1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 25c3ed594c54..4dc24cc13f5c 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -520,6 +520,14 @@ config LOCK_STAT
 
          For more details, see Documentation/lockstat.txt
 
+         This also enables lock events required by "perf lock",
+         subcommand of perf.
+         If you want to use "perf lock", you also 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