CONFIG_GPROF is not available for thedefaultarchitecture x86.
Result is shown for architecture um

Enable gprof support

modulename: gprof_syms.ko

configname: CONFIG_GPROF

Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Enable gprof support
In linux kernel since version 2.6.12  
This allows profiling of a User-Mode Linux kernel with the gprof
utility.

See <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/gprof.html> for more
details.

If you're involved in UML kernel development and want to use gprof,
say Y. If you're unsure, say N.

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