linux/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug
Helge Deller 15e64ef652 parisc: Add lightweight spinlock checks
Add a lightweight spinlock check which uses only two instructions
per spinlock call. It detects if a spinlock has been trashed by
some memory corruption and then halts the kernel. It will not detect
uninitialized spinlocks, for which CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK needs to
be enabled.

This lightweight spinlock check shouldn't influence runtime, so it's
safe to enable it by default.

The __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED_VAL constant has been choosen small enough
to be able to be loaded by one LDI assembler statement.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
2023-05-24 14:23:07 +02:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#
config LIGHTWEIGHT_SPINLOCK_CHECK
bool "Enable lightweight spinlock checks"
depends on SMP && !DEBUG_SPINLOCK
default y
help
Add checks with low performance impact to the spinlock functions
to catch memory overwrites at runtime. For more advanced
spinlock debugging you should choose the DEBUG_SPINLOCK option
which will detect unitialized spinlocks too.
If unsure say Y here.