diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
index 24e763482650..d2ae799237fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
@@ -470,9 +470,12 @@ build.
 
 	The syntax of the Module.symvers file is::
 
-		<CRC>	    <Symbol>	       <module>
+	<CRC>       <Symbol>          <Namespace>  <Module>                         <Export Type>
 
-		0x2d036834  scsi_remove_host   drivers/scsi/scsi_mod
+	0xe1cc2a05  usb_stor_suspend  USB_STORAGE  drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
+
+	The fields are separated by tabs and values may be empty (e.g.
+	if no namespace is defined for an exported symbol).
 
 	For a kernel build without CONFIG_MODVERSIONS enabled, the CRC
 	would read 0x00000000.
diff --git a/scripts/export_report.pl b/scripts/export_report.pl
index 7d3030d03a25..548330e8c4e7 100755
--- a/scripts/export_report.pl
+++ b/scripts/export_report.pl
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if (defined $opt{'o'}) {
 #
 while ( <$module_symvers> ) {
 	chomp;
-	my (undef, $symbol, $module, $gpl) = split;
+	my (undef, $symbol, $namespace, $module, $gpl) = split('\t');
 	$SYMBOL { $symbol } =  [ $module , "0" , $symbol, $gpl];
 }
 close($module_symvers);
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index f277e116e0eb..c2d49afaea1c 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ struct symbol {
 	struct module *module;
 	unsigned int crc;
 	int crc_valid;
+	const char *namespace;
 	unsigned int weak:1;
 	unsigned int vmlinux:1;    /* 1 if symbol is defined in vmlinux */
 	unsigned int kernel:1;     /* 1 if symbol is from kernel
@@ -233,6 +234,37 @@ static struct symbol *find_symbol(const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static bool contains_namespace(struct namespace_list *list,
+			       const char *namespace)
+{
+	struct namespace_list *ns_entry;
+
+	for (ns_entry = list; ns_entry != NULL; ns_entry = ns_entry->next)
+		if (strcmp(ns_entry->namespace, namespace) == 0)
+			return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static void add_namespace(struct namespace_list **list, const char *namespace)
+{
+	struct namespace_list *ns_entry;
+
+	if (!contains_namespace(*list, namespace)) {
+		ns_entry = NOFAIL(malloc(sizeof(struct namespace_list) +
+					 strlen(namespace) + 1));
+		strcpy(ns_entry->namespace, namespace);
+		ns_entry->next = *list;
+		*list = ns_entry;
+	}
+}
+
+static bool module_imports_namespace(struct module *module,
+				     const char *namespace)
+{
+	return contains_namespace(module->imported_namespaces, namespace);
+}
+
 static const struct {
 	const char *str;
 	enum export export;
@@ -312,23 +344,39 @@ static enum export export_from_sec(struct elf_info *elf, unsigned int sec)
 		return export_unknown;
 }
 
+static const char *sym_extract_namespace(const char **symname)
+{
+	size_t n;
+	char *dupsymname;
+
+	n = strcspn(*symname, ".");
+	if (n < strlen(*symname) - 1) {
+		dupsymname = NOFAIL(strdup(*symname));
+		dupsymname[n] = '\0';
+		*symname = dupsymname;
+		return dupsymname + n + 1;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * Add an exported symbol - it may have already been added without a
  * CRC, in this case just update the CRC
  **/
-static struct symbol *sym_add_exported(const char *name, struct module *mod,
-				       enum export export)
+static struct symbol *sym_add_exported(const char *name, const char *namespace,
+				       struct module *mod, enum export export)
 {
 	struct symbol *s = find_symbol(name);
 
 	if (!s) {
 		s = new_symbol(name, mod, export);
+		s->namespace = namespace;
 	} else {
 		if (!s->preloaded) {
-			warn("%s: '%s' exported twice. Previous export "
-			     "was in %s%s\n", mod->name, name,
-			     s->module->name,
-			     is_vmlinux(s->module->name) ?"":".ko");
+			warn("%s: '%s' exported twice. Previous export was in %s%s\n",
+			     mod->name, name, s->module->name,
+			     is_vmlinux(s->module->name) ? "" : ".ko");
 		} else {
 			/* In case Module.symvers was out of date */
 			s->module = mod;
@@ -620,6 +668,7 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 	unsigned int crc;
 	enum export export;
 	bool is_crc = false;
+	const char *name, *namespace;
 
 	if ((!is_vmlinux(mod->name) || mod->is_dot_o) &&
 	    strstarts(symname, "__ksymtab"))
@@ -691,8 +740,9 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 	default:
 		/* All exported symbols */
 		if (strstarts(symname, "__ksymtab_")) {
-			sym_add_exported(symname + strlen("__ksymtab_"), mod,
-					export);
+			name = symname + strlen("__ksymtab_");
+			namespace = sym_extract_namespace(&name);
+			sym_add_exported(name, namespace, mod, export);
 		}
 		if (strcmp(symname, "init_module") == 0)
 			mod->has_init = 1;
@@ -1943,6 +1993,7 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
 	const char *symname;
 	char *version;
 	char *license;
+	char *namespace;
 	struct module *mod;
 	struct elf_info info = { };
 	Elf_Sym *sym;
@@ -1974,6 +2025,12 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
 		license = get_next_modinfo(&info, "license", license);
 	}
 
+	namespace = get_modinfo(&info, "import_ns");
+	while (namespace) {
+		add_namespace(&mod->imported_namespaces, namespace);
+		namespace = get_next_modinfo(&info, "import_ns", namespace);
+	}
+
 	for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
 		symname = remove_dot(info.strtab + sym->st_name);
 
@@ -2118,6 +2175,13 @@ static int check_exports(struct module *mod)
 			basename++;
 		else
 			basename = mod->name;
+
+		if (exp->namespace &&
+		    !module_imports_namespace(mod, exp->namespace)) {
+			warn("module %s uses symbol %s from namespace %s, but does not import it.\n",
+			     basename, exp->name, exp->namespace);
+		}
+
 		if (!mod->gpl_compatible)
 			check_for_gpl_usage(exp->export, basename, exp->name);
 		check_for_unused(exp->export, basename, exp->name);
@@ -2341,7 +2405,7 @@ static void read_dump(const char *fname, unsigned int kernel)
 		return;
 
 	while ((line = get_next_line(&pos, file, size))) {
-		char *symname, *modname, *d, *export, *end;
+		char *symname, *namespace, *modname, *d, *export, *end;
 		unsigned int crc;
 		struct module *mod;
 		struct symbol *s;
@@ -2349,7 +2413,10 @@ static void read_dump(const char *fname, unsigned int kernel)
 		if (!(symname = strchr(line, '\t')))
 			goto fail;
 		*symname++ = '\0';
-		if (!(modname = strchr(symname, '\t')))
+		if (!(namespace = strchr(symname, '\t')))
+			goto fail;
+		*namespace++ = '\0';
+		if (!(modname = strchr(namespace, '\t')))
 			goto fail;
 		*modname++ = '\0';
 		if ((export = strchr(modname, '\t')) != NULL)
@@ -2366,7 +2433,8 @@ static void read_dump(const char *fname, unsigned int kernel)
 			mod = new_module(modname);
 			mod->skip = 1;
 		}
-		s = sym_add_exported(symname, mod, export_no(export));
+		s = sym_add_exported(symname, namespace, mod,
+				     export_no(export));
 		s->kernel    = kernel;
 		s->preloaded = 1;
 		sym_update_crc(symname, mod, crc, export_no(export));
@@ -2395,16 +2463,20 @@ static void write_dump(const char *fname)
 {
 	struct buffer buf = { };
 	struct symbol *symbol;
+	const char *namespace;
 	int n;
 
 	for (n = 0; n < SYMBOL_HASH_SIZE ; n++) {
 		symbol = symbolhash[n];
 		while (symbol) {
-			if (dump_sym(symbol))
-				buf_printf(&buf, "0x%08x\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",
-					symbol->crc, symbol->name,
-					symbol->module->name,
-					export_str(symbol->export));
+			if (dump_sym(symbol)) {
+				namespace = symbol->namespace;
+				buf_printf(&buf, "0x%08x\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",
+					   symbol->crc, symbol->name,
+					   namespace ? namespace : "",
+					   symbol->module->name,
+					   export_str(symbol->export));
+			}
 			symbol = symbol->next;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
index 8453d6ac2f77..9626bf3e7424 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ buf_printf(struct buffer *buf, const char *fmt, ...);
 void
 buf_write(struct buffer *buf, const char *s, int len);
 
+struct namespace_list {
+	struct namespace_list *next;
+	char namespace[0];
+};
+
 struct module {
 	struct module *next;
 	const char *name;
@@ -121,6 +126,8 @@ struct module {
 	struct buffer dev_table_buf;
 	char	     srcversion[25];
 	int is_dot_o;
+	// Actual imported namespaces
+	struct namespace_list *imported_namespaces;
 };
 
 struct elf_info {