kgdb: allow static kgdbts boot configuration

This patch adds in the ability to compile the kgdb internal test
string into the kernel so as to run the tests at boot without changing
the kernel boot arguments.  This patch also changes all the error
paths to invoke WARN_ON(1) which will emit the line number of the file
and dump the kernel stack when an error occurs.

You can disable the tests in a kernel that is built this way
using "kgdbts="

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
This commit is contained in:
Jason Wessel
2008-03-20 13:43:44 -05:00
committed by Ingo Molnar
parent e3e2aaf7dc
commit 974460c5bf
2 changed files with 42 additions and 17 deletions

View File

@@ -38,3 +38,21 @@ config KGDB_TESTS
See the drivers/misc/kgdbts.c for the details about
the tests. The most basic of this I/O module is to boot
a kernel boot arguments "kgdbwait kgdbts=V1F100"
config KGDB_TESTS_ON_BOOT
bool "KGDB: Run tests on boot"
depends on KGDB_TESTS
default n
help
Run the kgdb tests on boot up automatically without the need
to pass in a kernel parameter
config KGDB_TESTS_BOOT_STRING
string "KGDB: which internal kgdb tests to run"
depends on KGDB_TESTS_ON_BOOT
default "V1F100"
help
This is the command string to send the kgdb test suite on
boot. See the drivers/misc/kgdbts.c for detailed
information about other strings you could use beyond the
default of V1F100.