diff --git a/Documentation/make/headers_install.txt b/Documentation/make/headers_install.txt
index f2481cabffcb..951eb9f1e040 100644
--- a/Documentation/make/headers_install.txt
+++ b/Documentation/make/headers_install.txt
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ INSTALL_HDR_PATH indicates where to install the headers.  It defaults to
 The command "make headers_install_all" exports headers for all architectures
 simultaneously.  (This is mostly of interest to distribution maintainers,
 who create an architecture-independent tarball from the resulting include
-directory.)  Remember to provide the appropriate linux/asm directory via "mv"
-or "ln -s" before building a C library with headers exported this way.
+directory.)  You also can use HDR_ARCH_LIST to specify list of architectures.
+Remember to provide the appropriate linux/asm directory via "mv" or "ln -s"
+before building a C library with headers exported this way.
 
 The kernel header export infrastructure is maintained by David Woodhouse
 <dwmw2@infradead.org>.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 74b25559f831..6a457690d10b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),m68knommu)
 endif
 
 KCONFIG_CONFIG	?= .config
+export KCONFIG_CONFIG
 
 # SHELL used by kbuild
 CONFIG_SHELL := $(shell if [ -x "$$BASH" ]; then echo $$BASH; \
diff --git a/include/linux/Kbuild b/include/linux/Kbuild
index a354c199ab98..d1580c17cab3 100644
--- a/include/linux/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/Kbuild
@@ -20,15 +20,18 @@ header-y += wimax/
 objhdr-y += version.h
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/asm/a.out.h \
-		  $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH)/a.out.h),)
+		  $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH)/a.out.h \
+		  $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include/asm-*/a.out.h),)
 header-y += a.out.h
 endif
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/asm/kvm.h \
-		  $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH)/kvm.h),)
+		  $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH)/kvm.h \
+		  $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include/asm-*/kvm.h),)
 header-y += kvm.h
 endif
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/asm/kvm_para.h \
-		  $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH)/kvm_para.h),)
+		  $(srctree)/include/asm-$(SRCARCH)/kvm_para.h \
+		  $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include/asm-*/kvm_para.h),)
 header-y += kvm_para.h
 endif
 
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 0b5ff083fa22..33e0a39cf359 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ $(obj)/configs.o: $(obj)/config_data.h
 # config_data.h contains the same information as ikconfig.h but gzipped.
 # Info from config_data can be extracted from /proc/config*
 targets += config_data.gz
-$(obj)/config_data.gz: .config FORCE
+$(obj)/config_data.gz: $(KCONFIG_CONFIG) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gzip)
 
 quiet_cmd_ikconfiggz = IKCFG   $@
diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
index ea26b23de082..c9a16abacab4 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
@@ -138,38 +138,36 @@ static void print_cmdline(void)
 	printf("cmd_%s := %s\n\n", target, cmdline);
 }
 
-char * str_config  = NULL;
-int    size_config = 0;
-int    len_config  = 0;
+struct item {
+	struct item	*next;
+	unsigned int	len;
+	unsigned int	hash;
+	char		name[0];
+};
 
-/*
- * Grow the configuration string to a desired length.
- * Usually the first growth is plenty.
- */
-static void grow_config(int len)
+#define HASHSZ 256
+static struct item *hashtab[HASHSZ];
+
+static unsigned int strhash(const char *str, unsigned int sz)
 {
-	while (len_config + len > size_config) {
-		if (size_config == 0)
-			size_config = 2048;
-		str_config = realloc(str_config, size_config *= 2);
-		if (str_config == NULL)
-			{ perror("fixdep:malloc"); exit(1); }
-	}
+	/* fnv32 hash */
+	unsigned int i, hash = 2166136261U;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sz; i++)
+		hash = (hash ^ str[i]) * 0x01000193;
+	return hash;
 }
 
-
-
 /*
  * Lookup a value in the configuration string.
  */
-static int is_defined_config(const char * name, int len)
+static int is_defined_config(const char *name, int len, unsigned int hash)
 {
-	const char * pconfig;
-	const char * plast = str_config + len_config - len;
-	for ( pconfig = str_config + 1; pconfig < plast; pconfig++ ) {
-		if (pconfig[ -1] == '\n'
-		&&  pconfig[len] == '\n'
-		&&  !memcmp(pconfig, name, len))
+	struct item *aux;
+
+	for (aux = hashtab[hash % HASHSZ]; aux; aux = aux->next) {
+		if (aux->hash == hash && aux->len == len &&
+		    memcmp(aux->name, name, len) == 0)
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -178,13 +176,19 @@ static int is_defined_config(const char * name, int len)
 /*
  * Add a new value to the configuration string.
  */
-static void define_config(const char * name, int len)
+static void define_config(const char *name, int len, unsigned int hash)
 {
-	grow_config(len + 1);
+	struct item *aux = malloc(sizeof(*aux) + len);
 
-	memcpy(str_config+len_config, name, len);
-	len_config += len;
-	str_config[len_config++] = '\n';
+	if (!aux) {
+		perror("fixdep:malloc");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	memcpy(aux->name, name, len);
+	aux->len = len;
+	aux->hash = hash;
+	aux->next = hashtab[hash % HASHSZ];
+	hashtab[hash % HASHSZ] = aux;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -192,40 +196,49 @@ static void define_config(const char * name, int len)
  */
 static void clear_config(void)
 {
-	len_config = 0;
-	define_config("", 0);
+	struct item *aux, *next;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < HASHSZ; i++) {
+		for (aux = hashtab[i]; aux; aux = next) {
+			next = aux->next;
+			free(aux);
+		}
+		hashtab[i] = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
  * Record the use of a CONFIG_* word.
  */
-static void use_config(char *m, int slen)
+static void use_config(const char *m, int slen)
 {
-	char s[PATH_MAX];
-	char *p;
+	unsigned int hash = strhash(m, slen);
+	int c, i;
 
-	if (is_defined_config(m, slen))
+	if (is_defined_config(m, slen, hash))
 	    return;
 
-	define_config(m, slen);
+	define_config(m, slen, hash);
 
-	memcpy(s, m, slen); s[slen] = 0;
-
-	for (p = s; p < s + slen; p++) {
-		if (*p == '_')
-			*p = '/';
+	printf("    $(wildcard include/config/");
+	for (i = 0; i < slen; i++) {
+		c = m[i];
+		if (c == '_')
+			c = '/';
 		else
-			*p = tolower((int)*p);
+			c = tolower(c);
+		putchar(c);
 	}
-	printf("    $(wildcard include/config/%s.h) \\\n", s);
+	printf(".h) \\\n");
 }
 
-static void parse_config_file(char *map, size_t len)
+static void parse_config_file(const char *map, size_t len)
 {
-	int *end = (int *) (map + len);
+	const int *end = (const int *) (map + len);
 	/* start at +1, so that p can never be < map */
-	int *m   = (int *) map + 1;
-	char *p, *q;
+	const int *m   = (const int *) map + 1;
+	const char *p, *q;
 
 	for (; m < end; m++) {
 		if (*m == INT_CONF) { p = (char *) m  ; goto conf; }
@@ -265,7 +278,7 @@ static int strrcmp(char *s, char *sub)
 	return memcmp(s + slen - sublen, sub, sublen);
 }
 
-static void do_config_file(char *filename)
+static void do_config_file(const char *filename)
 {
 	struct stat st;
 	int fd;
@@ -273,7 +286,7 @@ static void do_config_file(char *filename)
 
 	fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: ");
+		fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: error opening config file: ");
 		perror(filename);
 		exit(2);
 	}
@@ -344,11 +357,15 @@ static void print_deps(void)
 
 	fd = open(depfile, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: ");
+		fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: error opening depfile: ");
 		perror(depfile);
 		exit(2);
 	}
-	fstat(fd, &st);
+	if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "fixdep: error fstat'ing depfile: ");
+                perror(depfile);
+                exit(2);
+        }
 	if (st.st_size == 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr,"fixdep: %s is empty\n",depfile);
 		close(fd);
diff --git a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
index 6bb42e72e0e5..3ab316e52313 100755
--- a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
+++ b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # and listed below so they are ignored.
 #
 # Usage:
-# syscallchk gcc gcc-options
+# checksyscalls.sh gcc gcc-options
 #
 
 ignore_list() {
@@ -204,5 +204,5 @@ sed -n -e '/^\#define/ s/[^_]*__NR_\([^[:space:]]*\).*/\
 \#endif/p' $1
 }
 
-(ignore_list && syscall_list ${srctree}/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h) | \
+(ignore_list && syscall_list $(dirname $0)/../arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h) | \
 $* -E -x c - > /dev/null
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/parse.c_shipped b/scripts/genksyms/parse.c_shipped
index eaee44e66a43..809b949e495b 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/parse.c_shipped
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/parse.c_shipped
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 
 
 #include <assert.h>
-#include <malloc.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "genksyms.h"
 
 static int is_typedef;
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
index 10d7dc724b6d..09a265cd7193 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 %{
 
 #include <assert.h>
-#include <malloc.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "genksyms.h"
 
 static int is_typedef;
diff --git a/scripts/headers.sh b/scripts/headers.sh
index 1ddcdd38d97f..978b42b3acd7 100755
--- a/scripts/headers.sh
+++ b/scripts/headers.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ do_command()
 	fi
 }
 
-archs=$(ls ${srctree}/arch)
+archs=${HDR_ARCH_LIST:-$(ls ${srctree}/arch)}
 
 for arch in ${archs}; do
 	case ${arch} in
diff --git a/scripts/headers_install.pl b/scripts/headers_install.pl
index 4ca3be3b2e50..efb3be10d428 100644
--- a/scripts/headers_install.pl
+++ b/scripts/headers_install.pl
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ foreach my $file (@files) {
 	close $in;
 
 	system $unifdef . " $tmpfile > $installdir/$file";
+	# unifdef will exit 0 on success, and will exit 1 when the
+	# file was processed successfully but no changes were made,
+	# so abort only when it's higher than that.
+	my $e = $? >> 8;
+	if ($e > 1) {
+		die "$tmpfile: $!\n";
+	}
 	unlink $tmpfile;
 }
 exit 0;
diff --git a/scripts/mkuboot.sh b/scripts/mkuboot.sh
index 2e3d3cd916b8..446739c7843a 100755
--- a/scripts/mkuboot.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkuboot.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ -z "${MKIMAGE}" ]; then
 	if [ -z "${MKIMAGE}" ]; then
 		# Doesn't exist
 		echo '"mkimage" command not found - U-Boot images will not be built' >&2
-		exit 0;
+		exit 1;
 	fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 33122ca04e7c..97d2259ae999 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ static const char *section_white_list[] =
 {
 	".comment*",
 	".debug*",
+	".zdebug*",		/* Compressed debug sections. */
 	".GCC-command-line",	/* mn10300 */
 	".mdebug*",        /* alpha, score, mips etc. */
 	".pdr",            /* alpha, score, mips etc. */
@@ -1441,7 +1442,7 @@ static unsigned int *reloc_location(struct elf_info *elf,
 	int section = shndx2secindex(sechdr->sh_info);
 
 	return (void *)elf->hdr + sechdrs[section].sh_offset +
-		r->r_offset - sechdrs[section].sh_addr;
+		r->r_offset;
 }
 
 static int addend_386_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
diff --git a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c b/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
index b2b3c2d1cf8b..7f06884ecd41 100644
--- a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
+++ b/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ static int cpio_mkslink(const char *name, const char *target,
 	char s[256];
 	time_t mtime = time(NULL);
 
+	if (name[0] == '/')
+		name++;
 	sprintf(s,"%s%08X%08X%08lX%08lX%08X%08lX"
 	       "%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X",
 		"070701",		/* magic */
@@ -152,6 +154,8 @@ static int cpio_mkgeneric(const char *name, unsigned int mode,
 	char s[256];
 	time_t mtime = time(NULL);
 
+	if (name[0] == '/')
+		name++;
 	sprintf(s,"%s%08X%08X%08lX%08lX%08X%08lX"
 	       "%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X",
 		"070701",		/* magic */
@@ -245,6 +249,8 @@ static int cpio_mknod(const char *name, unsigned int mode,
 	else
 		mode |= S_IFCHR;
 
+	if (name[0] == '/')
+		name++;
 	sprintf(s,"%s%08X%08X%08lX%08lX%08X%08lX"
 	       "%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X",
 		"070701",		/* magic */
@@ -303,18 +309,18 @@ static int cpio_mkfile(const char *name, const char *location,
 
 	mode |= S_IFREG;
 
-	retval = stat (location, &buf);
-	if (retval) {
-		fprintf (stderr, "File %s could not be located\n", location);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
 	file = open (location, O_RDONLY);
 	if (file < 0) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "File %s could not be opened for reading\n", location);
 		goto error;
 	}
 
+	retval = fstat(file, &buf);
+	if (retval) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "File %s could not be stat()'ed\n", location);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	filebuf = malloc(buf.st_size);
 	if (!filebuf) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "out of memory\n");
@@ -332,6 +338,8 @@ static int cpio_mkfile(const char *name, const char *location,
 		/* data goes on last link */
 		if (i == nlinks) size = buf.st_size;
 
+		if (name[0] == '/')
+			name++;
 		namesize = strlen(name) + 1;
 		sprintf(s,"%s%08X%08X%08lX%08lX%08X%08lX"
 		       "%08lX%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X%08X",