3 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index d4b05672f9f7..d76cfd8712e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -316,6 +316,16 @@ more details, with real examples.
                 #arch/m68k/fpsp040/Makefile
                 ldflags-y := -x
 
+    subdir-ccflags-y, subdir-asflags-y
+        The two flags listed above are similar to ccflags-y and as-falgs-y.
+        The difference is that the subdir- variants has effect for the kbuild
+        file where tey are present and all subdirectories.
+        Options specified using subdir-* are added to the commandline before
+        the options specified using the non-subdir variants.
+
+        Example:
+                subdir-ccflags-y := -Werror
+
     CFLAGS_$@, AFLAGS_$@
 
         CFLAGS_$@ and AFLAGS_$@ only apply to commands in current
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 39a9642927d3..5c4b7a400c18 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ ccflags-y  :=
 cppflags-y :=
 ldflags-y  :=
 
+subdir-asflags-y :=
+subdir-ccflags-y :=
+
 # Read auto.conf if it exists, otherwise ignore
 -include include/config/auto.conf
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 979619574f70..cba61ca403ca 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ ccflags-y  += $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 cppflags-y += $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS)
 ldflags-y  += $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 
+#
+# flags that take effect in sub directories
+export KBUILD_SUBDIR_ASFLAGS := $(KBUILD_SUBDIR_ASFLAGS) $(subdir-asflags-y)
+export KBUILD_SUBDIR_CCFLAGS := $(KBUILD_SUBDIR_CCFLAGS) $(subdir-ccflags-y)
+
 # Figure out what we need to build from the various variables
 # ===========================================================================
 
@@ -104,10 +109,10 @@ else
 debug_flags =
 endif
 
-orig_c_flags   = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)                     \
+orig_c_flags   = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(KBUILD_SUBDIR_CCFLAGS) \
                  $(ccflags-y) $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
 _c_flags       = $(filter-out $(CFLAGS_REMOVE_$(basetarget).o), $(orig_c_flags))
-_a_flags       = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS)                     \
+_a_flags       = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) $(KBUILD_SUBDIR_ASFLAGS) \
                  $(asflags-y) $(AFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
 _cpp_flags     = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(cppflags-y) $(CPPFLAGS_$(@F))