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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 25c3ed594c54..65f964e7fe78 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -520,6 +520,12 @@ config LOCK_STAT
For more details, see Documentation/lockstat.txt
+ You can analyze lock events with "perf lock", subcommand of perf.
+ If you want to use "perf lock", you need to turn on CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING.
+
+ CONFIG_LOCK_STAT defines "contended" and "acquired" lock events.
+ (CONFIG_LOCKDEP defines "acquire" and "release" events.)
+
config DEBUG_LOCKDEP
bool "Lock dependency engine debugging"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && LOCKDEP