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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 299f7f3b5b08..3754c9a8f5c8 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -46,6 +46,25 @@ config LOG_BUF_SHIFT
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+config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+ bool "Detect Soft Lockups"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ default y
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "soft lockups",
+ which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
+ mode for more than 10 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+ chance to run.
+
+ When a soft-lockup is detected, the kernel will print the
+ current stack trace (which you should report), but the
+ system will stay locked up. This feature has negligible
+ overhead.
+
+ (Note that "hard lockups" are separate type of bugs that
+ can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that
+ support it.)
+
config SCHEDSTATS
bool "Collect scheduler statistics"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS