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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Arjan van de Ven
2008-04-17 17:40:45 +02:00
committed by Ingo Molnar
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@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
Say N if unsure.
config X86_PTDUMP
bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
depends on X86_64
select DEBUG_FS
help
Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
kernel.
If in doubt, say "N"
config DEBUG_RODATA
bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
default y