can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that
support it.)
+config SCHED_DEBUG
+ bool "Collect scheduler debugging info"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
+ default y
+ help
+ If you say Y here, the /proc/sched_debug file will be provided
+ that can help debug the scheduler. The runtime overhead of this
+ option is minimal.
+
config SCHEDSTATS
bool "Collect scheduler statistics"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
reprogrammed. The statistics can be read from /proc/timer_stats.
The statistics collection is started by writing 1 to /proc/timer_stats,
writing 0 stops it. This feature is useful to collect information
- about timer usage patterns in kernel and userspace.
+ about timer usage patterns in kernel and userspace. This feature
+ is lightweight if enabled in the kernel config but not activated
+ (it defaults to deactivated on bootup and will only be activated
+ if some application like powertop activates it explicitly).
config DEBUG_SLAB
bool "Debug slab memory allocations"