x86: add code to dump the (kernel) page tables for visual inspection by kernel developers
This patch adds code to the kernel to have an (optional) /proc/kernel_page_tables debug file that basically dumps the kernel pagetables; this allows us kernel developers to verify that nothing fishy is going on and that the various mappings are set up correctly. This was quite useful in finding various change_page_attr() bugs, and is very likely to be useful in the future as well. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: mingo@elte.hu Cc: tglx@tglx.de Cc: hpa@zytor.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
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Say N if unsure.
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config X86_PTDUMP
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bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
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depends on X86_64
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select DEBUG_FS
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help
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Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
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debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
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who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
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It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
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kernel.
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If in doubt, say "N"
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config DEBUG_RODATA
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bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
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default y
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