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										 |  |  | config DEBUG_RODATA | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |        bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |        help | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |          Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |          in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |          data. This option may have a slight performance impact because a | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |          portion of the kernel code won't be covered by a TLB anymore. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |          If in doubt, say "N". | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	bool "Strict copy size checks" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	---help--- | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  copy operations into compile time failures. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  are sufficient security checks on the length argument of | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	  within bounds. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	  If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N. | 
					
						
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