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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index 2c518fbc52e..468ffc2df0e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -415,3 +415,21 @@ config X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY
config X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
def_bool y
depends on !(MK6 || MWINCHIPC6 || MWINCHIP2 || MWINCHIP3D || MCYRIXIII || M586MMX || M586TSC || M586 || M486 || M386)
+
+config X86_DS
+ bool "Debug Store support"
+ default y
+ help
+ Add support for Debug Store.
+ This allows the kernel to provide a memory buffer to the hardware
+ to store various profiling and tracing events.
+
+config X86_PTRACE_BTS
+ bool "ptrace interface to Branch Trace Store"
+ default y
+ depends on (X86_DS && X86_DEBUGCTLMSR)
+ help
+ Add a ptrace interface to allow collecting an execution trace
+ of the traced task.
+ This collects control flow changes in a (cyclic) buffer and allows
+ debuggers to fill in the gaps and show an execution trace of the debuggee.