1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 0d385be682db..4f4008fc73e4 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -205,6 +205,19 @@ config SLUB_DEBUG_ON
           off in a kernel built with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON by specifying
           "slub_debug=-".
 
+config SLUB_STATS
+        default n
+        bool "Enable SLUB performance statistics"
+        depends on SLUB
+        help
+          SLUB statistics are useful to debug SLUBs allocation behavior in
+          order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be
+          enabled for production use since keeping statistics slows down
+          the allocator by a few percentage points. The slabinfo command
+          supports the determination of the most active slabs to figure
+          out which slabs are relevant to a particular load.
+          Try running: slabinfo -DA
+
 config DEBUG_PREEMPT
         bool "Debug preemptible kernel"
         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT && (TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC64)