Merge branch 'perm-fix' into omap-for-v4.19/fixes-v2

59 files changed, 1090 insertions, 779 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index 0442c06eefcb..12d302d70128 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Generated files
 #
+bin2c
 conmakehash
 kallsyms
 pnmtologo
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 86321f06461e..c75413d05a63 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ kecho := $($(quiet)kecho)
 define filechk
 	$(Q)set -e;				\
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@);			\
-	$(filechk_$(1)) < $< > $@.tmp;		\
+	$(filechk_$(1)) > $@.tmp;		\
 	if [ -r $@ ] && cmp -s $@ $@.tmp; then	\
 		rm -f $@.tmp;			\
 	else					\
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ cc-option = $(call __cc-option, $(CC),\
 # hostcc-option
 # Usage: cflags-y += $(call hostcc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
 hostcc-option = $(call __cc-option, $(HOSTCC),\
-	$(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS),$(1),$(2))
+	$(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS),$(1),$(2))
 
 # cc-option-yn
 # Usage: flag := $(call cc-option-yn,-march=winchip-c6)
@@ -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)
-ld-option = $(call try-run, $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2))
+# 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)
@@ -400,3 +400,6 @@ endif
 endef
 #
 ###############################################################################
+
+# delete partially updated (i.e. corrupted) files on error
+.DELETE_ON_ERROR:
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 25ab143cbe14..61affa300d25 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include
 
+hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C)  += bin2c
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS)     += kallsyms
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_LOGO)         += pnmtologo
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_VT)           += conmakehash
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ hostprogs-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE) += insert-sys-cert
 
 HOSTCFLAGS_sortextable.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include
 HOSTCFLAGS_asn1_compiler.o = -I$(srctree)/include
-HOSTLOADLIBES_sign-file = -lcrypto
-HOSTLOADLIBES_extract-cert = -lcrypto
+HOSTLDLIBS_sign-file = -lcrypto
+HOSTLDLIBS_extract-cert = -lcrypto
 
 always		:= $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 514ed63ff571..1c48572223d1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -53,13 +53,6 @@ endif
 
 include scripts/Makefile.lib
 
-ifdef host-progs
-ifneq ($(hostprogs-y),$(host-progs))
-$(warning kbuild: $(obj)/Makefile - Usage of host-progs is deprecated. Please replace with hostprogs-y!)
-hostprogs-y += $(host-progs)
-endif
-endif
-
 # Do not include host rules unless needed
 ifneq ($(hostprogs-y)$(hostprogs-m)$(hostlibs-y)$(hostlibs-m)$(hostcxxlibs-y)$(hostcxxlibs-m),)
 include scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -197,7 +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									\
@@ -206,11 +199,8 @@ cmd_modversions_c =								\
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
-# gcc 5 supports generating the mcount tables directly
-ifneq ($(call cc-option,-mrecord-mcount,y),y)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mrecord-mcount
-else
-# else do it all manually
+ifndef CC_USING_RECORD_MCOUNT
+# compiler will not generate __mcount_loc use recordmcount or recordmcount.pl
 ifdef BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
 ifeq ("$(origin RECORDMCOUNT_WARN)", "command line")
   RECORDMCOUNT_FLAGS = -w
@@ -230,7 +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 := $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl
 endif # BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
@@ -239,7 +229,7 @@ cmd_record_mcount =						\
 	     "$(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)" ]; then			\
 		$(sub_cmd_record_mcount)			\
 	fi;
-endif # -record-mcount
+endif # CC_USING_RECORD_MCOUNT
 endif # CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 
 ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
@@ -404,7 +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.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index 17ef94c635cd..0b80e3207b20 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ subdir-ymn	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-ymn))
 
 __clean-files	:= $(extra-y) $(extra-m) $(extra-)       \
 		   $(always) $(targets) $(clean-files)   \
-		   $(host-progs)                         \
 		   $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m) $(hostprogs-) \
 		   $(hostlibs-y) $(hostlibs-m) $(hostlibs-) \
 		   $(hostcxxlibs-y) $(hostcxxlibs-m)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
index c961b9a65d11..0a482f341576 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
@@ -1,33 +1,44 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
 gcc-plugin-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_CYC_COMPLEXITY)	+= cyc_complexity_plugin.so
 
 gcc-plugin-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY)	+= latent_entropy_plugin.so
-gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY)	+= -DLATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN
+gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY)		\
+		+= -DLATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN
 ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY
-    DISABLE_LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN			+= -fplugin-arg-latent_entropy_plugin-disable
+    DISABLE_LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN += -fplugin-arg-latent_entropy_plugin-disable
 endif
+export DISABLE_LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN
 
 gcc-plugin-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_SANCOV)		+= sancov_plugin.so
+
 gcc-plugin-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK)	+= structleak_plugin.so
-gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE)	+= -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-verbose
-gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL)	+= -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-byref-all
-gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK)	+= -DSTRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN
+gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE)	\
+		+= -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-verbose
+gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL)	\
+		+= -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-byref-all
+gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK)		\
+		+= -DSTRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN
 
 gcc-plugin-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT)	+= randomize_layout_plugin.so
-gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT)	+= -DRANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN
-gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE)	+= -fplugin-arg-randomize_layout_plugin-performance-mode
+gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT)		\
+		+= -DRANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN
+gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE)	\
+		+= -fplugin-arg-randomize_layout_plugin-performance-mode
 
+# All the plugin CFLAGS are collected here in case a build target needs to
+# filter them out of the KBUILD_CFLAGS.
 GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS := $(strip $(addprefix -fplugin=$(objtree)/scripts/gcc-plugins/, $(gcc-plugin-y)) $(gcc-plugin-cflags-y))
-
-export GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS GCC_PLUGIN GCC_PLUGIN_SUBDIR
-export DISABLE_LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN
-
-# sancov_plugin.so can be only in CFLAGS_KCOV because avoid duplication.
+# The sancov_plugin.so is included via CFLAGS_KCOV, so it is removed here.
 GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS := $(filter-out %/sancov_plugin.so, $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS))
+export GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS
 
+# Add the flags to the build!
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS)
+
+# All enabled GCC plugins are collected here for building below.
 GCC_PLUGIN := $(gcc-plugin-y)
-GCC_PLUGIN_SUBDIR := $(gcc-plugin-subdir-y)
+export GCC_PLUGIN
 
 # Actually do the build, if requested.
 PHONY += gcc-plugins
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index aa971cc3f339..0393f75db4d4 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ host-cxxshobjs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxshobjs))
 #####
 # Handle options to gcc. Support building with separate output directory
 
-_hostc_flags   = $(HOSTCFLAGS)   $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS)   \
+_hostc_flags   = $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS)   $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS)   \
                  $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
-_hostcxx_flags = $(HOSTCXXFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACXXFLAGS) \
+_hostcxx_flags = $(KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACXXFLAGS) \
                  $(HOSTCXXFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
 
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
@@ -84,17 +84,17 @@ hostcxx_flags  = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(__hostcxx_flags)
 # Create executable from a single .c file
 # host-csingle -> Executable
 quiet_cmd_host-csingle 	= HOSTCC  $@
-      cmd_host-csingle	= $(HOSTCC) $(hostc_flags) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $< \
-	  	$(HOST_LOADLIBES) $(HOSTLOADLIBES_$(@F))
+      cmd_host-csingle	= $(HOSTCC) $(hostc_flags) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $< \
+		$(KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS) $(HOSTLDLIBS_$(@F))
 $(host-csingle): $(obj)/%: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,host-csingle)
 
 # Link an executable based on list of .o files, all plain c
 # host-cmulti -> executable
 quiet_cmd_host-cmulti	= HOSTLD  $@
-      cmd_host-cmulti	= $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ \
+      cmd_host-cmulti	= $(HOSTCC) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 			  $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F)-objs)) \
-			  $(HOST_LOADLIBES) $(HOSTLOADLIBES_$(@F))
+			  $(KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS) $(HOSTLDLIBS_$(@F))
 $(host-cmulti): FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,host-cmulti)
 $(call multi_depend, $(host-cmulti), , -objs)
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ $(host-cobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 # Link an executable based on list of .o files, a mixture of .c and .cc
 # host-cxxmulti -> executable
 quiet_cmd_host-cxxmulti	= HOSTLD  $@
-      cmd_host-cxxmulti	= $(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ \
+      cmd_host-cxxmulti	= $(HOSTCXX) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 			  $(foreach o,objs cxxobjs,\
 			  $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F)-$(o)))) \
-			  $(HOST_LOADLIBES) $(HOSTLOADLIBES_$(@F))
+			  $(KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS) $(HOSTLDLIBS_$(@F))
 $(host-cxxmulti): FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,host-cxxmulti)
 $(call multi_depend, $(host-cxxmulti), , -objs -cxxobjs)
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ $(host-cxxshobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 # Link a shared library, based on position independent .o files
 # *.o -> .so shared library (host-cshlib)
 quiet_cmd_host-cshlib	= HOSTLLD -shared $@
-      cmd_host-cshlib	= $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ \
+      cmd_host-cshlib	= $(HOSTCC) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ \
 			  $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F:.so=-objs))) \
-			  $(HOST_LOADLIBES) $(HOSTLOADLIBES_$(@F))
+			  $(KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS) $(HOSTLDLIBS_$(@F))
 $(host-cshlib): FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,host-cshlib)
 $(call multi_depend, $(host-cshlib), .so, -objs)
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ $(call multi_depend, $(host-cshlib), .so, -objs)
 # Link a shared library, based on position independent .o files
 # *.o -> .so shared library (host-cxxshlib)
 quiet_cmd_host-cxxshlib	= HOSTLLD -shared $@
-      cmd_host-cxxshlib	= $(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ \
+      cmd_host-cxxshlib	= $(HOSTCXX) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ \
 			  $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F:.so=-objs))) \
-			  $(HOST_LOADLIBES) $(HOSTLOADLIBES_$(@F))
+			  $(KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS) $(HOSTLDLIBS_$(@F))
 $(host-cxxshlib): FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,host-cxxshlib)
 $(call multi_depend, $(host-cxxshlib), .so, -objs)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 1bb594fcfe12..61e596650ed3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ a_flags        = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 cpp_flags      = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 		 $(__cpp_flags)
 
-ld_flags       = $(LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y)
+ld_flags       = $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F))
 
 DTC_INCLUDE    := $(srctree)/scripts/dtc/include-prefixes
 
@@ -225,8 +225,7 @@ $(obj)/%: $(src)/%_shipped
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 quiet_cmd_ld = LD      $@
-cmd_ld = $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
-	       $(filter-out FORCE,$^) -o $@
+cmd_ld = $(LD) $(ld_flags) $(filter-out FORCE,$^) -o $@
 
 # Objcopy
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -416,7 +415,7 @@ define filechk_offsets
 	 echo " * This file was generated by Kbuild"; \
 	 echo " */"; \
 	 echo ""; \
-	 sed -ne $(sed-offsets); \
+	 sed -ne $(sed-offsets) < $<; \
 	 echo ""; \
 	 echo "#endif" )
 endef
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
index 40867a41615b..a072a4267746 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ src := $(obj)
 PHONY := __modbuiltin
 __modbuiltin:
 
--include include/config/auto.conf
+include include/config/auto.conf
 # tristate.conf sets tristate variables to uppercase 'Y' or 'M'
 # That way, we get the list of built-in modules in obj-Y
--include include/config/tristate.conf
+include include/config/tristate.conf
 
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
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/basic/.gitignore b/scripts/basic/.gitignore
index 9528ec9e5adc..a776371a3502 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/basic/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 fixdep
-bin2c
diff --git a/scripts/basic/Makefile b/scripts/basic/Makefile
index 0372b33febe5..af49b446f17d 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/basic/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 # fixdep: 	 Used to generate dependency information during build process
 
 hostprogs-y	:= fixdep
-hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C)     += bin2c
 always		:= $(hostprogs-y)
 
 # fixdep is needed to compile other host programs
diff --git a/scripts/basic/bin2c.c b/scripts/bin2c.c
index c3d7eef3ad06..c3d7eef3ad06 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/bin2c.c
+++ b/scripts/bin2c.c
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 447857ffaf6b..5219280bf7ff 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use POSIX;
 use File::Basename;
 use Cwd 'abs_path';
 use Term::ANSIColor qw(:constants);
+use Encode qw(decode encode);
 
 my $P = $0;
 my $D = dirname(abs_path($P));
@@ -240,11 +241,11 @@ $check_orig = $check;
 
 my $exit = 0;
 
+my $perl_version_ok = 1;
 if ($^V && $^V lt $minimum_perl_version) {
+	$perl_version_ok = 0;
 	printf "$P: requires at least perl version %vd\n", $minimum_perl_version;
-	if (!$ignore_perl_version) {
-		exit(1);
-	}
+	exit(1) if (!$ignore_perl_version);
 }
 
 #if no filenames are given, push '-' to read patch from stdin
@@ -346,9 +347,10 @@ our $Sparse	= qr{
 			__force|
 			__iomem|
 			__must_check|
-			__init_refok|
 			__kprobes|
 			__ref|
+			__refconst|
+			__refdata|
 			__rcu|
 			__private
 		}x;
@@ -847,6 +849,17 @@ sub is_maintained_obsolete {
 	return $status =~ /obsolete/i;
 }
 
+sub is_SPDX_License_valid {
+	my ($license) = @_;
+
+	return 1 if (!$tree || which("python") eq "" || !(-e "$root/scripts/spdxcheck.py") || !(-e "$root/.git"));
+
+	my $root_path = abs_path($root);
+	my $status = `cd "$root_path"; echo "$license" | python scripts/spdxcheck.py -`;
+	return 0 if ($status ne "");
+	return 1;
+}
+
 my $camelcase_seeded = 0;
 sub seed_camelcase_includes {
 	return if ($camelcase_seeded);
@@ -1026,11 +1039,11 @@ if (!$quiet) {
 	hash_show_words(\%use_type, "Used");
 	hash_show_words(\%ignore_type, "Ignored");
 
-	if ($^V lt 5.10.0) {
+	if (!$perl_version_ok) {
 		print << "EOM"
 
 NOTE: perl $^V is not modern enough to detect all possible issues.
-      An upgrade to at least perl v5.10.0 is suggested.
+      An upgrade to at least perl $minimum_perl_version is suggested.
 EOM
 	}
 	if ($exit) {
@@ -2235,10 +2248,14 @@ sub process {
 
 	our $clean = 1;
 	my $signoff = 0;
+	my $author = '';
+	my $authorsignoff = 0;
 	my $is_patch = 0;
+	my $is_binding_patch = -1;
 	my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1;
 	my $in_commit_log = 0;		#Scanning lines before patch
 	my $has_commit_log = 0;		#Encountered lines before patch
+	my $commit_log_lines = 0;	#Number of commit log lines
 	my $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0;
 	my $commit_log_long_line = 0;
 	my $commit_log_has_diff = 0;
@@ -2485,6 +2502,19 @@ sub process {
 				$check = $check_orig;
 			}
 			$checklicenseline = 1;
+
+			if ($realfile !~ /^MAINTAINERS/) {
+				my $last_binding_patch = $is_binding_patch;
+
+				$is_binding_patch = () = $realfile =~ m@^(?:Documentation/devicetree/|include/dt-bindings/)@;
+
+				if (($last_binding_patch != -1) &&
+				    ($last_binding_patch ^ $is_binding_patch)) {
+					WARN("DT_SPLIT_BINDING_PATCH",
+					     "DT binding docs and includes should be a separate patch. See: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt\n");
+				}
+			}
+
 			next;
 		}
 
@@ -2496,6 +2526,18 @@ sub process {
 
 		$cnt_lines++ if ($realcnt != 0);
 
+# Verify the existence of a commit log if appropriate
+# 2 is used because a $signature is counted in $commit_log_lines
+		if ($in_commit_log) {
+			if ($line !~ /^\s*$/) {
+				$commit_log_lines++;	#could be a $signature
+			}
+		} elsif ($has_commit_log && $commit_log_lines < 2) {
+			WARN("COMMIT_MESSAGE",
+			     "Missing commit description - Add an appropriate one\n");
+			$commit_log_lines = 2;	#warn only once
+		}
+
 # Check if the commit log has what seems like a diff which can confuse patch
 		if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_has_diff &&
 		    (($line =~ m@^\s+diff\b.*a/[\w/]+@ &&
@@ -2517,10 +2559,24 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# Check the patch for a From:
+		if (decode("MIME-Header", $line) =~ /^From:\s*(.*)/) {
+			$author = $1;
+			$author = encode("utf8", $author) if ($line =~ /=\?utf-8\?/i);
+			$author =~ s/"//g;
+		}
+
 # Check the patch for a signoff:
 		if ($line =~ /^\s*signed-off-by:/i) {
 			$signoff++;
 			$in_commit_log = 0;
+			if ($author ne '') {
+				my $l = $line;
+				$l =~ s/"//g;
+				if ($l =~ /^\s*signed-off-by:\s*\Q$author\E/i) {
+				    $authorsignoff = 1;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 # Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated.  If so, there's probably no need to
@@ -2960,8 +3016,14 @@ sub process {
 
 				if ($comment !~ /^$/ &&
 				    $rawline !~ /^\+\Q$comment\E SPDX-License-Identifier: /) {
-					WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
-					     "Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line $checklicenseline\n" . $herecurr);
+					 WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
+					      "Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line $checklicenseline\n" . $herecurr);
+				} elsif ($rawline =~ /(SPDX-License-Identifier: .*)/) {
+					 my $spdx_license = $1;
+					 if (!is_SPDX_License_valid($spdx_license)) {
+						  WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
+						       "'$spdx_license' is not supported in LICENSES/...\n" . $herecurr);
+					 }
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -3079,7 +3141,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check indentation starts on a tab stop
-		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+		if ($perl_version_ok &&
 		    $sline =~ /^\+\t+( +)(?:$c90_Keywords\b|\{\s*$|\}\s*(?:else\b|while\b|\s*$)|$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[;=])/) {
 			my $indent = length($1);
 			if ($indent % 8) {
@@ -3092,7 +3154,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check multi-line statement indentation matches previous line
-		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+		if ($perl_version_ok &&
 		    $prevline =~ /^\+([ \t]*)((?:$c90_Keywords(?:\s+if)\s*)|(?:$Declare\s*)?(