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lib: add note about process exit message for DEBUG_STACK_USAGE

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DEBUG_STACK_USAGE doesn't only have an influence on the output of sysrq-T
and sysrq-P, it also enables a message at process exit.  See
check_stack_usage() in kernel/exit.c where this is implemented.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231219182808.210284-2-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>
Cc: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Uwe Kleine-König 2023-12-19 19:28:09 +01:00 committed by Andrew Morton
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@ -763,6 +763,8 @@ config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
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Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each Enables the display of the minimum amount of free stack which each
task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output. task has ever had available in the sysrq-T and sysrq-P debug output.
Also emits a message to dmesg when a process exits if that process
used more stack space than previously exiting processes.
This option will slow down process creation somewhat. This option will slow down process creation somewhat.