Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild: (79 commits)
  Remove references to "make dep"
  kconfig: document use of HAVE_*
  Introduce new section reference annotations tags: __ref, __refdata, __refconst
  kbuild: warn about ld added unique sections
  kbuild: add verbose option to Section mismatch reporting in modpost
  kconfig: tristate choices with mixed tristate and boolean values
  asm-generic/vmlix.lds.h: simplify __mem{init,exit}* dependencies
  remove __attribute_used__
  kbuild: support ARCH=x86 in buildtar
  kconfig: remove "enable"
  kbuild: simplified warning report in modpost
  kbuild: introduce a few helpers in modpost
  kbuild: use simpler section mismatch warnings in modpost
  kbuild: link vmlinux.o before kallsyms passes
  kbuild: introduce new option to enhance section mismatch analysis
  Use separate sections for __dev/__cpu/__mem code/data
  compiler.h: introduce __section()
  all archs: consolidate init and exit sections in vmlinux.lds.h
  kbuild: check section names consistently in modpost
  kbuild: introduce blacklisting in modpost
  ...

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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 14fb355e3caa..c4ecb2994ba3 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -79,6 +79,38 @@ config HEADERS_CHECK
           exported to $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH) (usually 'usr/include' in
           your build tree), to make sure they're suitable.
 
+config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
+        bool "Enable full Section mismatch analysis"
+        default n
+        help
+          The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal
+          references from one section to another section.
+          Linux will during link or during runtime drop some sections
+          and any use of code/data previously in these sections will
+          most likely result in an oops.
+          In the code functions and variables are annotated with
+          __init, __devinit etc. (see full list in include/linux/init.h)
+          which result in the code/data being placed in specific sections.
+          The section mismatch anaylsis are always done after a full
+          kernel build but enabling this options will in addition
+          do the following:
+          - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc
+            When inlining a function annotated __init in a non-init
+            function we would loose the section information and thus
+            the analysis would not catch the illegal reference.
+            This options tell gcc to inline less but will also
+            result in a larger kernel.
+          - Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o
+            When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o we
+            looses valueable information about where the mismatch was
+            introduced.
+            Running the analysis for each module/built-in.o file
+            will tell where the mismatch happens much closer to the
+            source. The drawback is that we will report the same
+            mismatch at least twice.
+          - Enable verbose reporting from modpost to help solving
+            the section mismatches reported.
+
 config DEBUG_KERNEL
         bool "Kernel debugging"
         help