Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  perf: Provide generic perf_sample_data initialization
  MAINTAINERS: Add Arnaldo as tools/perf/ co-maintainer
  perf trace: Don't use pager if scripting
  perf trace/scripting: Remove extraneous header read
  perf, ARM: Modify kuser rmb() call to compile for Thumb-2
  x86/stacktrace: Don't dereference bad frame pointers
  perf archive: Don't try to collect files without a build-id
  perf_events, x86: Fixup fixed counter constraints
  perf, x86: Restrict the ANY flag
  perf, x86: rename macro in ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE
  perf, x86: add some IBS macros to perf_event.h
  perf, x86: make IBS macros available in perf_event.h
  hw-breakpoints: Remove stub unthrottle callback
  x86/hw-breakpoints: Remove the name field
  perf: Remove pointless breakpoint union
  perf lock: Drop the buffers multiplexing dependency
  perf lock: Fix and add misc documentally things
  percpu: Add __percpu sparse annotations to hw_breakpoint

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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index b520ec1f33c5..8e5ec5e1ab91 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -532,6 +532,14 @@ 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