CORE_SYNC               << 
 52                                                    23 
 53 # Full CPU synchronization with alive state se !!  24 config OPROFILE_EVENT_MULTIPLEX
 54 config HOTPLUG_CORE_SYNC_FULL                  !!  25         bool "OProfile multiplexing support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 55         bool                                   !!  26         default n
 56         select HOTPLUG_CORE_SYNC_DEAD if HOTPL !!  27         depends on OPROFILE && X86
 57         select HOTPLUG_CORE_SYNC               !!  28         help
                                                   >>  29           The number of hardware counters is limited. The multiplexing
                                                   >>  30           feature enables OProfile to gather more events than counters
                                                   >>  31           are provided by the hardware. This is realized by switching
                                                   >>  32           between events at a user specified time interval.
 58                                                    33 
 59 config HOTPLUG_SPLIT_STARTUP                   !!  34           If unsure, say N.
 60         bool                                   << 
 61         select HOTPLUG_CORE_SYNC_FULL          << 
 62                                                    35 
 63 config HOTPLUG_PARALLEL                        !!  36 config HAVE_OPROFILE
 64         bool                                       37         bool
 65         select HOTPLUG_SPLIT_STARTUP           << 
 66                                                    38 
 67 config GENERIC_ENTRY                           !!  39 config OPROFILE_NMI_TIMER
 68         bool                                   !!  40         def_bool y
                                                   >>  41         depends on PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && !PPC64
 69                                                    42 
 70 config KPROBES                                     43 config KPROBES
 71         bool "Kprobes"                             44         bool "Kprobes"
                                                   >>  45         depends on MODULES
 72         depends on HAVE_KPROBES                    46         depends on HAVE_KPROBES
 73         select KALLSYMS                            47         select KALLSYMS
 74         select EXECMEM                         << 
 75         select NEED_TASKS_RCU                  << 
 76         help                                       48         help
 77           Kprobes allows you to trap at almost     49           Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
 78           execute a callback function.  regist     50           execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes
 79           a probepoint and specifies the callb     51           a probepoint and specifies the callback.  Kprobes is useful
 80           for kernel debugging, non-intrusive      52           for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
 81           If in doubt, say "N".                    53           If in doubt, say "N".
 82                                                    54 
 83 config JUMP_LABEL                                  55 config JUMP_LABEL
 84         bool "Optimize very unlikely/likely br !!  56        bool "Optimize very unlikely/likely branches"
 85         depends on HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL        !!  57        depends on HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
 86         select OBJTOOL if HAVE_JUMP_LABEL_HACK !!  58        help
 87         help                                   !!  59          This option enables a transparent branch optimization that
 88           This option enables a transparent br !!  60          makes certain almost-always-true or almost-always-false branch
 89           makes certain almost-always-true or  !!  61          conditions even cheaper to execute within the kernel.
 90           conditions even cheaper to execute w !!  62 
 91                                                !!  63          Certain performance-sensitive kernel code, such as trace points,
 92           Certain performance-sensitive kernel !!  64          scheduler functionality, networking code and KVM have such
 93           scheduler functionality, networking  !!  65          branches and include support for this optimization technique.
 94           branches and include support for thi !!  66 
 95                                                !!  67          If it is detected that the compiler has support for "asm goto",
 96           If it is detected that the compiler  !!  68          the kernel will compile such branches with just a nop
 97           the kernel will compile such branche !!  69          instruction. When the condition flag is toggled to true, the
 98           instruction. When the condition flag !!  70          nop will be converted to a jump instruction to execute the
 99           nop will be converted to a jump inst !!  71          conditional block of instructions.
100           conditional block of instructions.   !!  72 
101                                                !!  73          This technique lowers overhead and stress on the branch prediction
102           This technique lowers overhead and s !!  74          of the processor and generally makes the kernel faster. The update
103           of the processor and generally makes !!  75          of the condition is slower, but those are always very rare.
104           of the condition is slower, but thos << 
105                                                    76 
106           ( On 32-bit x86, the necessary optio !!  77          ( On 32-bit x86, the necessary options added to the compiler
107             flags may increase the size of the !!  78            flags may increase the size of the kernel slightly. )
108                                                    79 
109 config STATIC_KEYS_SELFTEST                        80 config STATIC_KEYS_SELFTEST
110         bool "Static key selftest"                 81         bool "Static key selftest"
111         depends on JUMP_LABEL                      82         depends on JUMP_LABEL
112         help                                       83         help
113           Boot time self-test of the branch pa     84           Boot time self-test of the branch patching code.
114                                                    85 
115 config STATIC_CALL_SELFTEST                    << 
116         bool "Static call selftest"            << 
117         depends on HAVE_STATIC_CALL            << 
118         help                                   << 
119           Boot time self-test of the call patc << 
120                                                << 
121 config OPTPROBES                                   86 config OPTPROBES
122         def_bool y                                 87         def_bool y
123         depends on KPROBES && HAVE_OPTPROBES       88         depends on KPROBES && HAVE_OPTPROBES
124         select NEED_TASKS_RCU                  !!  89         depends on !PREEMPT
125                                                    90 
126 config KPROBES_ON_FTRACE                           91 config KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
127         def_bool y                                 92         def_bool y
128         depends on KPROBES && HAVE_KPROBES_ON_     93         depends on KPROBES && HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
129         depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS        94         depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
130         help                                       95         help
131           If function tracer is enabled and th !!  96          If function tracer is enabled and the arch supports full
132           passing of pt_regs to function traci !!  97          passing of pt_regs to function tracing, then kprobes can
133           optimize on top of function tracing. !!  98          optimize on top of function tracing.
134                                                    99 
135 config UPROBES                                    100 config UPROBES
136         def_bool n                                101         def_bool n
137         depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES          102         depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
138         help                                      103         help
139           Uprobes is the user-space counterpar    104           Uprobes is the user-space counterpart to kprobes: they
140           enable instrumentation applications     105           enable instrumentation applications (such as 'perf probe')
141           to establish unintrusive probes in u    106           to establish unintrusive probes in user-space binaries and
142           libraries, by executing handler func    107           libraries, by executing handler functions when the probes
143           are hit by user-space applications.     108           are hit by user-space applications.
144                                                   109 
145           ( These probes come in the form of s    110           ( These probes come in the form of single-byte breakpoints,
146             managed by the kernel and kept tra    111             managed by the kernel and kept transparent to the probed
147             application. )                        112             application. )
148                                                   113 
149 config HAVE_64BIT_ALIGNED_ACCESS                  114 config HAVE_64BIT_ALIGNED_ACCESS
150         def_bool 64BIT && !HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNAL    115         def_bool 64BIT && !HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
151         help                                      116         help
152           Some architectures require 64 bit ac    117           Some architectures require 64 bit accesses to be 64 bit
153           aligned, which also requires structs    118           aligned, which also requires structs containing 64 bit values
154           to be 64 bit aligned too. This inclu    119           to be 64 bit aligned too. This includes some 32 bit
155           architectures which can do 64 bit ac    120           architectures which can do 64 bit accesses, as well as 64 bit
156           architectures without unaligned acce    121           architectures without unaligned access.
157                                                   122 
158           This symbol should be selected by an    123           This symbol should be selected by an architecture if 64 bit
159           accesses are required to be 64 bit a    124           accesses are required to be 64 bit aligned in this way even
160           though it is not a 64 bit architectu    125           though it is not a 64 bit architecture.
161                                                   126 
162           See Documentation/core-api/unaligned !! 127           See Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt for more
163           more information on the topic of una !! 128           information on the topic of unaligned memory accesses.
164                                                   129 
165 config HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS            130 config HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
166         bool                                      131         bool
167         help                                      132         help
168           Some architectures are unable to per    133           Some architectures are unable to perform unaligned accesses
169           without the use of get_unaligned/put    134           without the use of get_unaligned/put_unaligned. Others are
170           unable to perform such accesses effi    135           unable to perform such accesses efficiently (e.g. trap on
171           unaligned access and require fixing     136           unaligned access and require fixing it up in the exception
172           handler.)                               137           handler.)
173                                                   138 
174           This symbol should be selected by an    139           This symbol should be selected by an architecture if it can
175           perform unaligned accesses efficient    140           perform unaligned accesses efficiently to allow different
176           code paths to be selected for these     141           code paths to be selected for these cases. Some network
177           drivers, for example, could opt to n    142           drivers, for example, could opt to not fix up alignment
178           problems with received packets if do    143           problems with received packets if doing so would not help
179           much.                                   144           much.
180                                                   145 
181           See Documentation/core-api/unaligned !! 146           See Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt for more
182           information on the topic of unaligne    147           information on the topic of unaligned memory accesses.
183                                                   148 
184 config ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP                     149 config ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
185         bool                                   !! 150        bool
186         help                                   !! 151        help
187           Modern versions of GCC (since 4.4) h !! 152          Modern versions of GCC (since 4.4) have builtin functions
188           for handling byte-swapping. Using th !! 153          for handling byte-swapping. Using these, instead of the old
189           inline assembler that the architectu !! 154          inline assembler that the architecture code provides in the
190           __arch_bswapXX() macros, allows the  !! 155          __arch_bswapXX() macros, allows the compiler to see what's
191           happening and offers more opportunit !! 156          happening and offers more opportunity for optimisation. In
192           particular, the compiler will be abl !! 157          particular, the compiler will be able to combine the byteswap
193           with a nearby load or store and use  !! 158          with a nearby load or store and use load-and-swap or
194           store-and-swap instructions if the a !! 159          store-and-swap instructions if the architecture has them. It
195           should almost *never* result in code !! 160          should almost *never* result in code which is worse than the
196           hand-coded assembler in <asm/swab.h> !! 161          hand-coded assembler in <asm/swab.h>.  But just in case it
197           does, the use of the builtins is opt !! 162          does, the use of the builtins is optional.
198                                                !! 163 
199           Any architecture with load-and-swap  !! 164          Any architecture with load-and-swap or store-and-swap
200           instructions should set this. And it !! 165          instructions should set this. And it shouldn't hurt to set it
201           on architectures that don't have suc !! 166          on architectures that don't have such instructions.
202                                                   167 
203 config KRETPROBES                                 168 config KRETPROBES
204         def_bool y                                169         def_bool y
205         depends on KPROBES && (HAVE_KRETPROBES !! 170         depends on KPROBES && HAVE_KRETPROBES
206                                                << 
207 config KRETPROBE_ON_RETHOOK                    << 
208         def_bool y                             << 
209         depends on HAVE_RETHOOK                << 
210         depends on KRETPROBES                  << 
211         select RETHOOK                         << 
212                                                   171 
213 config USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER                       172 config USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
214         bool                                      173         bool
215         depends on HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER      174         depends on HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
216         help                                      175         help
217           Provide a kernel-internal notificati    176           Provide a kernel-internal notification when a cpu is about to
218           switch to user mode.                    177           switch to user mode.
219                                                   178 
220 config HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT                          179 config HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
221         bool                                      180         bool
222                                                   181 
223 config HAVE_KPROBES                               182 config HAVE_KPROBES
224         bool                                      183         bool
225                                                   184 
226 config HAVE_KRETPROBES                            185 config HAVE_KRETPROBES
227         bool                                      186         bool
228                                                   187 
229 config HAVE_OPTPROBES                             188 config HAVE_OPTPROBES
230         bool                                      189         bool
231                                                   190 
232 config HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE                     191 config HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
233         bool                                      192         bool
234                                                   193 
235 config ARCH_CORRECT_STACKTRACE_ON_KRETPROBE    << 
236         bool                                   << 
237         help                                   << 
238           Since kretprobes modifies return add << 
239           stacktrace may see the kretprobe tra << 
240           of correct one. If the architecture  << 
241           unwinder can adjust such entries, se << 
242                                                << 
243 config HAVE_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION           << 
244         bool                                   << 
245                                                << 
246 config HAVE_NMI                                   194 config HAVE_NMI
247         bool                                      195         bool
248                                                   196 
249 config HAVE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS               !! 197 config HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG
250         bool                                   !! 198         depends on HAVE_NMI
251                                                << 
252 config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT                  << 
253         bool                                   << 
254                                                << 
255 config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_NMI_SUPPORT              << 
256         bool                                      199         bool
257                                                << 
258 #                                                 200 #
259 # An arch should select this if it provides al    201 # An arch should select this if it provides all these things:
260 #                                                 202 #
261 #       task_pt_regs()          in asm/process    203 #       task_pt_regs()          in asm/processor.h or asm/ptrace.h
262 #       arch_has_single_step()  if there is ha    204 #       arch_has_single_step()  if there is hardware single-step support
263 #       arch_has_block_step()   if there is ha    205 #       arch_has_block_step()   if there is hardware block-step support
264 #       asm/syscall.h           supplying asm-    206 #       asm/syscall.h           supplying asm-generic/syscall.h interface
265 #       linux/regset.h          user_regset in    207 #       linux/regset.h          user_regset interfaces
266 #       CORE_DUMP_USE_REGSET    #define'd in l    208 #       CORE_DUMP_USE_REGSET    #define'd in linux/elf.h
267 #       TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE       calls ptrace_r !! 209 #       TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE       calls tracehook_report_syscall_{entry,exit}
268 #       TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME       calls resume_u !! 210 #       TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME       calls tracehook_notify_resume()
                                                   >> 211 #       signal delivery         calls tracehook_signal_handler()
269 #                                                 212 #
270 config HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK                        213 config HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
271         bool                                      214         bool
272                                                   215 
273 config HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS                        216 config HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
274         bool                                      217         bool
275                                                   218 
276 config GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD                    219 config GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
277         bool                                   !! 220        bool
278                                                   221 
279 config GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP                    222 config GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
280         bool                                   !! 223        bool
281                                                << 
282 config ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE                 << 
283         bool                                   << 
284         help                                   << 
285           An architecture should select this w << 
286           build and run with CONFIG_FORTIFY_SO << 
287                                                << 
288 #                                              << 
289 # Select if the arch provides a historic keepi << 
290 # command line option                          << 
291 #                                              << 
292 config ARCH_HAS_KEEPINITRD                     << 
293         bool                                   << 
294                                                   224 
295 # Select if arch has all set_memory_ro/rw/x/nx    225 # Select if arch has all set_memory_ro/rw/x/nx() functions in asm/cacheflush.h
296 config ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY                        226 config ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
297         bool                                      227         bool
298                                                   228 
299 # Select if arch has all set_direct_map_invali !! 229 # Select if arch init_task initializer is different to init/init_task.c
300 config ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP                 !! 230 config ARCH_INIT_TASK
301         bool                                   !! 231        bool
302                                                << 
303 #                                              << 
304 # Select if the architecture provides the arch << 
305 # either provide an uncached segment alias for << 
306 # to remap the page tables in place.           << 
307 #                                              << 
308 config ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_UNCACHED               << 
309         bool                                   << 
310                                                   232 
311 #                                              !! 233 # Select if arch has its private alloc_task_struct() function
312 # Select if the architectures provides the arc !! 234 config ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
313 # to undo an in-place page table remap for unc << 
314 #                                              << 
315 config ARCH_HAS_DMA_CLEAR_UNCACHED             << 
316         bool                                      235         bool
317                                                   236 
318 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT              !! 237 # Select if arch has its private alloc_thread_stack() function
                                                   >> 238 config ARCH_THREAD_STACK_ALLOCATOR
319         bool                                      239         bool
320                                                   240 
321 # The architecture has a per-task state that i << 
322 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_PASID                      << 
323         bool                                   << 
324         select IOMMU_MM_DATA                   << 
325                                                << 
326 config HAVE_ARCH_THREAD_STRUCT_WHITELIST       << 
327         bool                                   << 
328         help                                   << 
329           An architecture should select this t << 
330           knowledge about what region of the t << 
331           whitelisted for copying to userspace << 
332           FPU registers. Specifically, arch_th << 
333           should be implemented. Without this, << 
334           field in task_struct will be left wh << 
335                                                << 
336 # Select if arch wants to size task_struct dyn    241 # Select if arch wants to size task_struct dynamically via arch_task_struct_size:
337 config ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT             242 config ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
338         bool                                      243         bool
339                                                   244 
340 config ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR                     << 
341         bool                                   << 
342         help                                   << 
343           An architecture should select this i << 
344           functions to denote that the toolcha << 
345           functions and is required for correc << 
346                                                << 
347 config ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T                        << 
348         bool                                   << 
349         depends on !64BIT                      << 
350         help                                   << 
351           All new 32-bit architectures should  << 
352           userspace side which corresponds to  << 
353           is the requirement for modern ABIs.  << 
354           still support 32-bit off_t. This opt << 
355           architectures explicitly.            << 
356                                                << 
357 # Selected by 64 bit architectures which have  << 
358 config ARCH_32BIT_USTAT_F_TINODE               << 
359         bool                                   << 
360                                                << 
361 config HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS                    << 
362         bool                                   << 
363         help                                   << 
364           This symbol should be selected by an << 
365           <asm/asm-prototypes.h> to support th << 
366           exported from assembly code.         << 
367                                                << 
368 config HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API             245 config HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
369         bool                                      246         bool
370         help                                      247         help
371           This symbol should be selected by an !! 248           This symbol should be selected by an architecure if it supports
372           the API needed to access registers a    249           the API needed to access registers and stack entries from pt_regs,
373           declared in asm/ptrace.h                250           declared in asm/ptrace.h
374           For example the kprobes-based event     251           For example the kprobes-based event tracer needs this API.
375                                                   252 
376 config HAVE_RSEQ                               !! 253 config HAVE_CLK
377         bool                                      254         bool
378         depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_ << 
379         help                                      255         help
380           This symbol should be selected by an !! 256           The <linux/clk.h> calls support software clock gating and
381           supports an implementation of restar !! 257           thus are a key power management tool on many systems.
382                                                   258 
383 config HAVE_RUST                               !! 259 config HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
384         bool                                      260         bool
385         help                                   << 
386           This symbol should be selected by an << 
387           supports Rust.                       << 
388                                                << 
389 config HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API            << 
390         bool                                   << 
391         help                                   << 
392           This symbol should be selected by an << 
393           the API needed to access function ar << 
394           declared in asm/ptrace.h             << 
395                                                   261 
396 config HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT                         262 config HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
397         bool                                      263         bool
398         depends on PERF_EVENTS                    264         depends on PERF_EVENTS
399                                                   265 
400 config HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS                266 config HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
401         bool                                      267         bool
402         depends on HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT             268         depends on HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
403         help                                      269         help
404           Depending on the arch implementation    270           Depending on the arch implementation of hardware breakpoints,
405           some of them have separate registers    271           some of them have separate registers for data and instruction
406           breakpoints addresses, others have m    272           breakpoints addresses, others have mixed registers to store
407           them but define the access type in a    273           them but define the access type in a control register.
408           Select this option if your arch impl    274           Select this option if your arch implements breakpoints under the
409           latter fashion.                         275           latter fashion.
410                                                   276 
411 config HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER                  277 config HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
412         bool                                      278         bool
413                                                   279 
414 config HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI                       280 config HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
415         bool                                      281         bool
416         help                                      282         help
417           System hardware can generate an NMI     283           System hardware can generate an NMI using the perf event
418           subsystem.  Also has support for cal    284           subsystem.  Also has support for calculating CPU cycle events
419           to determine how many clock cycles i    285           to determine how many clock cycles in a given period.
420                                                   286 
421 config HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF           << 
422         bool                                   << 
423         depends on HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI        << 
424         help                                   << 
425           The arch chooses to use the generic  << 
426           detector. Must define HAVE_PERF_EVEN << 
427                                                << 
428 config HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_ARCH           << 
429         bool                                   << 
430         help                                   << 
431           The arch provides its own hardlockup << 
432           of the generic ones.                 << 
433                                                << 
434           It uses the same command line parame << 
435           as the generic hardlockup detectors. << 
436                                                << 
437 config HAVE_PERF_REGS                             287 config HAVE_PERF_REGS
438         bool                                      288         bool
439         help                                      289         help
440           Support selective register dumps for    290           Support selective register dumps for perf events. This includes
441           bit-mapping of each registers and a     291           bit-mapping of each registers and a unique architecture id.
442                                                   292 
443 config HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP                  293 config HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
444         bool                                      294         bool
445         help                                      295         help
446           Support user stack dumps for perf ev    296           Support user stack dumps for perf event samples. This needs
447           access to the user stack pointer whi    297           access to the user stack pointer which is not unified across
448           architectures.                          298           architectures.
449                                                   299 
450 config HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL                       300 config HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
451         bool                                      301         bool
452                                                   302 
453 config HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL_RELATIVE           !! 303 config HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
454         bool                                   << 
455                                                << 
456 config MMU_GATHER_TABLE_FREE                   << 
457         bool                                   << 
458                                                << 
459 config MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE               << 
460         bool                                   << 
461         select MMU_GATHER_TABLE_FREE           << 
462                                                << 
463 config MMU_GATHER_PAGE_SIZE                    << 
464         bool                                   << 
465                                                << 
466 config MMU_GATHER_NO_RANGE                     << 
467         bool                                   << 
468         select MMU_GATHER_MERGE_VMAS           << 
469                                                << 
470 config MMU_GATHER_NO_FLUSH_CACHE               << 
471         bool                                   << 
472                                                << 
473 config MMU_GATHER_MERGE_VMAS                   << 
474         bool                                   << 
475                                                << 
476 config MMU_GATHER_NO_GATHER                    << 
477         bool                                   << 
478         depends on MMU_GATHER_TABLE_FREE       << 
479                                                << 
480 config ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM          << 
481         bool                                   << 
482         help                                   << 
483           Temporary select until all architect << 
484           irqs disabled over activate_mm. Arch << 
485           shootdowns should enable this.       << 
486                                                << 
487 # Use normal mm refcounting for MMU_LAZY_TLB k << 
488 # MMU_LAZY_TLB_REFCOUNT=n can improve the scal << 
489 # to/from kernel threads when the same mm is r << 
490 # multi-threaded application), by reducing con << 
491 #                                              << 
492 # This can be disabled if the architecture ens << 
493 # "lazy tlb" beyond its final refcount (i.e.,  << 
494 # or its kernel page tables). This could be ar << 
495 # final exit(2) TLB flush, for example.        << 
496 #                                              << 
497 # To implement this, an arch *must*:           << 
498 # Ensure the _lazy_tlb variants of mmgrab/mmdr << 
499 # the lazy tlb reference of a kthread's ->acti << 
500 # converted already).                          << 
501 config MMU_LAZY_TLB_REFCOUNT                   << 
502         def_bool y                             << 
503         depends on !MMU_LAZY_TLB_SHOOTDOWN     << 
504                                                << 
505 # This option allows MMU_LAZY_TLB_REFCOUNT=n.  << 
506 # mm as a lazy tlb beyond its last reference c << 
507 # users before the mm is deallocated. __mmdrop << 
508 # be using the mm as a lazy tlb, so that they  << 
509 # init_mm for their active mm. mm_cpumask(mm)  << 
510 # may be using mm as a lazy tlb mm.            << 
511 #                                              << 
512 # To implement this, an arch *must*:           << 
513 # - At the time of the final mmdrop of the mm, << 
514 #   at least all possible CPUs in which the mm << 
515 # - It must meet the requirements for MMU_LAZY << 
516 config MMU_LAZY_TLB_SHOOTDOWN                  << 
517         bool                                      304         bool
518                                                   305 
519 config ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG                 306 config ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
520         bool                                      307         bool
521                                                   308 
522 config ARCH_HAVE_EXTRA_ELF_NOTES               << 
523         bool                                   << 
524         help                                   << 
525           An architecture should select this i << 
526           arch-specific ELF note section to co << 
527           functions: elf_coredump_extra_notes_ << 
528           elf_coredump_extra_notes_write() whi << 
529           dumper.                              << 
530                                                << 
531 config ARCH_HAS_NMI_SAFE_THIS_CPU_OPS          << 
532         bool                                   << 
533                                                << 
534 config HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE                   309 config HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE
535         bool                                      310         bool
536         help                                      311         help
537           This makes sure that struct pages ar    312           This makes sure that struct pages are double word aligned and that
538           e.g. the SLUB allocator can perform     313           e.g. the SLUB allocator can perform double word atomic operations
539           on a struct page for better performa    314           on a struct page for better performance. However selecting this
540           might increase the size of a struct     315           might increase the size of a struct page by a word.
541                                                   316 
542 config HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL                         317 config HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
543         bool                                      318         bool
544                                                   319 
545 config HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE                        320 config HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE
546         bool                                      321         bool
547                                                   322 
548 config ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE               << 
549         bool                                   << 
550                                                << 
551 config ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION                323 config ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
552         bool                                      324         bool
553                                                   325 
554 config ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION         326 config ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
555         bool                                      327         bool
556                                                   328 
557 config ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC                   329 config ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
558         select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERS    330         select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
559         bool                                      331         bool
560                                                   332 
561 config HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP                       << 
562         bool                                   << 
563         help                                   << 
564           An arch should select this symbol to << 
565           syscall policy), and must provide an << 
566           and compat syscalls if the asm-gener << 
567           - __NR_seccomp_read_32               << 
568           - __NR_seccomp_write_32              << 
569           - __NR_seccomp_exit_32               << 
570           - __NR_seccomp_sigreturn_32          << 
571                                                << 
572 config HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER                   333 config HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
573         bool                                      334         bool
574         select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP               << 
575         help                                      335         help
576           An arch should select this symbol if    336           An arch should select this symbol if it provides all of these things:
577           - all the requirements for HAVE_ARCH << 
578           - syscall_get_arch()                    337           - syscall_get_arch()
579           - syscall_get_arguments()               338           - syscall_get_arguments()
580           - syscall_rollback()                    339           - syscall_rollback()
581           - syscall_set_return_value()            340           - syscall_set_return_value()
582           - SIGSYS siginfo_t support              341           - SIGSYS siginfo_t support
583           - secure_computing is called from a     342           - secure_computing is called from a ptrace_event()-safe context
584           - secure_computing return value is c    343           - secure_computing return value is checked and a return value of -1
585             results in the system call being s    344             results in the system call being skipped immediately.
586           - seccomp syscall wired up              345           - seccomp syscall wired up
587           - if !HAVE_SPARSE_SYSCALL_NR, have S << 
588             SECCOMP_ARCH_NATIVE_NR, SECCOMP_AR << 
589             COMPAT is supported, have the SECC << 
590                                                << 
591 config SECCOMP                                 << 
592         prompt "Enable seccomp to safely execu << 
593         def_bool y                             << 
594         depends on HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP           << 
595         help                                   << 
596           This kernel feature is useful for nu << 
597           that may need to handle untrusted by << 
598           execution. By using pipes or other t << 
599           to the process as file descriptors s << 
600           syscalls, it's possible to isolate t << 
601           own address space using seccomp. Onc << 
602           prctl(PR_SET_SECCOMP) or the seccomp << 
603           disabled and the task is only allowe << 
604           syscalls defined by each seccomp mod << 
605                                                << 
606           If unsure, say Y.                    << 
607                                                   346 
608 config SECCOMP_FILTER                             347 config SECCOMP_FILTER
609         def_bool y                                348         def_bool y
610         depends on HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER &&    349         depends on HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER && SECCOMP && NET
611         help                                      350         help
612           Enable tasks to build secure computi    351           Enable tasks to build secure computing environments defined
613           in terms of Berkeley Packet Filter p    352           in terms of Berkeley Packet Filter programs which implement
614           task-defined system call filtering p    353           task-defined system call filtering polices.
615                                                   354 
616           See Documentation/userspace-api/secc !! 355           See Documentation/prctl/seccomp_filter.txt for details.
617                                                   356 
618 config SECCOMP_CACHE_DEBUG                     !! 357 config HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
619         bool "Show seccomp filter cache status !! 358         bool
620         depends on SECCOMP_FILTER && !HAVE_SPA !! 359         help
621         depends on PROC_FS                     !! 360           An arch should select this symbol if it supports building with
622         help                                   !! 361           GCC plugins.
623           This enables the /proc/pid/seccomp_c << 
624           seccomp cache data. The file format  << 
625           the file requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN.     << 
626                                                   362 
627           This option is for debugging only. E !! 363 menuconfig GCC_PLUGINS
628           an adversary may be able to infer th !! 364         bool "GCC plugins"
                                                   >> 365         depends on HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
                                                   >> 366         depends on !COMPILE_TEST
                                                   >> 367         help
                                                   >> 368           GCC plugins are loadable modules that provide extra features to the
                                                   >> 369           compiler. They are useful for runtime instrumentation and static analysis.
629                                                   370 
630           If unsure, say N.                    !! 371           See Documentation/gcc-plugins.txt for details.
631                                                   372 
632 config HAVE_ARCH_STACKLEAK                     !! 373 config GCC_PLUGIN_CYC_COMPLEXITY
633         bool                                   !! 374         bool "Compute the cyclomatic complexity of a function" if EXPERT
                                                   >> 375         depends on GCC_PLUGINS
                                                   >> 376         depends on !COMPILE_TEST
634         help                                      377         help
635           An architecture should select this i !! 378           The complexity M of a function's control flow graph is defined as:
636           fills the used part of the kernel st !! 379            M = E - N + 2P
637           value before returning from system c !! 380           where
                                                   >> 381 
                                                   >> 382           E = the number of edges
                                                   >> 383           N = the number of nodes
                                                   >> 384           P = the number of connected components (exit nodes).
                                                   >> 385 
                                                   >> 386           Enabling this plugin reports the complexity to stderr during the
                                                   >> 387           build. It mainly serves as a simple example of how to create a
                                                   >> 388           gcc plugin for the kernel.
                                                   >> 389 
                                                   >> 390 config GCC_PLUGIN_SANCOV
                                                   >> 391         bool
                                                   >> 392         depends on GCC_PLUGINS
                                                   >> 393         help
                                                   >> 394           This plugin inserts a __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() call at the start of
                                                   >> 395           basic blocks. It supports all gcc versions with plugin support (from
                                                   >> 396           gcc-4.5 on). It is based on the commit "Add fuzzing coverage support"
                                                   >> 397           by Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>.
                                                   >> 398 
                                                   >> 399 config GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY
                                                   >> 400         bool "Generate some entropy during boot and runtime"
                                                   >> 401         depends on GCC_PLUGINS
                                                   >> 402         help
                                                   >> 403           By saying Y here the kernel will instrument some kernel code to
                                                   >> 404           extract some entropy from both original and artificially created
                                                   >> 405           program state.  This will help especially embedded systems where
                                                   >> 406           there is little 'natural' source of entropy normally.  The cost
                                                   >> 407           is some slowdown of the boot process (about 0.5%) and fork and
                                                   >> 408           irq processing.
                                                   >> 409 
                                                   >> 410           Note that entropy extracted this way is not cryptographically
                                                   >> 411           secure!
                                                   >> 412 
                                                   >> 413           This plugin was ported from grsecurity/PaX. More information at:
                                                   >> 414            * https://grsecurity.net/
                                                   >> 415            * https://pax.grsecurity.net/
                                                   >> 416 
                                                   >> 417 config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
                                                   >> 418         bool "Force initialization of variables containing userspace addresses"
                                                   >> 419         depends on GCC_PLUGINS
                                                   >> 420         help
                                                   >> 421           This plugin zero-initializes any structures that containing a
                                                   >> 422           __user attribute. This can prevent some classes of information
                                                   >> 423           exposures.
                                                   >> 424 
                                                   >> 425           This plugin was ported from grsecurity/PaX. More information at:
                                                   >> 426            * https://grsecurity.net/
                                                   >> 427            * https://pax.grsecurity.net/
                                                   >> 428 
                                                   >> 429 config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE
                                                   >> 430         bool "Report forcefully initialized variables"
                                                   >> 431         depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
                                                   >> 432         depends on !COMPILE_TEST
                                                   >> 433         help
                                                   >> 434           This option will cause a warning to be printed each time the
                                                   >> 435           structleak plugin finds a variable it thinks needs to be
                                                   >> 436           initialized. Since not all existing initializers are detected
                                                   >> 437           by the plugin, this can produce false positive warnings.
638                                                   438 
639 config HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR                     !! 439 config HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
640         bool                                      440         bool
641         help                                      441         help
642           An arch should select this symbol if    442           An arch should select this symbol if:
                                                   >> 443           - its compiler supports the -fstack-protector option
643           - it has implemented a stack canary     444           - it has implemented a stack canary (e.g. __stack_chk_guard)
644                                                   445 
645 config STACKPROTECTOR                          !! 446 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
646         bool "Stack Protector buffer overflow  !! 447         def_bool n
647         depends on HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR         !! 448         help
648         depends on $(cc-option,-fstack-protect !! 449           Set when a stack-protector mode is enabled, so that the build
649         default y                              !! 450           can enable kernel-side support for the GCC feature.
                                                   >> 451 
                                                   >> 452 choice
                                                   >> 453         prompt "Stack Protector buffer overflow detection"
                                                   >> 454         depends on HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
                                                   >> 455         default CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE
650         help                                      456         help
651           This option turns on the "stack-prot    457           This option turns on the "stack-protector" GCC feature. This
652           feature puts, at the beginning of fu    458           feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
653           the stack just before the return add    459           the stack just before the return address, and validates
654           the value just before actually retur    460           the value just before actually returning.  Stack based buffer
655           overflows (that need to overwrite th    461           overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
656           overwrite the canary, which gets det    462           overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
657           neutralized via a kernel panic.         463           neutralized via a kernel panic.
658                                                   464 
                                                   >> 465 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE
                                                   >> 466         bool "None"
                                                   >> 467         help
                                                   >> 468           Disable "stack-protector" GCC feature.
                                                   >> 469 
                                                   >> 470 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR
                                                   >> 471         bool "Regular"
                                                   >> 472         select CC_STACKPROTECTOR
                                                   >> 473         help
659           Functions will have the stack-protec    474           Functions will have the stack-protector canary logic added if they
660           have an 8-byte or larger character a    475           have an 8-byte or larger character array on the stack.
661                                                   476 
662           This feature requires gcc version 4.    477           This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above, or a distribution
663           gcc with the feature backported ("-f    478           gcc with the feature backported ("-fstack-protector").
664                                                   479 
665           On an x86 "defconfig" build, this fe    480           On an x86 "defconfig" build, this feature adds canary checks to
666           about 3% of all kernel functions, wh    481           about 3% of all kernel functions, which increases kernel code size
667           by about 0.3%.                          482           by about 0.3%.
668                                                   483 
669 config STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG                   !! 484 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
670         bool "Strong Stack Protector"          !! 485         bool "Strong"
671         depends on STACKPROTECTOR              !! 486         select CC_STACKPROTECTOR
672         depends on $(cc-option,-fstack-protect << 
673         default y                              << 
674         help                                      487         help
675           Functions will have the stack-protec    488           Functions will have the stack-protector canary logic added in any
676           of the following conditions:            489           of the following conditions:
677                                                   490 
678           - local variable's address used as p    491           - local variable's address used as part of the right hand side of an
679             assignment or function argument       492             assignment or function argument
680           - local variable is an array (or uni    493           - local variable is an array (or union containing an array),
681             regardless of array type or length    494             regardless of array type or length
682           - uses register local variables         495           - uses register local variables
683                                                   496 
684           This feature requires gcc version 4.    497           This feature requires gcc version 4.9 or above, or a distribution
685           gcc with the feature backported ("-f    498           gcc with the feature backported ("-fstack-protector-strong").
686                                                   499 
687           On an x86 "defconfig" build, this fe    500           On an x86 "defconfig" build, this feature adds canary checks to
688           about 20% of all kernel functions, w    501           about 20% of all kernel functions, which increases the kernel code
689           size by about 2%.                       502           size by about 2%.
690                                                   503 
691 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK         << 
692         bool                                   << 
693         help                                   << 
694           An architecture should select this i << 
695           Shadow Call Stack and implements run << 
696           switching.                           << 
697                                                << 
698 config SHADOW_CALL_STACK                       << 
699         bool "Shadow Call Stack"               << 
700         depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_S << 
701         depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS || << 
702         depends on MMU                         << 
703         help                                   << 
704           This option enables the compiler's S << 
705           uses a shadow stack to protect funct << 
706           being overwritten by an attacker. Mo << 
707           in the compiler's documentation:     << 
708                                                << 
709           - Clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs << 
710           - GCC: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedoc << 
711                                                << 
712           Note that security guarantees in the << 
713           ones documented for user space. The  << 
714           of shadow stacks in memory, which me << 
715           reading and writing arbitrary memory << 
716           and hijack control flow by modifying << 
717                                                << 
718 config DYNAMIC_SCS                             << 
719         bool                                   << 
720         help                                   << 
721           Set by the arch code if it relies on << 
722           shadow call stack push and pop instr << 
723           compiler.                            << 
724                                                << 
725 config LTO                                     << 
726         bool                                   << 
727         help                                   << 
728           Selected if the kernel will be built << 
729                                                << 
730 config LTO_CLANG                               << 
731         bool                                   << 
732         select LTO                             << 
733         help                                   << 
734           Selected if the kernel will be built << 
735                                                << 
736 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG                 << 
737         bool                                   << 
738         help                                   << 
739           An architecture should select this o << 
740           - compiling with Clang,              << 
741           - compiling inline assembly with Cla << 
742           - and linking with LLD.              << 
743                                                << 
744 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG_THIN            << 
745         bool                                   << 
746         help                                   << 
747           An architecture should select this o << 
748           ThinLTO mode.                        << 
749                                                << 
750 config HAS_LTO_CLANG                           << 
751         def_bool y                             << 
752         depends on CC_IS_CLANG && LD_IS_LLD && << 
753         depends on $(success,$(NM) --help | he << 
754         depends on $(success,$(AR) --help | he << 
755         depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG     << 
756         depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMC << 
757         # https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/l << 
758         depends on (!KASAN || KASAN_HW_TAGS || << 
759         depends on (!KCOV || CLANG_VERSION >=  << 
760         depends on !GCOV_KERNEL                << 
761         help                                   << 
762           The compiler and Kconfig options sup << 
763           LTO.                                 << 
764                                                << 
765 choice                                         << 
766         prompt "Link Time Optimization (LTO)"  << 
767         default LTO_NONE                       << 
768         help                                   << 
769           This option enables Link Time Optimi << 
770           compiler to optimize binaries global << 
771                                                << 
772           If unsure, select LTO_NONE. Note tha << 
773           so it's disabled by default.         << 
774                                                << 
775 config LTO_NONE                                << 
776         bool "None"                            << 
777         help                                   << 
778           Build the kernel normally, without L << 
779                                                << 
780 config LTO_CLANG_FULL                          << 
781         bool "Clang Full LTO (EXPERIMENTAL)"   << 
782         depends on HAS_LTO_CLANG               << 
783         depends on !COMPILE_TEST               << 
784         select LTO_CLANG                       << 
785         help                                   << 
786           This option enables Clang's full Lin << 
787           allows the compiler to optimize the  << 
788           this option, the compiler generates  << 
789           object files, and the actual compila << 
790           the LTO link step, which may take se << 
791           kernel configuration. More informati << 
792           documentation:                       << 
793                                                << 
794             https://llvm.org/docs/LinkTimeOpti << 
795                                                << 
796           During link time, this option can us << 
797           may take much longer than the ThinLT << 
798                                                << 
799 config LTO_CLANG_THIN                          << 
800         bool "Clang ThinLTO (EXPERIMENTAL)"    << 
801         depends on HAS_LTO_CLANG && ARCH_SUPPO << 
802         select LTO_CLANG                       << 
803         help                                   << 
804           This option enables Clang's ThinLTO, << 
805           optimization and faster incremental  << 
806           CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_FULL option. More i << 
807           from Clang's documentation:          << 
808                                                << 
809             https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ThinLT << 
810                                                << 
811           If unsure, say Y.                    << 
812 endchoice                                         504 endchoice
813                                                   505 
814 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI_CLANG                 !! 506 config THIN_ARCHIVES
815         bool                                      507         bool
816         help                                      508         help
817           An architecture should select this o !! 509           Select this if the architecture wants to use thin archives
818           Control-Flow Integrity (CFI) checkin !! 510           instead of ld -r to create the built-in.o files.
819                                                   511 
820 config ARCH_USES_CFI_TRAPS                     !! 512 config LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
821         bool                                      513         bool
822                                                << 
823 config CFI_CLANG                               << 
824         bool "Use Clang's Control Flow Integri << 
825         depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI_CLANG     << 
826         depends on $(cc-option,-fsanitize=kcfi << 
827         help                                   << 
828           This option enables Clang's forward- << 
829           (CFI) checking, where the compiler i << 
830           indirect function call to ensure the << 
831           the correct static type. This restri << 
832           makes it more difficult for an attac << 
833           the modification of stored function  << 
834           found from Clang's documentation:    << 
835                                                << 
836             https://clang.llvm.org/docs/Contro << 
837                                                << 
838 config CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_INTEGERS            << 
839         bool "Normalize CFI tags for integers" << 
840         depends on CFI_CLANG                   << 
841         depends on HAVE_CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_IN << 
842         help                                      514         help
843           This option normalizes the CFI tags  !! 515           Select this if the architecture wants to do dead code and
844           integer types of the same size and s !! 516           data elimination with the linker by compiling with
845           tag.                                 !! 517           -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections and linking with
846                                                !! 518           --gc-sections.
847           The option is separate from CONFIG_R << 
848           When working with build systems that << 
849           convenient to be able to turn on thi << 
850           turned on.                           << 
851                                                << 
852           This option is necessary for using C << 
853                                                << 
854 config HAVE_CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_INTEGERS_CLANG << 
855         def_bool y                             << 
856         depends on $(cc-option,-fsanitize=kcfi << 
857         # With GCOV/KASAN we need this fix: ht << 
858         depends on CLANG_VERSION >= 190103 ||  << 
859                                                   519 
860 config HAVE_CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_INTEGERS_RUSTC !! 520           This requires that the arch annotates or otherwise protects
861         def_bool y                             !! 521           its external entry points from being discarded. Linker scripts
862         depends on HAVE_CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_IN !! 522           must also merge .text.*, .data.*, and .bss.* correctly into
863         depends on RUSTC_VERSION >= 107900     !! 523           output sections. Care must be taken not to pull in unrelated
864         # With GCOV/KASAN we need this fix: ht !! 524           sections (e.g., '.text.init'). Typically '.' in section names
865         depends on (RUSTC_LLVM_VERSION >= 1901 !! 525           is used to distinguish them from label names / C identifiers.
866                 (!GCOV_KERNEL && !KASAN_GENERI << 
867                                                << 
868 config CFI_PERMISSIVE                          << 
869         bool "Use CFI in permissive mode"      << 
870         depends on CFI_CLANG                   << 
871         help                                   << 
872           When selected, Control Flow Integrit << 
873           warning instead of a kernel panic. T << 
874           for finding indirect call type misma << 
875                                                << 
876           If unsure, say N.                    << 
877                                                   526 
878 config HAVE_ARCH_WITHIN_STACK_FRAMES              527 config HAVE_ARCH_WITHIN_STACK_FRAMES
879         bool                                      528         bool
880         help                                      529         help
881           An architecture should select this i    530           An architecture should select this if it can walk the kernel stack
882           frames to determine if an object is     531           frames to determine if an object is part of either the arguments
883           or local variables (i.e. that it exc    532           or local variables (i.e. that it excludes saved return addresses,
884           and similar) by implementing an inli    533           and similar) by implementing an inline arch_within_stack_frames(),
885           which is used by CONFIG_HARDENED_USE    534           which is used by CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY.
886                                                   535 
887 config HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER              !! 536 config HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
888         bool                                      537         bool
889         help                                      538         help
890           Provide kernel/user boundaries probe    539           Provide kernel/user boundaries probes necessary for subsystems
891           that need it, such as userspace RCU     540           that need it, such as userspace RCU extended quiescent state.
892           Syscalls need to be wrapped inside u !! 541           Syscalls need to be wrapped inside user_exit()-user_enter() through
893           optimized behind static key or throu !! 542           the slow path using TIF_NOHZ flag. Exceptions handlers must be
894           flag. Exceptions handlers must be wr !! 543           wrapped as well. Irqs are already protected inside
895           protected inside ct_irq_enter/ct_irq !! 544           rcu_irq_enter/rcu_irq_exit() but preemption or signal handling on
896           handling on irq exit still need to b !! 545           irq exit still need to be protected.
897                                                << 
898 config HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER_OFFSTACK     << 
899         bool                                   << 
900         help                                   << 
901           Architecture neither relies on excep << 
902           nor on schedule_user(). Also preempt << 
903           preempt_schedule_irq() can't be call << 
904           while context tracking is CT_STATE_U << 
905           entry implementation where the follo << 
906           critical entry code, ie: before user << 
907                                                << 
908           - Critical entry code isn't preempti << 
909             not interruptible).                << 
910           - No use of RCU read side critical s << 
911             got called.                        << 
912           - No use of instrumentation, unless  << 
913             called.                            << 
914                                                << 
915 config HAVE_TIF_NOHZ                           << 
916         bool                                   << 
917         help                                   << 
918           Arch relies on TIF_NOHZ and syscall  << 
919           tracking calls to user_enter()/user_ << 
920                                                   546 
921 config HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING                   547 config HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
922         bool                                      548         bool
923                                                   549 
924 config HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_IDLE           << 
925         bool                                   << 
926         help                                   << 
927           Architecture has its own way to acco << 
928           doesn't implement vtime_account_idle << 
929                                                << 
930 config ARCH_HAS_SCALED_CPUTIME                    550 config ARCH_HAS_SCALED_CPUTIME
931         bool                                      551         bool
932                                                   552 
933 config HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN               553 config HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
934         bool                                      554         bool
935         default y if 64BIT                        555         default y if 64BIT
936         help                                      556         help
937           With VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN, cputim    557           With VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN, cputime_t becomes 64-bit.
938           Before enabling this option, arch co    558           Before enabling this option, arch code must be audited
939           to ensure there are no races in conc    559           to ensure there are no races in concurrent read/write of
940           cputime_t. For example, reading/writ    560           cputime_t. For example, reading/writing 64-bit cputime_t on
941           some 32-bit arches may require multi    561           some 32-bit arches may require multiple accesses, so proper
942           locking is needed to protect against    562           locking is needed to protect against concurrent accesses.
943                                                   563 
                                                   >> 564 
944 config HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING                   565 config HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
945         bool                                      566         bool
946         help                                      567         help
947           Archs need to ensure they use a high    568           Archs need to ensure they use a high enough resolution clock to
948           support irq time accounting and then    569           support irq time accounting and then call enable_sched_clock_irqtime().
949                                                   570 
950 config HAVE_MOVE_PUD                           << 
951         bool                                   << 
952         help                                   << 
953           Architectures that select this are a << 
954           PUD level. If there are only 3 page  << 
955           happens at the PGD level.            << 
956                                                << 
957 config HAVE_MOVE_PMD                           << 
958         bool                                   << 
959         help                                   << 
960           Archs that select this are able to m << 
961                                                << 
962 config HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE             571 config HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
963         bool                                      572         bool
964                                                   573 
965 config HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD         574 config HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD
966         bool                                      575         bool
967                                                   576 
968 config HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP                        577 config HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP
969         bool                                      578         bool
970                                                   579 
971 #                                              << 
972 #  Archs that select this would be capable of  << 
973 #  arch_vmap_pmd_supported() returns true). Th << 
974 #  must be used to enable allocations to use h << 
975 #                                              << 
976 config HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMALLOC                  << 
977         depends on HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP         << 
978         bool                                   << 
979                                                << 
980 config ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE                << 
981         bool                                   << 
982                                                << 
983 # Archs that want to use pmd_mkwrite on kernel << 
984 # if there are no userspace memory management  << 
985 config ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_PMD_MKWRITE            << 
986         bool                                   << 
987                                                << 
988 config ARCH_WANT_PMD_MKWRITE                   << 
989         def_bool TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE || ARCH_ << 
990                                                << 
991 config HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY                       580 config HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY
992         bool                                      581         bool
993                                                   582 
994 config HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC                     583 config HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
995         bool                                      584         bool
996         help                                      585         help
997           The arch uses struct mod_arch_specif    586           The arch uses struct mod_arch_specific to store data.  Many arches
998           just need a simple module loader wit    587           just need a simple module loader without arch specific data - those
999           should not enable this.                 588           should not enable this.
1000                                                  589 
1001 config MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA                      590 config MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
1002         bool                                     591         bool
1003         help                                     592         help
1004           Modules only use ELF RELA relocatio    593           Modules only use ELF RELA relocations.  Modules with ELF REL
1005           relocations will give an error.        594           relocations will give an error.
1006                                                  595 
1007 config MODULES_USE_ELF_REL                       596 config MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
1008         bool                                     597         bool
1009         help                                     598         help
1010           Modules only use ELF REL relocation    599           Modules only use ELF REL relocations.  Modules with ELF RELA
1011           relocations will give an error.        600           relocations will give an error.
1012                                                  601 
1013 config ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC     !! 602 config HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX
1014         bool                                  << 
1015         help                                  << 
1016           For architectures like powerpc/32 w << 
1017           allocation and need to allocate mod << 
1018                                               << 
1019 config ARCH_WANTS_EXECMEM_LATE                << 
1020         bool                                     603         bool
1021         help                                     604         help
1022           For architectures that do not alloc !! 605           Some architectures generate an _ in front of C symbols; things like
1023           boot, but rather require its initia !! 606           module loading and assembly files need to know about this.
1024           enough entropy for module space ran << 
1025           arm64.                              << 
1026                                                  607 
1027 config HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK                608 config HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK
1028         bool                                     609         bool
1029         help                                     610         help
1030           Architecture doesn't only execute t    611           Architecture doesn't only execute the irq handler on the irq stack
1031           but also irq_exit(). This way we ca    612           but also irq_exit(). This way we can process softirqs on this irq
1032           stack instead of switching to a new    613           stack instead of switching to a new one when we call __do_softirq()
1033           in the end of an hardirq.              614           in the end of an hardirq.
1034           This spares a stack switch and impr    615           This spares a stack switch and improves cache usage on softirq
1035           processing.                            616           processing.
1036                                                  617 
1037 config HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK              << 
1038         bool                                  << 
1039         help                                  << 
1040           Architecture provides a function to << 
1041           separate stack.                     << 
1042                                               << 
1043 config SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK                   << 
1044         def_bool HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK && << 
1045                                               << 
1046 config ALTERNATE_USER_ADDRESS_SPACE           << 
1047         bool                                  << 
1048         help                                  << 
1049           Architectures set this when the CPU << 
1050           spaces for kernel and user space po << 
1051           access_ok() check on a __user point << 
1052                                               << 
1053 config PGTABLE_LEVELS                            618 config PGTABLE_LEVELS
1054         int                                      619         int
1055         default 2                                620         default 2
1056                                                  621 
1057 config ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE                    622 config ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
1058         bool                                     623         bool
1059         help                                     624         help
1060           An architecture supports choosing r    625           An architecture supports choosing randomized locations for
1061           stack, mmap, brk, and ET_DYN. Defin    626           stack, mmap, brk, and ET_DYN. Defined functions:
1062           - arch_mmap_rnd()                      627           - arch_mmap_rnd()
1063           - arch_randomize_brk()                 628           - arch_randomize_brk()
1064                                                  629 
1065 config HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS                   630 config HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
1066         bool                                     631         bool
1067         help                                     632         help
1068           An arch should select this symbol i    633           An arch should select this symbol if it supports setting a variable
1069           number of bits for use in establish    634           number of bits for use in establishing the base address for mmap
1070           allocations, has MMU enabled and pr    635           allocations, has MMU enabled and provides values for both:
1071           - ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN               636           - ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
1072           - ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX               637           - ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
1073                                                  638 
1074 config HAVE_EXIT_THREAD                          639 config HAVE_EXIT_THREAD
1075         bool                                     640         bool
1076         help                                     641         help
1077           An architecture implements exit_thr    642           An architecture implements exit_thread.
1078                                                  643 
1079 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN                    644 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
1080         int                                      645         int
1081                                                  646 
1082 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX                    647 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
1083         int                                      648         int
1084                                                  649 
1085 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT                650 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT
1086         int                                      651         int
1087                                                  652 
1088 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS                        653 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
1089         int "Number of bits to use for ASLR o    654         int "Number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address" if EXPERT
1090         range ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMA    655         range ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
1091         default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT if    656         default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT if ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT
1092         default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN           657         default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
1093         depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS       658         depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
1094         help                                     659         help
1095           This value can be used to select th    660           This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to
1096           determine the random offset to the     661           determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions
1097           resulting from mmap allocations. Th    662           resulting from mmap allocations. This value will be bounded
1098           by the architecture's minimum and m    663           by the architecture's minimum and maximum supported values.
1099                                                  664 
1100           This value can be changed after boo    665           This value can be changed after boot using the
1101           /proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_bits tunable     666           /proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_bits tunable
1102                                                  667 
1103 config HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS            668 config HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
1104         bool                                     669         bool
1105         help                                     670         help
1106           An arch should select this symbol i    671           An arch should select this symbol if it supports running applications
1107           in compatibility mode, supports set    672           in compatibility mode, supports setting a variable number of bits for
1108           use in establishing the base addres    673           use in establishing the base address for mmap allocations, has MMU
1109           enabled and provides values for bot    674           enabled and provides values for both:
1110           - ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN        675           - ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
1111           - ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX        676           - ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
1112                                                  677 
1113 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN             678 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
1114         int                                      679         int
1115                                                  680 
1116 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX             681 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
1117         int                                      682         int
1118                                                  683 
1119 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT         684 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT
1120         int                                      685         int
1121                                                  686 
1122 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS                 687 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
1123         int "Number of bits to use for ASLR o    688         int "Number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address for compatible applications" if EXPERT
1124         range ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN A    689         range ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
1125         default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEF    690         default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT if ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT
1126         default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN    691         default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
1127         depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_    692         depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
1128         help                                     693         help
1129           This value can be used to select th    694           This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to
1130           determine the random offset to the     695           determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions
1131           resulting from mmap allocations for    696           resulting from mmap allocations for compatible applications This
1132           value will be bounded by the archit    697           value will be bounded by the architecture's minimum and maximum
1133           supported values.                      698           supported values.
1134                                                  699 
1135           This value can be changed after boo    700           This value can be changed after boot using the
1136           /proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_compat_bits t    701           /proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_compat_bits tunable
1137                                                  702 
1138 config HAVE_ARCH_COMPAT_MMAP_BASES            !! 703 config HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS
1139         bool                                     704         bool
1140         help                                     705         help
1141           This allows 64bit applications to i !! 706           Architecture provides copy_thread_tls to accept tls argument via
1142           and vice-versa 32-bit applications  !! 707           normal C parameter passing, rather than extracting the syscall
1143           Required for applications doing dif !! 708           argument from pt_regs.
1144                                               << 
1145 config HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_4KB                     << 
1146         bool                                  << 
1147                                               << 
1148 config HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_8KB                     << 
1149         bool                                  << 
1150                                               << 
1151 config HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_16KB                    << 
1152         bool                                  << 
1153                                               << 
1154 config HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_32KB                    << 
1155         bool                                  << 
1156                                               << 
1157 config HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_64KB                    << 
1158         bool                                  << 
1159                                               << 
1160 config HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_256KB                   << 
1161         bool                                  << 
1162                                               << 
1163 choice                                        << 
1164         prompt "MMU page size"                << 
1165                                               << 
1166 config PAGE_SIZE_4KB                          << 
1167         bool "4KiB pages"                     << 
1168         depends on HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_4KB         << 
1169         help                                  << 
1170           This option select the standard 4Ki << 
1171           available option on many architectu << 
1172           minimize memory consumption and is  << 
1173           memory systems.                     << 
1174           Some software that is written for x << 
1175           assumptions about the page size and << 
1176                                               << 
1177 config PAGE_SIZE_8KB                          << 
1178         bool "8KiB pages"                     << 
1179         depends on HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_8KB         << 
1180         help                                  << 
1181           This option is the only supported p << 
1182           processors, and can be slightly fas << 
1183                                               << 
1184 config PAGE_SIZE_16KB                         << 
1185         bool "16KiB pages"                    << 
1186         depends on HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_16KB        << 
1187         help                                  << 
1188           This option is usually a good compr << 
1189           consumption and performance for typ << 
1190           workloads, often saving a level of  << 
1191           to 4KB pages as well as reducing TL << 
1192           per-page operations in the kernel a << 
1193           page cache.                         << 
1194                                               << 
1195 config PAGE_SIZE_32KB                         << 
1196         bool "32KiB pages"                    << 
1197         depends on HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_32KB        << 
1198         help                                  << 
1199           Using 32KiB page size will result i << 
1200           kernel at the price of higher memor << 
1201           16KiB pages.  This option is availa << 
1202           Note that you will need a suitable  << 
1203           support this.                       << 
1204                                               << 
1205 config PAGE_SIZE_64KB                         << 
1206         bool "64KiB pages"                    << 
1207         depends on HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_64KB        << 
1208         help                                  << 
1209           Using 64KiB page size will result i << 
1210           kernel at the price of much higher  << 
1211           4KiB or 16KiB pages.                << 
1212           This is not suitable for general-pu << 
1213           better performance may be worth the << 
1214           supercomputing or database applicat << 
1215           large in-memory data rather than sm << 
1216                                               << 
1217 config PAGE_SIZE_256KB                        << 
1218         bool "256KiB pages"                   << 
1219         depends on HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_256KB       << 
1220         help                                  << 
1221           256KiB pages have little practical  << 
1222           memory usage.  The kernel will only << 
1223           that have been compiled with '-zmax << 
1224           (the default is 64KiB or 4KiB on mo << 
1225                                               << 
1226 endchoice                                     << 
1227                                               << 
1228 config PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_64KB               << 
1229         def_bool y                            << 
1230         depends on !PAGE_SIZE_64KB            << 
1231         depends on PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_256KB  << 
1232                                               << 
1233 config PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_256KB              << 
1234         def_bool y                            << 
1235         depends on !PAGE_SIZE_256KB           << 
1236                                               << 
1237 config PAGE_SHIFT                             << 
1238         int                                   << 
1239         default 12 if PAGE_SIZE_4KB           << 
1240         default 13 if PAGE_SIZE_8KB           << 
1241         default 14 if PAGE_SIZE_16KB          << 
1242         default 15 if PAGE_SIZE_32KB          << 
1243         default 16 if PAGE_SIZE_64KB          << 
1244         default 18 if PAGE_SIZE_256KB         << 
1245                                               << 
1246 # This allows to use a set of generic functio << 
1247 # address by giving priority to top-down sche << 
1248 # is not in legacy mode (compat task, unlimit << 
1249 # sysctl_legacy_va_layout).                   << 
1250 # Architecture that selects this option can p << 
1251 # - STACK_RND_MASK                            << 
1252 config ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT  << 
1253         bool                                  << 
1254         depends on MMU                        << 
1255         select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE         << 
1256                                               << 
1257 config HAVE_OBJTOOL                           << 
1258         bool                                  << 
1259                                               << 
1260 config HAVE_JUMP_LABEL_HACK                   << 
1261         bool                                  << 
1262                                               << 
1263 config HAVE_NOINSTR_HACK                      << 
1264         bool                                  << 
1265                                               << 
1266 config HAVE_NOINSTR_VALIDATION                << 
1267         bool                                  << 
1268                                               << 
1269 config HAVE_UACCESS_VALIDATION                << 
1270         bool                                  << 
1271         select OBJTOOL                        << 
1272                                                  709 
1273 config HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION                     710 config HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION
1274         bool                                     711         bool
1275         help                                     712         help
1276           Architecture supports objtool compi !! 713           Architecture supports the 'objtool check' host tool command, which
1277           validation.                         !! 714           performs compile-time stack metadata validation.
1278                                               << 
1279 config HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE               << 
1280         bool                                  << 
1281         help                                  << 
1282           Architecture has either save_stack_ << 
1283           arch_stack_walk_reliable() function << 
1284           if it can guarantee the trace is re << 
1285                                                  715 
1286 config HAVE_ARCH_HASH                            716 config HAVE_ARCH_HASH
1287         bool                                     717         bool
1288         default n                                718         default n
1289         help                                     719         help
1290           If this is set, the architecture pr    720           If this is set, the architecture provides an <asm/hash.h>
1291           file which provides platform-specif    721           file which provides platform-specific implementations of some
1292           functions in <linux/hash.h> or fs/n    722           functions in <linux/hash.h> or fs/namei.c.
1293                                                  723 
1294 config HAVE_ARCH_NVRAM_OPS                    << 
1295         bool                                  << 
1296                                               << 
1297 config ISA_BUS_API                               724 config ISA_BUS_API
1298         def_bool ISA                             725         def_bool ISA
1299                                                  726 
1300 #                                                727 #
1301 # ABI hall of shame                              728 # ABI hall of shame
1302 #                                                729 #
1303 config CLONE_BACKWARDS                           730 config CLONE_BACKWARDS
1304         bool                                     731         bool
1305         help                                     732         help
1306           Architecture has tls passed as the     733           Architecture has tls passed as the 4th argument of clone(2),
1307           not the 5th one.                       734           not the 5th one.
1308                                                  735 
1309 config CLONE_BACKWARDS2                          736 config CLONE_BACKWARDS2
1310         bool                                     737         bool
1311         help                                     738         help
1312           Architecture has the first two argu    739           Architecture has the first two arguments of clone(2) swapped.
1313                                                  740 
1314 config CLONE_BACKWARDS3                          741 config CLONE_BACKWARDS3
1315         bool                                     742         bool
1316         help                                     743         help
1317           Architecture has tls passed as the     744           Architecture has tls passed as the 3rd argument of clone(2),
1318           not the 5th one.                       745           not the 5th one.
1319                                                  746 
1320 config ODD_RT_SIGACTION                          747 config ODD_RT_SIGACTION
1321         bool                                     748         bool
1322         help                                     749         help
1323           Architecture has unusual rt_sigacti    750           Architecture has unusual rt_sigaction(2) arguments
1324                                                  751 
1325 config OLD_SIGSUSPEND                            752 config OLD_SIGSUSPEND
1326         bool                                     753         bool
1327         help                                     754         help
1328           Architecture has old sigsuspend(2)     755           Architecture has old sigsuspend(2) syscall, of one-argument variety
1329                                                  756 
1330 config OLD_SIGSUSPEND3                           757 config OLD_SIGSUSPEND3
1331         bool                                     758         bool
1332         help                                     759         help
1333           Even weirder antique ABI - three-ar    760           Even weirder antique ABI - three-argument sigsuspend(2)
1334                                                  761 
1335 config OLD_SIGACTION                             762 config OLD_SIGACTION
1336         bool                                     763         bool
1337         help                                     764         help
1338           Architecture has old sigaction(2) s    765           Architecture has old sigaction(2) syscall.  Nope, not the same
1339           as OLD_SIGSUSPEND | OLD_SIGSUSPEND3    766           as OLD_SIGSUSPEND | OLD_SIGSUSPEND3 - alpha has sigsuspend(2),
1340           but fairly different variant of sig    767           but fairly different variant of sigaction(2), thanks to OSF/1
1341           compatibility...                       768           compatibility...
1342                                                  769 
1343 config COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION                      770 config COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION
1344         bool                                     771         bool
1345                                                  772 
1346 config COMPAT_32BIT_TIME                      !! 773 config ARCH_NO_COHERENT_DMA_MMAP
1347         bool "Provide system calls for 32-bit << 
1348         default !64BIT || COMPAT              << 
1349         help                                  << 
1350           This enables 32 bit time_t support  << 
1351           This is relevant on all 32-bit arch << 
1352           as part of compat syscall handling. << 
1353                                               << 
1354 config ARCH_NO_PREEMPT                        << 
1355         bool                                  << 
1356                                               << 
1357 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_RT                       << 
1358         bool                                     774         bool
1359                                                  775 
1360 config CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS                      776 config CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
1361         def_bool n                               777         def_bool n
1362                                                  778 
1363 config HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK                      779 config HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK
1364         def_bool n                               780         def_bool n
1365         help                                     781         help
1366           An arch should select this symbol i    782           An arch should select this symbol if it can support kernel stacks
1367           in vmalloc space.  This means:         783           in vmalloc space.  This means:
1368                                                  784 
1369           - vmalloc space must be large enoug    785           - vmalloc space must be large enough to hold many kernel stacks.
1370             This may rule out many 32-bit arc    786             This may rule out many 32-bit architectures.
1371                                                  787 
1372           - Stacks in vmalloc space need to w    788           - Stacks in vmalloc space need to work reliably.  For example, if
1373             vmap page tables are created on d    789             vmap page tables are created on demand, either this mechanism
1374             needs to work while the stack poi    790             needs to work while the stack points to a virtual address with
1375             unpopulated page tables or arch c    791             unpopulated page tables or arch code (switch_to() and switch_mm(),
1376             most likely) needs to ensure that    792             most likely) needs to ensure that the stack's page table entries
1377             are populated before running on a    793             are populated before running on a possibly unpopulated stack.
1378                                                  794 
1379           - If the stack overflows into a gua    795           - If the stack overflows into a guard page, something reasonable
1380             should happen.  The definition of    796             should happen.  The definition of "reasonable" is flexible, but
1381             instantly rebooting without loggi    797             instantly rebooting without logging anything would be unfriendly.
1382                                                  798 
1383 config VMAP_STACK                                799 config VMAP_STACK
1384         default y                                800         default y
1385         bool "Use a virtually-mapped stack"      801         bool "Use a virtually-mapped stack"
1386         depends on HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK       !! 802         depends on HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK && !KASAN
1387         depends on !KASAN || KASAN_HW_TAGS || !! 803         ---help---
1388         help                                  << 
1389           Enable this if you want the use vir    804           Enable this if you want the use virtually-mapped kernel stacks
1390           with guard pages.  This causes kern    805           with guard pages.  This causes kernel stack overflows to be
1391           caught immediately rather than caus    806           caught immediately rather than causing difficult-to-diagnose
1392           corruption.                            807           corruption.
1393                                                  808 
1394           To use this with software KASAN mod !! 809           This is presently incompatible with KASAN because KASAN expects
1395           backing virtual mappings with real  !! 810           the stack to map directly to the KASAN shadow map using a formula
1396           must be enabled.                    !! 811           that is incorrect if the stack is in vmalloc space.
1397                                               << 
1398 config HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET      << 
1399         def_bool n                            << 
1400         help                                  << 
1401           An arch should select this symbol i << 
1402           offset randomization with calls to  << 
1403           during syscall entry and choose_ran << 
1404           syscall exit. Careful removal of -f << 
1405           -fstack-protector should also be ap << 
1406           closely examined, as the artificial << 
1407           to the compiler, so it will attempt << 
1408           of the static branch state.         << 
1409                                               << 
1410 config RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET                << 
1411         bool "Support for randomizing kernel  << 
1412         default y                             << 
1413         depends on HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK << 
1414         depends on INIT_STACK_NONE || !CC_IS_ << 
1415         help                                  << 
1416           The kernel stack offset can be rand << 
1417           roughly 5 bits of entropy, frustrat << 
1418           attacks that depend on stack addres << 
1419           cross-syscall address exposures.    << 
1420                                               << 
1421           The feature is controlled via the " << 
1422           kernel boot param, and if turned of << 
1423           of static branches (see JUMP_LABEL) << 
1424                                               << 
1425           If unsure, say Y.                   << 
1426                                               << 
1427 config RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT        << 
1428         bool "Default state of kernel stack o << 
1429         depends on RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET    << 
1430         help                                  << 
1431           Kernel stack offset randomization i << 
1432           "randomize_kstack_offset=on/off", a << 
1433           boot state.                         << 
1434                                                  812 
1435 config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX                  813 config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
1436         def_bool n                               814         def_bool n
1437                                                  815 
1438 config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT          816 config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
1439         def_bool n                               817         def_bool n
1440                                                  818 
1441 config ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX                819 config ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
1442         def_bool n                               820         def_bool n
1443                                                  821 
1444 config STRICT_KERNEL_RWX                         822 config STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
1445         bool "Make kernel text and rodata rea    823         bool "Make kernel text and rodata read-only" if ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
1446         depends on ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX    824         depends on ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
1447         default !ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX ||     825         default !ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX || ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
1448         help                                     826         help
1449           If this is set, kernel text and rod    827           If this is set, kernel text and rodata memory will be made read-only,
1450           and non-text memory will be made no    828           and non-text memory will be made non-executable. This provides
1451           protection against certain security    829           protection against certain security exploits (e.g. executing the heap
1452           or modifying text)                     830           or modifying text)
1453                                                  831 
1454           These features are considered stand    832           These features are considered standard security practice these days.
1455           You should say Y here in almost all    833           You should say Y here in almost all cases.
1456                                                  834 
1457 config ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX                835 config ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
1458         def_bool n                               836         def_bool n
1459                                                  837 
1460 config STRICT_MODULE_RWX                         838 config STRICT_MODULE_RWX
1461         bool "Set loadable kernel module data    839         bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO" if ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
1462         depends on ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX    840         depends on ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX && MODULES
1463         default !ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX ||     841         default !ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX || ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
1464         help                                     842         help
1465           If this is set, module text and rod    843           If this is set, module text and rodata memory will be made read-only,
1466           and non-text memory will be made no    844           and non-text memory will be made non-executable. This provides
1467           protection against certain security    845           protection against certain security exploits (e.g. writing to text)
1468                                                  846 
1469 # select if the architecture provides an asm/ !! 847 config ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER
1470 config ARCH_HAS_PHYS_TO_DMA                   << 
1471         bool                                  << 
1472                                               << 
1473 config HAVE_ARCH_COMPILER_H                   << 
1474         bool                                  << 
1475         help                                  << 
1476           An architecture can select this if  << 
1477           asm/compiler.h header that should b << 
1478           linux/compiler-*.h in order to over << 
1479           headers generally provide.          << 
1480                                               << 
1481 config HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS           << 
1482         bool                                  << 
1483         help                                  << 
1484           May be selected by an architecture  << 
1485           32-bit relocations, both in the too << 
1486           in which case relative references c << 
1487           for PCI fixup, initcalls etc which  << 
1488           architectures, and don't require ru << 
1489           kernels.                            << 
1490                                               << 
1491 config ARCH_USE_MEMREMAP_PROT                 << 
1492         bool                                  << 
1493                                               << 
1494 config LOCK_EVENT_COUNTS                      << 
1495         bool "Locking event counts collection << 
1496         depends on DEBUG_FS                   << 
1497         help                                  << 
1498           Enable light-weight counting of var << 
1499           in the system with minimal performa << 
1500           the chance of application behavior  << 
1501           differences. The counts are reporte << 
1502                                               << 
1503 # Select if the architecture has support for  << 
1504 config ARCH_HAS_RELR                          << 
1505         bool                                  << 
1506                                               << 
1507 config RELR                                   << 
1508         bool "Use RELR relocation packing"    << 
1509         depends on ARCH_HAS_RELR && TOOLS_SUP << 
1510         default y                             << 
1511         help                                  << 
1512           Store the kernel's dynamic relocati << 
1513           format. Requires a compatible linke << 
1514           well as compatible NM and OBJCOPY u << 
1515           are compatible).                    << 
1516                                               << 
1517 config ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT                   << 
1518         bool                                  << 
1519                                               << 
1520 config ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM                   << 
1521         bool                                  << 
1522                                               << 
1523 config HAVE_SPARSE_SYSCALL_NR                 << 
1524         bool                                  << 
1525         help                                  << 
1526           An architecture should select this  << 
1527           to save space. For example, MIPS ar << 
1528           entries at 4000, 5000 and 6000 loca << 
1529           related optimizations for a given a << 
1530                                               << 
1531 config ARCH_HAS_VDSO_DATA                     << 
1532         bool                                  << 
1533                                               << 
1534 config HAVE_STATIC_CALL                       << 
1535         bool                                  << 
1536                                               << 
1537 config HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE                << 
1538         bool                                  << 
1539         depends on HAVE_STATIC_CALL           << 
1540         select OBJTOOL                        << 
1541                                               << 
1542 config HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC                   << 
1543         bool                                  << 
1544                                               << 
1545 config HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_CALL              << 
1546         bool                                  << 
1547         depends on HAVE_STATIC_CALL           << 
1548         select HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC           << 
1549         help                                  << 
1550           An architecture should select this  << 
1551           model being selected at boot time u << 
1552                                               << 
1553           Where an architecture selects HAVE_ << 
1554           preemption function will be patched << 
1555                                               << 
1556           Where an architecture does not sele << 
1557           call to a preemption function will  << 
1558           trampoline will be patched.         << 
1559                                               << 
1560           It is strongly advised to support i << 
1561           overhead.                           << 
1562                                               << 
1563 config HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_KEY               << 
1564         bool                                  << 
1565         depends on HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL       << 
1566         select HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC           << 
1567         help                                  << 
1568           An architecture should select this  << 
1569           model being selected at boot time u << 
1570                                               << 
1571           Each preemption function will be gi << 
1572           static key. This should have slight << 
1573           static calls, as this effectively i << 
1574           start of its callee. This may avoid << 
1575           integrate better with CFI schemes.  << 
1576                                               << 
1577           This will have greater overhead tha << 
1578           the call to the preemption function << 
1579                                               << 
1580 config ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN               << 
1581         bool                                     848         bool
1582         help                                  << 
1583           An arch should select this symbol o << 
1584           included, size-asserted, or discard << 
1585           important because we never want exp << 
1586           by the linker, since the locations  << 
1587           versions.                           << 
1588                                               << 
1589 config HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID                    << 
1590         bool                                  << 
1591                                               << 
1592 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC          << 
1593         bool                                  << 
1594                                               << 
1595 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK         << 
1596         bool                                  << 
1597                                               << 
1598 config ARCH_SPLIT_ARG64                       << 
1599         bool                                  << 
1600         help                                  << 
1601           If a 32-bit architecture requires 6 << 
1602           pairs of 32-bit arguments, select t << 
1603                                               << 
1604 config ARCH_HAS_ELFCORE_COMPAT                << 
1605         bool                                  << 
1606                                               << 
1607 config ARCH_HAS_PARANOID_L1D_FLUSH            << 
1608         bool                                  << 
1609                                               << 
1610 config ARCH_HAVE_TRACE_MMIO_ACCESS            << 
1611         bool                                  << 
1612                                               << 
1613 config DYNAMIC_SIGFRAME                       << 
1614         bool                                  << 
1615                                               << 
1616 # Select, if arch has a named attribute group << 
1617 config HAVE_ARCH_NODE_DEV_GROUP               << 
1618         bool                                  << 
1619                                               << 
1620 config ARCH_HAS_HW_PTE_YOUNG                  << 
1621         bool                                  << 
1622         help                                  << 
1623           Architectures that select this opti << 
1624           accessed bit in PTE entries when us << 
1625           translations. Architectures that re << 
1626           this option and override arch_has_h << 
1627                                               << 
1628 config ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG             << 
1629         bool                                  << 
1630         help                                  << 
1631           Architectures that select this opti << 
1632           accessed bit in non-leaf PMD entrie << 
1633           address translations. Page table wa << 
1634           may use this capability to reduce t << 
1635                                               << 
1636 config ARCH_HAS_KERNEL_FPU_SUPPORT            << 
1637         bool                                  << 
1638         help                                  << 
1639           Architectures that select this opti << 
1640           the kernel, as described in Documen << 
1641                                                  849 
1642 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"                     850 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
1643                                               << 
1644 source "scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig"          << 
1645                                               << 
1646 config FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_4B                  << 
1647         bool                                  << 
1648                                               << 
1649 config FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_8B                  << 
1650         bool                                  << 
1651                                               << 
1652 config FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_16B                 << 
1653         bool                                  << 
1654                                               << 
1655 config FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_32B                 << 
1656         bool                                  << 
1657                                               << 
1658 config FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_64B                 << 
1659         bool                                  << 
1660                                               << 
1661 config FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT                     << 
1662         int                                   << 
1663         default 64 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_64B  << 
1664         default 32 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_32B  << 
1665         default 16 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_16B  << 
1666         default 8 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_8B    << 
1667         default 4 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_4B    << 
1668         default 0                             << 
1669                                               << 
1670 config CC_HAS_MIN_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT          << 
1671         # Detect availability of the GCC opti << 
1672         # guarantees minimal alignment for al << 
1673         # -falign-functions which the compile << 
1674         def_bool $(cc-option, -fmin-function- << 
1675                                               << 
1676 config CC_HAS_SANE_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT         << 
1677         # Set if the guaranteed alignment wit << 
1678         # available or extra care is required << 
1679         # strict alignment always, even with  << 
1680         def_bool CC_HAS_MIN_FUNCTION_ALIGNMEN << 
1681                                               << 
1682 config ARCH_NEED_CMPXCHG_1_EMU                << 
1683         bool                                  << 
1684                                               << 
1685 endmenu                                       << 
                                                      

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