1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c90dda898f6..d67856ea1917 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 2
 SUBLEVEL = 0
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc3
+EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Hurr durr I'ma sheep
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
@@ -597,6 +597,11 @@ endif # $(dot-config)
 # Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets
 all: vmlinux
 
+# The arch Makefile can set ARCH_{CPP,A,C}FLAGS to override the default
+# values of the respective KBUILD_* variables
+ARCH_CPPFLAGS :=
+ARCH_AFLAGS :=
+ARCH_CFLAGS :=
 include arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks,)
@@ -848,10 +853,10 @@ export mod_strip_cmd
 mod_compress_cmd = true
 ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS
   ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP
-    mod_compress_cmd = gzip -n
+    mod_compress_cmd = gzip -n -f
   endif # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP
   ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ
-    mod_compress_cmd = xz
+    mod_compress_cmd = xz -f
   endif # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ
 endif # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS
 export mod_compress_cmd