X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=arch%2Fx86%2FKconfig.cpu;h=b815664fe3700b77aa031fab7711be4128c858d1;hb=e5e8ca633bbe972eff6f84e064a63c0c08ed6c3d;hp=0b7c4a3f0651e8e03e7f0c8ea3083bab77775812;hpb=b73b636e8987f8728c6c700377615757691b9a55;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu index 0b7c4a3f065..b815664fe37 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu @@ -513,19 +513,19 @@ config CPU_SUP_UMC_32 If unsure, say N. config X86_DS - bool "Debug Store support" - default y - help - Add support for Debug Store. - This allows the kernel to provide a memory buffer to the hardware - to store various profiling and tracing events. + def_bool X86_PTRACE_BTS + depends on X86_DEBUGCTLMSR config X86_PTRACE_BTS - bool "ptrace interface to Branch Trace Store" + bool "Branch Trace Store" default y - depends on (X86_DS && X86_DEBUGCTLMSR) + depends on X86_DEBUGCTLMSR help - Add a ptrace interface to allow collecting an execution trace - of the traced task. - This collects control flow changes in a (cyclic) buffer and allows - debuggers to fill in the gaps and show an execution trace of the debuggee. + This adds a ptrace interface to the hardware's branch trace store. + + Debuggers may use it to collect an execution trace of the debugged + application in order to answer the question 'how did I get here?'. + Debuggers may trace user mode as well as kernel mode. + + Say Y unless there is no application development on this machine + and you want to save a small amount of code size.