Merge remote branch 'origin/master' into next-merge

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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 1501aa553221..444e1c12fea9 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -981,6 +981,25 @@ config DEBUG_KOBJECT
 	  If you say Y here, some extra kobject debugging messages will be sent
 	  to the syslog. 
 
+config DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE
+	bool "kobject release debugging"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	help
+	  kobjects are reference counted objects.  This means that their
+	  last reference count put is not predictable, and the kobject can
+	  live on past the point at which a driver decides to drop it's
+	  initial reference to the kobject gained on allocation.  An
+	  example of this would be a struct device which has just been
+	  unregistered.
+
+	  However, some buggy drivers assume that after such an operation,
+	  the memory backing the kobject can be immediately freed.  This
+	  goes completely against the principles of a refcounted object.
+
+	  If you say Y here, the kernel will delay the release of kobjects
+	  on the last reference count to improve the visibility of this
+	  kind of kobject release bug.
+
 config HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
 	bool