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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 1b4afd2e6ca0..088eea1c2bef 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -461,6 +461,15 @@ config DEBUG_MUTEXES This feature allows mutex semantics violations to be detected and reported. +config BKL + bool "Big Kernel Lock" if (SMP || PREEMPT) + default y + help + This is the traditional lock that is used in old code instead + of proper locking. All drivers that use the BKL should depend + on this symbol. + Say Y here unless you are working on removing the BKL. + config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT |