diff --git a/Documentation/early-userspace/README b/Documentation/early-userspace/README
index 2c00b072a4c8..1e1057958dd3 100644
--- a/Documentation/early-userspace/README
+++ b/Documentation/early-userspace/README
@@ -66,17 +66,17 @@ early userspace image can be built by an unprivileged user.
 
 As a technical note, when directories and files are specified, the
 entire CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE is passed to
-scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh.  This means that CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE
+usr/gen_initramfs_list.sh.  This means that CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE
 can really be interpreted as any legal argument to
 gen_initramfs_list.sh.  If a directory is specified as an argument then
 the contents are scanned, uid/gid translation is performed, and
 usr/gen_init_cpio file directives are output.  If a directory is
-specified as an argument to scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh then the
+specified as an argument to usr/gen_initramfs_list.sh then the
 contents of the file are simply copied to the output.  All of the output
 directives from directory scanning and file contents copying are
 processed by usr/gen_init_cpio.
 
-See also 'scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh -h'.
+See also 'usr/gen_initramfs_list.sh -h'.
 
 Where's this all leading?
 =========================
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
index b176928e6963..79637d227e85 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Documentation/early-userspace/README for more details.)
 The kernel does not depend on external cpio tools.  If you specify a
 directory instead of a configuration file, the kernel's build infrastructure
 creates a configuration file from that directory (usr/Makefile calls
-scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh), and proceeds to package up that directory
+usr/gen_initramfs_list.sh), and proceeds to package up that directory
 using the config file (by feeding it to usr/gen_init_cpio, which is created
 from usr/gen_init_cpio.c).  The kernel's build-time cpio creation code is
 entirely self-contained, and the kernel's boot-time extractor is also
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
index c54cb7cb9ff4..864e740811da 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ make KBUILD_KCONFIG=Documentation/kbuild/Kconfig.recursion-issue-02 allnoconfig
 Practical solutions to kconfig recursive issue
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Developers who run into the recursive Kconfig issue have three options
+Developers who run into the recursive Kconfig issue have two options
 at their disposal. We document them below and also provide a list of
 historical issues resolved through these different solutions.
 
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ historical issues resolved through these different solutions.
   b) Match dependency semantics:
 	b1) Swap all "select FOO" to "depends on FOO" or,
 	b2) Swap all "depends on FOO" to "select FOO"
-  c) Consider the use of "imply" instead of "select"
 
 The resolution to a) can be tested with the sample Kconfig file
 Documentation/kbuild/Kconfig.recursion-issue-01 through the removal
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 766355b1d221..7b6a2b2bdc98 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ Both possibilities are described in the following.
 
 	Example:
 		#scripts/kconfig/Makefile
-		HOSTLOADLIBES_qconf := -L$(QTDIR)/lib
+		HOSTLDLIBS_qconf := -L$(QTDIR)/lib
 
 	When linking qconf, it will be passed the extra option
 	"-L$(QTDIR)/lib".
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c13f8b85ba60..2e2b0095131c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL :=
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE := -T $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.lds
-LDFLAGS :=
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS :=
 GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS :=
 
 export ARCH SRCARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS
 export MAKE LEX YACC AWK GENKSYMS INSTALLKERNEL PERL PYTHON PYTHON2 PYTHON3 UTS_MACHINE
 export HOSTCXX KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS LDFLAGS_MODULE CHECK CHECKFLAGS
 
-export KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS LINUXINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS LDFLAGS
+export KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS LINUXINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS KBUILD_LDFLAGS
 export KBUILD_CFLAGS CFLAGS_KERNEL CFLAGS_MODULE
 export CFLAGS_KASAN CFLAGS_KASAN_NOSANITIZE CFLAGS_UBSAN
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS AFLAGS_KERNEL AFLAGS_MODULE
@@ -790,8 +790,8 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-inline-functions-called-once)
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
-KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL	+= $(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections,)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL	+= $(call cc-option,-fdata-sections,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --gc-sections
 endif
 
 # arch Makefile may override CC so keep this after arch Makefile is included
@@ -857,10 +857,6 @@ LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID := $(call ld-option, --build-id)
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 
-ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= $(call ld-option, --gc-sections,)
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= $(call ld-option, -X,)
 endif
@@ -1024,7 +1020,7 @@ ARCH_POSTLINK := $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.postlink)
 
 # Final link of vmlinux with optional arch pass after final link
 cmd_link-vmlinux =                                                 \
-	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $< $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_vmlinux) ;    \
+	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $< $(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_vmlinux) ;    \
 	$(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true)
 
 vmlinux: scripts/link-vmlinux.sh autoksyms_recursive $(vmlinux-deps) FORCE
@@ -1354,16 +1350,12 @@ distclean: mrproper
 
 # Packaging of the kernel to various formats
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# rpm target kept for backward compatibility
 package-dir	:= scripts/package
 
 %src-pkg: FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(package-dir) $@
 %pkg: include/config/kernel.release FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(package-dir) $@
-rpm: rpm-pkg
-	@echo "  WARNING: \"rpm\" target will be removed after Linux 4.18"
-	@echo "           Please use \"rpm-pkg\" instead."
 
 
 # Brief documentation of the typical targets used
diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index 6c1b20dd76ad..fb026196aaab 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE	+= -mlong-calls -mno-millicode
 # Finally dump eveything into kernel build system
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(cflags-y)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS		+= $(ldflags-y)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= $(ldflags-y)
 
 head-y		:= arch/arc/kernel/head.o
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index ed94cf7e3157..d1516f85f25d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),y)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -mbig-endian
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__ARMEB__
 AS		+= -EB
-LDFLAGS		+= -EB
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= -EB
 else
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -mlittle-endian
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__ARMEL__
 AS		+= -EL
-LDFLAGS		+= -EL
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= -EL
 endif
 
 #
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index efe61a2e4b5e..106039d25e2f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__AARCH64EB__
 AS		+= -EB
 # Prefer the baremetal ELF build target, but not all toolchains include
 # it so fall back to the standard linux version if needed.
-LDFLAGS		+= -EB $(call ld-option, -maarch64elfb, -maarch64linuxb)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= -EB $(call ld-option, -maarch64elfb, -maarch64linuxb)
 UTS_MACHINE	:= aarch64_be
 else
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -mlittle-endian
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__AARCH64EL__
 AS		+= -EL
 # Same as above, prefer ELF but fall back to linux target if needed.
-LDFLAGS		+= -EL $(call ld-option, -maarch64elf, -maarch64linux)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= -EL $(call ld-option, -maarch64elf, -maarch64linux)
 UTS_MACHINE	:= aarch64
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/c6x/Makefile b/arch/c6x/Makefile
index 6ab942e6c534..3fe8a948e94c 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/Makefile
+++ b/arch/c6x/Makefile
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += -mbig-endian
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   += -mbig-endian
 LINKFLAGS       += -mbig-endian
-KBUILD_LDFLAGS  += -mbig-endian
-LDFLAGS += -EB
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS  += -mbig-endian -EB
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D_BIG_ENDIAN
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/h8300/Makefile b/arch/h8300/Makefile
index cc12b162c222..58634e6bae92 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Makefile
+++ b/arch/h8300/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mint32 -fno-builtin
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -D__linux__
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DUTS_SYSNAME=\"uClinux\"
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(aflags-y)
-LDFLAGS += $(ldflags-y)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(ldflags-y)
 
 CHECKFLAGS += -msize-long
 
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/Makefile b/arch/hexagon/Makefile
index 2efaa18e995a..4c5858b80f0e 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/Makefile
+++ b/arch/hexagon/Makefile
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ ldflags-y += $(call cc-option,-mv${CONFIG_HEXAGON_ARCH_VERSION})
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(aflags-y)
-
-#  no KBUILD_LDFLAGS?
-LDFLAGS += $(ldflags-y)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(ldflags-y)
 
 # Thread-info register will be r19.  This value is not configureable;
 # it is hard-coded in several files.
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Makefile b/arch/m68k/Makefile
index f0dd9fc84002..997c9f20ea0f 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Makefile
+++ b/arch/m68k/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -D__uClinux__
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -D__uClinux__
 endif
 
-LDFLAGS := -m m68kelf
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS := -m m68kelf
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += -T $(srctree)/arch/m68k/kernel/module.lds
 
 ifdef CONFIG_SUN3
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/Makefile
index 73330360a8e6..4f3ab5707265 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/Makefile
+++ b/arch/microblaze/Makefile
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ CPUFLAGS-$(CONFIG_XILINX_MICROBLAZE0_USE_PCMP_INSTR) += -mxl-pattern-compare
 ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mbig-endian
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -mbig-endian
-LDFLAGS += -EB
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EB
 else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mlittle-endian
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -mlittle-endian
-LDFLAGS += -EL
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EL
 endif
 
 CPUFLAGS-1 += $(call cc-option,-mcpu=v$(CPU_VER))
diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 5425df002a6b..d74b3742fa5d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ endif
 # instead of .eh_frame so we don't discard them.
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
 
-LDFLAGS			+= -m $(ld-emul)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS		+= -m $(ld-emul)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
 CHECKFLAGS += $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -dM -E -x c /dev/null | \
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
index abe77add8789..3c453a1f1ff1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ UIMAGE_LOADADDR = $(VMLINUZ_LOAD_ADDRESS)
 vmlinuzobjs-y += $(obj)/piggy.o
 
 quiet_cmd_zld = LD      $@
-      cmd_zld = $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -Ttext $(VMLINUZ_LOAD_ADDRESS) -T $< $(vmlinuzobjs-y) -o $@
+      cmd_zld = $(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) -Ttext $(VMLINUZ_LOAD_ADDRESS) -T $< $(vmlinuzobjs-y) -o $@
 quiet_cmd_strip = STRIP	  $@
       cmd_strip = $(STRIP) -s $@
 vmlinuz: $(src)/ld.script $(vmlinuzobjs-y) $(obj)/calc_vmlinuz_load_addr
diff --git a/arch/mips/lasat/image/Makefile b/arch/mips/lasat/image/Makefile
index 9ab1326f57c9..78ce4cff1012 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lasat/image/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/lasat/image/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ $(obj)/rom.bin: $(obj)/rom
 
 # Rule to make the bootloader
 $(obj)/rom: $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(OBJECTS))
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDSCRIPT) -o $@ $^
+	$(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(LDSCRIPT) -o $@ $^
 
 $(obj)/%.o: $(obj)/%.gz
 	$(LD) -r -o $@ -b binary $<
diff --git a/arch/nds32/Makefile b/arch/nds32/Makefile
index 031c676821ff..63f4f173e5f4 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/nds32/Makefile
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ endif
 ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option, -EL)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   += $(call cc-option, -EL)
-LDFLAGS         += $(call cc-option, -EL)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS  += $(call cc-option, -EL)
 CHECKFLAGS      += -D__NDS32_EL__
 else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option, -EB)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   += $(call cc-option, -EB)
-LDFLAGS         += $(call cc-option, -EB)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS  += $(call cc-option, -EB)
 CHECKFLAGS      += -D__NDS32_EB__
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 8397c7bd5880..11a1acba164a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -mlittle-endian
-LDFLAGS		+= -EL
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= -EL
 LDEMULATION	:= lppc
 GNUTARGET	:= powerpcle
 MULTIPLEWORD	:= -mno-multiple
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += $(call cc-option,-mno-save-toc-indirect)
 else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mbig-endian)
-LDFLAGS		+= -EB
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= -EB
 LDEMULATION	:= ppc
 GNUTARGET	:= powerpc
 MULTIPLEWORD	:= -mmultiple
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mlittle-endian
 ifeq ($(HAS_BIARCH),y)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -m$(BITS)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -m$(BITS) -Wl,-a$(BITS)
-LDFLAGS		+= -m elf$(BITS)$(LDEMULATION)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= -m elf$(BITS)$(LDEMULATION)
 KBUILD_ARFLAGS	+= --target=elf$(BITS)-$(GNUTARGET)
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
index 9ddd88bb30b7..61ec42405ec9 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_RV64I),y)
 	KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-ifversion, -ge, 0500, -DCONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128)
 
 	KBUILD_MARCH = rv64im
-	LDFLAGS += -melf64lriscv
+	KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -melf64lriscv
 else
 	BITS := 32
 	UTS_MACHINE := riscv32
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ else
 	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mabi=ilp32
 	KBUILD_AFLAGS += -mabi=ilp32
 	KBUILD_MARCH = rv32im
-	LDFLAGS += -melf32lriscv
+	KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -melf32lriscv
 endif
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wall
diff --git a/arch/s390/Makefile b/arch/s390/Makefile
index ba6d122526fb..ee65185bbc80 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 
 LD_BFD		:= elf64-s390
-LDFLAGS		:= -m elf64_s390
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS	:= -m elf64_s390
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE += -fPIC
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += -fPIC
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -m64
diff --git a/arch/sh/Makefile b/arch/sh/Makefile
index 65300193b99f..c521ade2557c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/Makefile
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ endif
 ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 ld-bfd			:= elf32-$(UTS_MACHINE)-linux
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux		+= --defsym jiffies=jiffies_64 --oformat $(ld-bfd)
-LDFLAGS			+= -EL
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS		+= -EL
 else
 ld-bfd			:= elf32-$(UTS_MACHINE)big-linux
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux		+= --defsym jiffies=jiffies_64+4 --oformat $(ld-bfd)
-LDFLAGS			+= -EB
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS		+= -EB
 endif
 
 export ld-bfd BITS
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Makefile b/arch/sparc/Makefile
index e32ef20de567..048a033d6102 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_SPARC32),y)
 #
 
 CHECKFLAGS     += -D__sparc__
-LDFLAGS        := -m elf32_sparc
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS := -m elf32_sparc
 export BITS    := 32
 UTS_MACHINE    := sparc
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ else
 #
 
 CHECKFLAGS    += -D__sparc__ -D__sparc_v9__ -D__arch64__
-LDFLAGS       := -m elf64_sparc
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS := -m elf64_sparc
 export BITS   := 64
 UTS_MACHINE   := sparc64
 
diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index 44ddc3e8fa66..ab1066c38944 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export LDS_ELF_FORMAT := $(ELF_FORMAT)
 # The wrappers will select whether using "malloc" or the kernel allocator.
 LINK_WRAPS = -Wl,--wrap,malloc -Wl,--wrap,free -Wl,--wrap,calloc
 
-LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE = $(foreach opt,$(LDFLAGS),-Wl,$(opt))
+LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE = $(foreach opt,$(KBUILD_LDFLAGS),-Wl,$(opt))
 
 # Used by link-vmlinux.sh which has special support for um link
 export CFLAGS_vmlinux := $(LINK-y) $(LINK_WRAPS) $(LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 7e3c07d6ad42..94859241bc3e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ sha256_ni_instr :=$(call as-instr,sha256msg1 %xmm0$(comma)%xmm1,-DCONFIG_AS_SHA2
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(cfi) $(cfi-sigframe) $(cfi-sections) $(asinstr) $(avx_instr) $(avx2_instr) $(avx512_instr) $(sha1_ni_instr) $(sha256_ni_instr)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cfi) $(cfi-sigframe) $(cfi-sections) $(asinstr) $(avx_instr) $(avx2_instr) $(avx512_instr) $(sha1_ni_instr) $(sha256_ni_instr)
 
-LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
 
 #
 # The 64-bit kernel must be aligned to 2MB.  Pass -z max-page-size=0x200000 to
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
 # by the linker.
 #
 ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -z max-page-size=0x200000)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -z max-page-size=0x200000)
 endif
 
 # Speed up the build
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile.um b/arch/x86/Makefile.um
index 5296f8c9e7f0..91085a08de6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile.um
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile.um
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ core-y += arch/x86/crypto/
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
 START := 0x8048000
 
-LDFLAGS			+= -m elf_i386
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS		+= -m elf_i386
 ELF_ARCH		:= i386
 ELF_FORMAT 		:= elf32-i386
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__i386__
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-builtin -m64
 
 CHECKFLAGS  += -m64 -D__x86_64__
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -m64
-LDFLAGS += -m elf_x86_64
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -m elf_x86_64
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -m64
 
 ELF_ARCH := i386:x86-64
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 169c2feda14a..28764dacf018 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS  := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
 UBSAN_SANITIZE :=n
 
-LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
 # Compressed kernel should be built as PIE since it may be loaded at any
 # address by the bootloader.
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
-LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -pie) $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -pie) $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
 else
 # To build 64-bit compressed kernel as PIE, we disable relocation
 # overflow check to avoid relocation overflow error with a new linker
 # command-line option, -z noreloc-overflow.
-LDFLAGS += $(shell $(LD) --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\-z noreloc-overflow" \
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(shell $(LD) --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\-z noreloc-overflow" \
 	&& echo "-z noreloc-overflow -pie --no-dynamic-linker")
 endif
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/Makefile
index 3a934b72a272..295c120ed099 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-serialize-volatile,)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -mlongcalls -mtext-section-literals
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_LD_NO_RELAX),)
-LDFLAGS := --no-relax
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS := --no-relax
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(shell echo __XTENSA_EB__ | $(CC) -E - | grep -v "\#"),1)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Makefile
index 521471981356..12ae1e91cb75 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ $(obj)/Image.o: vmlinux.bin $(OBJS)
 		$(OBJS) $@
 
 $(obj)/../Image.elf: $(obj)/Image.o $(obj)/boot.lds
-	$(Q)$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_vmlinux) \
+	$(Q)$(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_vmlinux) \
 		-T $(obj)/boot.lds \
 		--build-id=none \
 		-o $@ $(obj)/Image.o
diff --git a/certs/system_certificates.S b/certs/system_certificates.S
index 3918ff7235ed..8f29058adf93 100644
--- a/certs/system_certificates.S
+++ b/certs/system_certificates.S
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 	__INITRODATA
 
 	.align 8
-	.globl VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_certificate_list)
-VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_certificate_list):
+	.globl system_certificate_list
+system_certificate_list:
 __cert_list_start:
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG
 	.incbin "certs/signing_key.x509"
@@ -15,21 +15,21 @@ __cert_list_start:
 __cert_list_end:
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE
-	.globl VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_extra_cert)
+	.globl system_extra_cert
 	.size system_extra_cert, CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE_SIZE
-VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_extra_cert):
+system_extra_cert:
 	.fill CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE_SIZE, 1, 0
 
 	.align 4
-	.globl VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_extra_cert_used)
-VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_extra_cert_used):
+	.globl system_extra_cert_used
+system_extra_cert_used:
 	.int 0
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE */
 
 	.align 8
-	.globl VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_certificate_list_size)
-VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_certificate_list_size):
+	.globl system_certificate_list_size
+system_certificate_list_size:
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 	.quad __cert_list_end - __cert_list_start
 #else
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f173b5f30dbe..7b75ff6e2fce 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@
 #define LOAD_OFFSET 0
 #endif
 
-#include <linux/export.h>
-
 /* Align . to a 8 byte boundary equals to maximum function alignment. */
 #define ALIGN_FUNCTION()  . = ALIGN(8)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index ae072bc5aacf..ce764a5d2ee4 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@
  * hackers place grumpy comments in header files.
  */
 
-#define __VMLINUX_SYMBOL(x) x
-#define __VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(x) #x
-
-/* Indirect, so macros are expanded before pasting. */
-#define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(x) __VMLINUX_SYMBOL(x)
-#define VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(x) __VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(x)
-
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 #ifdef MODULE
 extern struct module __this_module;
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 641dd7dd7c8a..1e234e2f1cba 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1097,6 +1097,8 @@ config LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 	bool "Dead code and data elimination (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 	depends on EXPERT
+	depends on $(cc-option,-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections)
+	depends on $(ld-option,--gc-sections)
 	help
 	  Enable this if you want to do dead code and data elimination with
 	  the linker by compiling with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections,
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 7c98f60e2266..c75413d05a63 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ cc-ldoption = $(call try-run,\
 	$(CC) $(1) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -nostdlib -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 
 # ld-option
-# Usage: LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X, -Y)
-ld-option = $(call try-run, $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2),$(3))
+# Usage: KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X, -Y)
+ld-option = $(call try-run, $(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2),$(3))
 
 # ar-option
 # Usage: KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 93b8e24b0e15..1c48572223d1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ cmd_modversions_c =								\
 		$(call cmd_gensymtypes_c,$(KBUILD_SYMTYPES),$(@:.o=.symtypes))	\
 		    > $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);					\
 										\
-		$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 			\
+		$(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 		\
 			-T $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);				\
 		rm -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);		\
 	else									\
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ sub_cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)" \
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),64,32)" \
 	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)" \
-	"$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
+	"$(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
 	"$(if $(part-of-module),1,0)" "$(@)";
 recordmcount_source := $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl
 endif # BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ cmd_modversions_S =								\
 		$(call cmd_gensymtypes_S,$(KBUILD_SYMTYPES),$(@:.o=.symtypes))	\
 		    > $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);					\
 										\
-		$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 			\
+		$(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 		\
 			-T $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);				\
 		rm -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);		\
 	else									\
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index df0fff252619..61e596650ed3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ a_flags        = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 cpp_flags      = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 		 $(__cpp_flags)
 
-ld_flags       = $(LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F))
+ld_flags       = $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F))
 
 DTC_INCLUDE    := $(srctree)/scripts/dtc/include-prefixes
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index dd92dbbbaa68..7d4af0d0accb 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ARCH_POSTLINK := $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.postlink)
 # Step 6), final link of the modules with optional arch pass after final link
 quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M]  $@
       cmd_ld_ko_o =                                                     \
-	$(LD) -r $(LDFLAGS)                                             \
+	$(LD) -r $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS)                                      \
                  $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) $(LDFLAGS_MODULE)             \
                  -o $@ $(filter-out FORCE,$^) ;                         \
 	$(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true)
diff --git a/scripts/clang-version.sh b/scripts/clang-version.sh
index dbf0a31eb111..e65fbc3079d4 100755
--- a/scripts/clang-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/clang-version.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 compiler="$*"
 
-if !( $compiler --version | grep -q clang) ; then
+if ! ( $compiler --version | grep -q clang) ; then
 	echo 0
 	exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/zalloc-simple.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/zalloc-simple.cocci
index 92b20913055f..d819275b7fde 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/zalloc-simple.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/zalloc-simple.cocci
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ statement S;
 
 * x = (T)\(kmalloc(E1, ...)\|vmalloc(E1)\|dma_alloc_coherent(...,E1,...)\|
   kmalloc_node(E1, ...)\|kmem_cache_alloc(...)\|kmem_alloc(E1, ...)\|
-  devm_kmalloc(...,E1,...)\|kvmalloc(E1, ...)\|pci_alloc_consistent(...,E1,...)\|
-  kvmalloc_node(E1,...)\);
+  devm_kmalloc(...,E1,...)\|kvmalloc(E1, ...)\|kvmalloc_node(E1,...)\);
   if ((x==NULL) || ...) S
 * memset((T2)x,0,E1);
 
@@ -124,15 +123,6 @@ statement S;
 - x = (T)kvmalloc(E1,E2);
 + x = (T)kvzalloc(E1,E2);
 |
-- x = pci_alloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-+ x = pci_zalloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-|
-- x = (T *)pci_alloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-+ x = pci_zalloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-|
-- x = (T)pci_alloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-+ x = (T)pci_zalloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-|
 - x = kvmalloc_node(E1,E2,E3);
 + x = kvzalloc_node(E1,E2,E3);
 |
@@ -388,35 +378,6 @@ x << r7.x;
 msg="WARNING: kvzalloc should be used for %s, instead of kvmalloc/memset" % (x)
 coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------
-@r8 depends on org || report@
-type T, T2;
-expression x;
-expression E1,E2,E3;
-statement S;
-position p;
-@@
-
- x = (T)pci_alloc_consistent@p(E2,E1,E3);
- if ((x==NULL) || ...) S
- memset((T2)x,0,E1);
-
-@script:python depends on org@
-p << r8.p;
-x << r8.x;
-@@
-
-msg="%s" % (x)
-msg_safe=msg.replace("[","@(").replace("]",")")
-coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], msg_safe)
-
-@script:python depends on report@
-p << r8.p;
-x << r8.x;
-@@
-
-msg="WARNING: pci_zalloc_consistent should be used for %s, instead of pci_alloc_consistent/memset" % (x)
-coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------
 @r9 depends on org || report@
 type T, T2;
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/Makefile b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
index 9cac65b7419c..1c943e03eaf2 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
@@ -9,21 +9,11 @@ dtc-objs	:= dtc.o flattree.o fstree.o data.o livetree.o treesource.o \
 dtc-objs	+= dtc-lexer.lex.o dtc-parser.tab.o
 
 # Source files need to get at the userspace version of libfdt_env.h to compile
+HOST_EXTRACFLAGS := -I$(src)/libfdt
 
-HOSTCFLAGS_DTC := -I$(src) -I$(src)/libfdt
-
-HOSTCFLAGS_checks.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_data.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_dtc.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_flattree.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_fstree.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_livetree.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_srcpos.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_treesource.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_util.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-
-HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-lexer.lex.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-parser.tab.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
+# Generated files need one more search path to include headers in source tree
+HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-lexer.lex.o := -I$(src)
+HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-parser.tab.o := -I$(src)
 
 # dependencies on generated files need to be listed explicitly
 $(obj)/dtc-lexer.lex.o: $(obj)/dtc-parser.tab.h
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 8d8791069abf..4a7bd2192073 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # Kernel configuration targets
 # These targets are used from top-level makefile
 
-PHONY += xconfig gconfig menuconfig config localmodconfig localyesconfig
+PHONY += xconfig gconfig menuconfig config localmodconfig localyesconfig \
+	build_menuconfig build_nconfig build_gconfig build_xconfig
 
 ifdef KBUILD_KCONFIG
 Kconfig := $(KBUILD_KCONFIG)
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ config: $(obj)/conf
 nconfig: $(obj)/nconf
 	$< $(silent) $(Kconfig)
 
+build_menuconfig: $(obj)/mconf
+
+build_nconfig: $(obj)/nconf
+
+build_gconfig: $(obj)/gconf
+
+build_xconfig: $(obj)/qconf
+
 localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/conf
 	$(Q)perl $(srctree)/$(src)/streamline_config.pl --$@ $(srctree) $(Kconfig) > .tmp.config
 	$(Q)if [ -f .config ]; then 					\
@@ -169,7 +178,7 @@ HOSTLDLIBS_nconf	= $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$libs)
 HOSTCFLAGS_nconf.o	= $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
 HOSTCFLAGS_nconf.gui.o	= $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
 
-$(obj)/nconf.o: $(obj)/.nconf-cfg
+$(obj)/nconf.o $(obj)/nconf.gui.o: $(obj)/.nconf-cfg
 
 # mconf: Used for the menuconfig target based on lxdialog
 hostprogs-y	+= mconf
@@ -180,7 +189,8 @@ HOSTLDLIBS_mconf = $(shell . $(obj)/.mconf-cfg && echo $$libs)
 $(foreach f, mconf.o $(lxdialog), \
   $(eval HOSTCFLAGS_$f = $$(shell . $(obj)/.mconf-cfg && echo $$$$cflags)))
 
-$(addprefix $(obj)/, mconf.o $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/.mconf-cfg
+$(obj)/mconf.o: $(obj)/.mconf-cfg
+$(addprefix $(obj)/lxdialog/, $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/.mconf-cfg
 
 # qconf: Used for the xconfig target based on Qt
 hostprogs-y	+= qconf
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index b35cc9303979..7b2b37260669 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -508,6 +508,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		input_mode = (enum input_mode)opt;
 		switch (opt) {
 		case syncconfig:
+			/*
+			 * syncconfig is invoked during the build stage.
+			 * Suppress distracting "configuration written to ..."
+			 */
+			conf_set_message_callback(NULL);
 			sync_kconfig = 1;
 			break;
 		case defconfig:
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index 4ec8b1f0d42c..703b9b899ee9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static struct dep_stack {
 	struct dep_stack *prev, *next;
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	struct property *prop;
-	struct expr *expr;
+	struct expr **expr;
 } *check_top;
 
 static void dep_stack_insert(struct dep_stack *stack, struct symbol *sym)
@@ -1076,18 +1076,7 @@ static void sym_check_print_recursive(struct symbol *last_sym)
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:error: recursive dependency detected!\n",
 				prop->file->name, prop->lineno);
 
-		if (stack->expr) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s %s value contains %s\n",
-				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
-				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
-				prop_get_type_name(prop->type),
-				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
-		} else if (stack->prop) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s depends on %s\n",
-				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
-				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
-				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
-		} else if (sym_is_choice(sym)) {
+		if (sym_is_choice(sym)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tchoice %s contains symbol %s\n",
 				menu->file->name, menu->lineno,
 				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
@@ -1097,11 +1086,33 @@ static void sym_check_print_recursive(struct symbol *last_sym)
 				menu->file->name, menu->lineno,
 				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
 				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
-		} else {
+		} else if (stack->expr == &sym->dir_dep.expr) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s depends on %s\n",
+				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
+				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
+				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
+		} else if (stack->expr == &sym->rev_dep.expr) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s is selected by %s\n",
 				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
 				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
 				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
+		} else if (stack->expr == &sym->implied.expr) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s is implied by %s\n",
+				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
+				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
+				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
+		} else if (stack->expr) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s %s value contains %s\n",
+				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
+				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
+				prop_get_type_name(prop->type),
+				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
+		} else {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s %s is visible depending on %s\n",
+				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
+				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
+				prop_get_type_name(prop->type),
+				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1157,12 +1168,26 @@ static struct symbol *sym_check_sym_deps(struct symbol *sym)
 
 	dep_stack_insert(&stack, sym);
 
+	stack.expr = &sym->dir_dep.expr;
+	sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(sym->dir_dep.expr);
+	if (sym2)
+		goto out;
+
+	stack.expr = &sym->rev_dep.expr;
 	sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(sym->rev_dep.expr);
 	if (sym2)
 		goto out;
 
+	stack.expr = &sym->implied.expr;
+	sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(sym->implied.expr);
+	if (sym2)
+		goto out;
+
+	stack.expr = NULL;
+
 	for (prop = sym->prop; prop; prop = prop->next) {
-		if (prop->type == P_CHOICE || prop->type == P_SELECT)
+		if (prop->type == P_CHOICE || prop->type == P_SELECT ||
+		    prop->type == P_IMPLY)
 			continue;
 		stack.prop = prop;
 		sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(prop->visible.expr);
@@ -1170,7 +1195,7 @@ static struct symbol *sym_check_sym_deps(struct symbol *sym)
 			break;
 		if (prop->type != P_DEFAULT || sym_is_choice(sym))
 			continue;
-		stack.expr = prop->expr;
+		stack.expr = &prop->expr;
 		sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(prop->expr);
 		if (sym2)
 			break;
@@ -1248,9 +1273,6 @@ struct symbol *sym_check_deps(struct symbol *sym)
 		sym->flags &= ~SYMBOL_CHECK;
 	}
 
-	if (sym2 && sym2 == sym)
-		sym2 = NULL;
-
 	return sym2;
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/Kconfig b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/Kconfig
similarity index 93%
rename from scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/Kconfig
rename to scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/Kconfig
index a65bfcb7137e..ebdb3ffd8717 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/Kconfig
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/Kconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
 # depends on itself
 
 config A
@@ -31,7 +33,6 @@ config D2
 	bool
 
 # depends on and imply
-# This is not recursive dependency
 
 config E1
 	bool "E1"
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/__init__.py b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f3821b43ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+"""
+Detect recursive dependency error.
+
+Recursive dependency should be treated as an error.
+"""
+
+def test(conf):
+    assert conf.oldaskconfig() == 1
+    assert conf.stderr_contains('expected_stderr')
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/expected_stderr b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/expected_stderr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84679b104655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/expected_stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Kconfig:11:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:11:	symbol B is selected by B
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:5:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:5:	symbol A depends on A
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:17:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:17:	symbol C1 depends on C2
+Kconfig:21:	symbol C2 depends on C1
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:32:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:32:	symbol D2 is selected by D1
+Kconfig:27:	symbol D1 depends on D2
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:37:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:37:	symbol E1 depends on E2
+Kconfig:42:	symbol E2 is implied by E1
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:60:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:60:	symbol G depends on G
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:51:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:51:	symbol F2 depends on F1
+Kconfig:49:	symbol F1 default value contains F2
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/__init__.py b/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index adb21951ba41..000000000000
--- a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Warn recursive inclusion.
-
-Recursive dependency should be warned.
-"""
-
-def test(conf):
-    assert conf.oldaskconfig() == 0
-    assert conf.stderr_contains('expected_stderr')
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/expected_stderr b/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/expected_stderr
deleted file mode 100644
index 3de807dd9cb2..000000000000
--- a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/expected_stderr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-Kconfig:9:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:9:	symbol B is selected by B
-For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
-subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
-
-Kconfig:3:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:3:	symbol A depends on A
-For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
-subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
-
-Kconfig:15:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:15:	symbol C1 depends on C2
-Kconfig:19:	symbol C2 depends on C1
-For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
-subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
-
-Kconfig:30:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:30:	symbol D2 is selected by D1
-Kconfig:25:	symbol D1 depends on D2
-For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
-subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
-
-Kconfig:59:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:59:	symbol G depends on G
-For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
-subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
-
-Kconfig:50:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:50:	symbol F2 depends on F1
-Kconfig:48:	symbol F1 default value contains F2
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 4bf811c09f59..c8cf45362bd6 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ modpost_link()
 		${KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS}				\
 		--end-group"
 
-	${LD} ${LDFLAGS} -r -o ${1} ${objects}
+	${LD} ${KBUILD_LDFLAGS} -r -o ${1} ${objects}
 }
 
 # Link of vmlinux
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ vmlinux_link()
 			--end-group				\
 			${1}"
 
-		${LD} ${LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS_vmlinux} -o ${2}	\
+		${LD} ${KBUILD_LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS_vmlinux} -o ${2}	\
 			-T ${lds} ${objects}
 	else
 		objects="-Wl,--whole-archive			\
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index dc6d714e4dcb..0d998c54564d 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 			if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_SPARC_REGISTER)
 				break;
 			if (symname[0] == '.') {
-				char *munged = strdup(symname);
+				char *munged = NOFAIL(strdup(symname));
 				munged[0] = '_';
 				munged[1] = toupper(munged[1]);
 				symname = munged;
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol2(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
 static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
 {
 	if (match(s, init_exit_sections)) {
-		char *p = malloc(20);
+		char *p = NOFAIL(malloc(20));
 		char *r = p;
 
 		*p++ = '_';
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
 			strcat(p, " ");
 		return r;
 	} else {
-		return strdup("");
+		return NOFAIL(strdup(""));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ void buf_write(struct buffer *buf, const char *s, int len)
 {
 	if (buf->size - buf->pos < len) {
 		buf->size += len + SZ;
-		buf->p = realloc(buf->p, buf->size);
+		buf->p = NOFAIL(realloc(buf->p, buf->size));
 	}
 	strncpy(buf->p + buf->pos, s, len);
 	buf->pos += len;
diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index 237a028693ce..748f6a60bb1e 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ $(obj)/initramfs_data.o: $(obj)/$(datafile_y) FORCE
 # Generate the initramfs cpio archive
 
 hostprogs-y := gen_init_cpio
-initramfs   := $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+initramfs   := $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/gen_initramfs_list.sh
 ramfs-input := $(if $(filter-out "",$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE)), \
 			$(shell echo $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE)),-d)
 ramfs-args  := \
diff --git a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/usr/gen_initramfs_list.sh
similarity index 99%
rename from scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
rename to usr/gen_initramfs_list.sh
index 10e528b3a08f..0aad760fcd8c 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+++ b/usr/gen_initramfs_list.sh
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ dir_filelist() {
 	${dep_list}header "$1"
 
 	srcdir=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's://*:/:g')
-	dirlist=$(find "${srcdir}" -printf "%p %m %U %G\n" | sort)
+	dirlist=$(find "${srcdir}" -printf "%p %m %U %G\n" | LANG=C sort)
 
 	# If $dirlist is only one line, then the directory is empty
 	if [  "$(echo "${dirlist}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.S b/usr/initramfs_data.S
index b28da799f6a6..d07648f05bbf 100644
--- a/usr/initramfs_data.S
+++ b/usr/initramfs_data.S
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ __irf_start:
 .incbin __stringify(INITRAMFS_IMAGE)
 __irf_end:
 .section .init.ramfs.info,"a"
-.globl VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initramfs_size)
-VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__initramfs_size):
+.globl __initramfs_size
+__initramfs_size:
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 	.quad __irf_end - __irf_start
 #else