CONFIG_PROFILING is not available for thedefaultarchitecture x86.
Result is shown for architecture parisc

Profiling support (EXPERIMENTAL)

modulename: dcookies.ko

configname: CONFIG_PROFILING

Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Profiling support
└─>Profiling support (EXPERIMENTAL)
In linux kernel since version 2.6.12  
Say Y here to enable the extended profiling support mechanisms used
by profilers such as OProfile.

depends
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL