lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2009]   [Jan]   [9]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [more markup]  [less markup]  [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
Patch in this message
/
FromJoerg Roedel <>
Subject[PATCH 01/16] dma-debug: add Kconfig entry
DateFri, 9 Jan 2009 17:19:15 +0100
Impact: add a Kconfig entry for DMA-API debugging

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
---
 arch/Kconfig      |    2 ++
 lib/Kconfig.debug |   11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 2e13aa2..068554c 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -103,3 +103,5 @@ config HAVE_CLK
 	  The <linux/clk.h> calls support software clock gating and
 	  thus are a key power management tool on many systems.
 
+config HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
+	bool
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 2e75478..cba5778 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -899,6 +899,17 @@ config DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG
 	  debugging for all modules. This mode can be turned off via the above
 	  disable command.
 
+config DMA_API_DEBUG
+	bool "Enable debugging of DMA-API usage"
+	depends on HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
+	help
+	  Enable this option to debug the use of the DMA API by device drivers.
+	  With this option you will be able to detect common bugs in device
+	  drivers like double-freeing of DMA mappings or freeing mappings that
+	  were never allocated.
+	  This option causes a performance degredation.  Use only if you want
+	  to debug device drivers. If unsure, say N.
+
 source "samples/Kconfig"
 
 source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb"
-- 
1.5.6.4



\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2009-01-09 17:29    [from the cache]
©2003-2008