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-rw-r--r--Documentation/early-userspace/README6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt2
-rw-r--r--Makefile18
-rw-r--r--arch/arc/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--arch/c6x/Makefile3
-rw-r--r--arch/h8300/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/hexagon/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--arch/m68k/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/microblaze/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/lasat/image/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/nds32/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/Makefile6
-rw-r--r--arch/riscv/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/sh/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--arch/um/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Makefile.um4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile6
-rw-r--r--arch/xtensa/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--certs/system_certificates.S16
-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/export.h7
-rw-r--r--init/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--scripts/Kbuild.include4
-rw-r--r--scripts/Makefile.build6
-rw-r--r--scripts/Makefile.lib2
-rw-r--r--scripts/Makefile.modpost2
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/clang-version.sh2
-rw-r--r--scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/zalloc-simple.cocci41
-rw-r--r--scripts/dtc/Makefile18
-rw-r--r--scripts/kconfig/Makefile16
-rw-r--r--scripts/kconfig/conf.c5
-rw-r--r--scripts/kconfig/symbol.c58
-rw-r--r--scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/Kconfig (renamed from scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/Kconfig)3
-rw-r--r--scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/__init__.py10
-rw-r--r--scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/expected_stderr38
-rw-r--r--scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/__init__.py9
-rw-r--r--scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/expected_stderr30
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/link-vmlinux.sh4
-rw-r--r--scripts/mod/modpost.c8
-rw-r--r--usr/Makefile2
-rwxr-xr-xusr/gen_initramfs_list.sh (renamed from scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh)2
-rw-r--r--usr/initramfs_data.S4
52 files changed, 188 insertions, 209 deletions
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;
d