Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/configs: Add debug configs for debugging
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From: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-31 04:58:24
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On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 05:43:08PM +0530, Gautam Menghani wrote:
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Kernel has multiple config options to run extra validation checks that can help catch bugs. Define new configs for major subsystems to make it easy to enable the debug config options for a given area. Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani <redacted> --- v1 -> v2: 1. Split the enablement of configs into pseries and powernv configs. arch/powerpc/Makefile | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/powerpc/configs/common_debug.config | 11 ++++++++ arch/powerpc/configs/locks_debug.config | 13 ++++++++++ arch/powerpc/configs/lockup_debug.config | 4 +++ arch/powerpc/configs/mm_debug.config | 24 ++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 84 insertions(+) create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/configs/common_debug.config create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/configs/locks_debug.config create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/configs/lockup_debug.config create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/configs/mm_debug.configdiff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile index 9385db478c59..818aacace875 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile +++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile@@ -352,6 +352,38 @@ ppc64_randconfig: $(Q)$(MAKE) KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=$(srctree)/arch/powerpc/configs/64-bit.config \ -f $(srctree)/Makefile randconfig +generated_configs += pseries_debug_defconfig +pseries_debug_defconfig: + $(call merge_into_defconfig,ppc64_defconfig,le guest kvm_guest common_debug) + +generated_configs += pseries_locks_debug_defconfig +pseries_locks_debug_defconfig: + $(call merge_into_defconfig,ppc64_defconfig,le guest kvm_guest locks_debug) + +generated_configs += pseries_mm_debug_defconfig +pseries_mm_debug_defconfig: + $(call merge_into_defconfig,ppc64_defconfig,le guest kvm_guest mm_debug) + +generated_configs += pseries_lockup_debug_defconfig +pseries_lockup_debug_defconfig: + $(call merge_into_defconfig,ppc64_defconfig,le guest kvm_guest lockup_debug) + +generated_configs += powernv_debug_defconfig +powernv_debug_defconfig: + $(call merge_into_defconfig,powernv_defconfig,le guest kvm_guest common_debug) + +generated_configs += powernv_locks_debug_defconfig +powernv_locks_debug_defconfig: + $(call merge_into_defconfig,powernv_defconfig,le guest kvm_guest locks_debug) + +generated_configs += powernv_mm_debug_defconfig +powernv_mm_debug_defconfig: + $(call merge_into_defconfig,powernv_defconfig,le guest kvm_guest mm_debug) + +generated_configs += powernv_lockup_debug_defconfig +powernv_lockup_debug_defconfig: + $(call merge_into_defconfig,powernv_defconfig,le guest kvm_guest lockup_debug) + PHONY += $(generated_configs) define archhelpdiff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/common_debug.config b/arch/powerpc/configs/common_debug.config new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a341c8b41468 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/common_debug.config@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# For use in CI testing +CONFIG_EXPERT=y +CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y +CONFIG_PROVE_RCU=y +CONFIG_KASAN=y +CONFIG_UBSAN=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW=ydiff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/locks_debug.config b/arch/powerpc/configs/locks_debug.config new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b2cb23de75db --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/locks_debug.config@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +CONFIG_EXPERT=y +CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_RWSEMS=y +CONFIG_PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING=y +CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=y +CONFIG_PROVE_RCU=y +CONFIG_RCU_TRACE=ydiff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/lockup_debug.config b/arch/powerpc/configs/lockup_debug.config new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ad0a79abf60f --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/lockup_debug.config@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +CONFIG_EXPERT=y +CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG=y +CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y +CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS=ydiff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/mm_debug.config b/arch/powerpc/configs/mm_debug.config new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0e88eb983536 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/mm_debug.config@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +CONFIG_EXPERT=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y +CONFIG_KASAN=y +CONFIG_KFENCE=y +CONFIG_KMSAN=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_FREE=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_WORK=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER=y +CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_MAPLE_TREE=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_RB=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW=y --2.54.0
Thanks Gautam for this. we'll be able to catch a lot of issues earlier with this. Reviewed-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) <redacted>