1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c48260fb8fd9..1fcd856edec1 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ config DEBUG_PREEMPT
           if kernel code uses it in a preemption-unsafe way. Also, the kernel
           will detect preemption count underflows.
 
+config DEBUG_MUTEXES
+        bool "Mutex debugging, deadlock detection"
+        default y
+        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+        help
+         This allows mutex semantics violations and mutex related deadlocks
+         (lockups) to be detected and reported automatically.
+
 config DEBUG_SPINLOCK
         bool "Spinlock debugging"
         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL