Merge Linus' tree to be be to apply submitted patches to newer code than

current trivial.git base

58 files changed, 5237 insertions, 1212 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index fb070fa1038f..5ecfe93f2028 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 conmakehash
 kallsyms
 pnmtologo
-bin2c
 unifdef
 ihex2fw
 recordmcount
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 122f95c95869..65e7b08bb2cc 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -171,13 +171,13 @@ ld-ifversion = $(shell [ $(call ld-version) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3))
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=
 # Usage:
 # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=dir
-build := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.build obj
+build := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.build obj
 
 ###
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj=
 # Usage:
 # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=dir
-modbuiltin := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj
+modbuiltin := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj
 
 # Prefix -I with $(srctree) if it is not an absolute path.
 # skip if -I has no parameter
@@ -215,11 +215,13 @@ else
 arg-check = $(if $(strip $(cmd_$@)),,1)
 endif
 
-# >'< substitution is for echo to work,
-# >$< substitution to preserve $ when reloading .cmd file
-# note: when using inline perl scripts [perl -e '...$$t=1;...']
-# in $(cmd_xxx) double $$ your perl vars
-make-cmd = $(subst \\,\\\\,$(subst \#,\\\#,$(subst $$,$$$$,$(call escsq,$(cmd_$(1))))))
+# Replace >$< with >$$< to preserve $ when reloading the .cmd file
+# (needed for make)
+# Replace >#< with >\#< to avoid starting a comment in the .cmd file
+# (needed for make)
+# Replace >'< with >'\''< to be able to enclose the whole string in '...'
+# (needed for the shell)
+make-cmd = $(call escsq,$(subst \#,\\\#,$(subst $$,$$$$,$(cmd_$(1)))))
 
 # Find any prerequisites that is newer than target or that does not exist.
 # PHONY targets skipped in both cases.
@@ -230,7 +232,7 @@ any-prereq = $(filter-out $(PHONY),$?) $(filter-out $(PHONY) $(wildcard $^),$^)
 if_changed = $(if $(strip $(any-prereq) $(arg-check)),                       \
         @set -e;                                                             \
         $(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1));                                             \
-        echo 'cmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd)
+        printf '%s\n' 'cmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd)
 
 # Execute the command and also postprocess generated .d dependencies file.
 if_changed_dep = $(if $(strip $(any-prereq) $(arg-check) ),                  \
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 890df5c6adfb..72902b5f2721 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS)     += kallsyms
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_LOGO)         += pnmtologo
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_VT)           += conmakehash
-hostprogs-$(CONFIG_IKCONFIG)     += bin2c
 hostprogs-$(BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT) += recordmcount
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT) += sortextable
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_ASN1)         += asn1_compiler
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index bf3e6778cd71..649ce6844033 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ endif
 
 # ===========================================================================
 
-ifneq ($(strip $(lib-y) $(lib-m) $(lib-n) $(lib-)),)
+ifneq ($(strip $(lib-y) $(lib-m) $(lib-)),)
 lib-target := $(obj)/lib.a
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(strip $(obj-y) $(obj-m) $(obj-n) $(obj-) $(subdir-m) $(lib-target)),)
+ifneq ($(strip $(obj-y) $(obj-m) $(obj-) $(subdir-m) $(lib-target)),)
 builtin-target := $(obj)/built-in.o
 endif
 
@@ -382,16 +382,14 @@ cmd_link_multi-y = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(link_multi_deps) $(cmd_secanalys