Merge commit 'v2.6.36-rc1' into kbuild/rc-fixes

25 files changed, 963 insertions, 91 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index e4deb73e9a84..a1a5cf95a68d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ endif
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Default is built-in, unless we know otherwise
-modkern_cflags = $(if $(part-of-module), $(CFLAGS_MODULE), $(CFLAGS_KERNEL))
+modkern_cflags =                                          \
+        $(if $(part-of-module),                           \
+                $(KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE) $(CFLAGS_MODULE), \
+                $(KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL) $(CFLAGS_KERNEL))
 quiet_modtag := $(empty)   $(empty)
 
 $(real-objs-m)        : part-of-module := y
@@ -156,14 +159,14 @@ $(obj)/%.i: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 
 cmd_gensymtypes =                                                           \
     $(CPP) -D__GENKSYMS__ $(c_flags) $< |                                   \
-    $(GENKSYMS) -T $@ -a $(ARCH)                                            \
+    $(GENKSYMS) $(if $(1), -T $(2)) -a $(ARCH)                              \
      $(if $(KBUILD_PRESERVE),-p)                                            \
-     $(if $(1),-r $(firstword $(wildcard $(@:.symtypes=.symref) /dev/null)))
+     -r $(firstword $(wildcard $(2:.symtypes=.symref) /dev/null))
 
 quiet_cmd_cc_symtypes_c = SYM $(quiet_modtag) $@
 cmd_cc_symtypes_c =                                                         \
     set -e;                                                                 \
-    $(call cmd_gensymtypes, true) >/dev/null;                               \
+    $(call cmd_gensymtypes,true,$@) >/dev/null;                             \
     test -s $@ || rm -f $@
 
 $(obj)/%.symtypes : $(src)/%.c FORCE
@@ -192,16 +195,16 @@ else
 #   the actual value of the checksum generated by genksyms
 
 cmd_cc_o_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -c -o $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $<
-cmd_modversions =                                                       \
-        if $(OBJDUMP) -h $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) | grep -q __ksymtab; then     \
-                $(call cmd_gensymtypes, $(KBUILD_SYMTYPES))             \
-                    > $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);                         \
-                                                                        \
-                $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F)              \
-                        -T $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);                    \
-                rm -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);        \
-        else                                                            \
-                mv -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $@;                              \
+cmd_modversions =                                                               \
+        if $(OBJDUMP) -h $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) | grep -q __ksymtab; then             \
+                $(call cmd_gensymtypes,$(KBUILD_SYMTYPES),$(@:.o=.symtypes))    \
+                    > $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);                                 \
+                                                                                \
+                $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F)                      \
+                        -T $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);                            \
+                rm -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);                \
+        else                                                                    \
+                mv -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $@;                                      \
         fi;
 endif
 
@@ -248,10 +251,10 @@ $(obj)/%.lst: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 # Compile assembler sources (.S)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-modkern_aflags := $(AFLAGS_KERNEL)
+modkern_aflags := $(KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL) $(AFLAGS_KERNEL)
 
-$(real-objs-m)      : modkern_aflags := $(AFLAGS_MODULE)
-$(real-objs-m:.o=.s): modkern_aflags := $(AFLAGS_MODULE)
+$(real-objs-m)      : modkern_aflags := $(KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE) $(AFLAGS_MODULE)
+$(real-objs-m:.o=.s): modkern_aflags := $(KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE) $(AFLAGS_MODULE)
 
 quiet_cmd_as_s_S = CPP $(quiet_modtag) $@
 cmd_as_s_S       = $(CPP) $(a_flags)   -o $@ $< 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
index 0fcd83838771..f89cb87f5c01 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #
 # header-y  - list files to be installed. They are preprocessed
 #             to remove __KERNEL__ section of the file
-# unifdef-y - Same as header-y. Obsolete
 # objhdr-y  - Same as header-y but for generated files
 #
 # ==========================================================================
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 install       := $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/$(_dst)
 
-header-y      := $(sort $(header-y) $(unifdef-y))
+header-y      := $(sort $(header-y))
 subdirs       := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(header-y)))
 header-y      := $(filter-out %/, $(header-y))
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.help b/scripts/Makefile.help
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d03608f5db04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.help
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+checker-help:
+        @echo  '  coccicheck      - Check with Coccinelle.'
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 8f14c81abbc7..7d22056582c1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #     - See include/linux/module.h for more details
 
 # Step 4 is solely used to allow module versioning in external modules,
-# where the CRC of each module is retrieved from the Module.symers file.
+# where the CRC of each module is retrieved from the Module.symvers file.
 
 # KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid error out in case of undefined
 # symbols in the final module linking stage
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ $(modules:.ko=.mod.c): __modpost ;
 modname = $(notdir $(@:.mod.o=))
 
 quiet_cmd_cc_o_c = CC      $@
-      cmd_cc_o_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) $(CFLAGS_MODULE)    \
+      cmd_cc_o_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE) $(CFLAGS_MODULE) \
                    -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(modules:.ko=.mod.o): %.mod.o: %.mod.c FORCE
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ targets += $(modules:.ko=.mod.o)
 
 # Step 6), final link of the modules
 quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M]  $@
-      cmd_ld_ko_o = $(LD) -r $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_MODULE) -o $@         \
-                          $(filter-out FORCE,$^)
+      cmd_ld_ko_o = $(LD) -r $(LDFLAGS)                                 \
+                             $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) $(LDFLAGS_MODULE) \
+                             -o $@ $(filter-out FORCE,$^)
 
 $(modules): %.ko :%.o %.mod.o FORCE
         $(call if_changed,ld_ko_o)
diff --git a/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.sh b/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.sh
index 46be3c5a62b7..2ca49bb31efc 100755
--- a/