Merge tag 'kbuild-v4.19-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull more Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - add build_{menu,n,g,x}config targets for compile-testing Kconfig

 - fix and improve recursive dependency detection in Kconfig

 - fix parallel building of menuconfig/nconfig

 - fix syntax error in clang-version.sh

 - suppress distracting log from syncconfig

 - remove obsolete "rpm" target

 - remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_STR) macro entirely

 - fix microblaze build with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE

 - move compiler test for dead code/data elimination to Kconfig

 - rename well-known LDFLAGS variable to KBUILD_LDFLAGS

 - misc fixes and cleanups

* tag 'kbuild-v4.19-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild:
  kbuild: rename LDFLAGS to KBUILD_LDFLAGS
  kbuild: pass LDFLAGS to recordmcount.pl
  kbuild: test dead code/data elimination support in Kconfig
  initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/
  vmlinux.lds.h: remove stale <linux/export.h> include
  export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR()
  Coccinelle: remove pci_alloc_consistent semantic to detect in zalloc-simple.cocci
  kbuild: make sorting initramfs contents independent of locale
  kbuild: remove "rpm" target, which is alias of "rpm-pkg"
  kbuild: Fix LOADLIBES rename in Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
  kconfig: suppress "configuration written to .config" for syncconfig
  kconfig: fix "Can't open ..." in parallel build
  kbuild: Add a space after `!` to prevent parsing as file pattern
  scripts: modpost: check memory allocation results
  kconfig: improve the recursive dependency report
  kconfig: report recursive dependency involving 'imply'
  kconfig: error out when seeing recursive dependency
  kconfig: add build-only configurator targets
  scripts/dtc: consolidate include path options in Makefile

18 files changed, 127 insertions, 457 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 7c98f60e2266..c75413d05a63 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ cc-ldoption = $(call try-run,\
 	$(CC) $(1) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -nostdlib -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 
 # ld-option
-# Usage: LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X, -Y)
-ld-option = $(call try-run, $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2),$(3))
+# Usage: KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X, -Y)
+ld-option = $(call try-run, $(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2),$(3))
 
 # ar-option
 # Usage: KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 93b8e24b0e15..1c48572223d1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ cmd_modversions_c =								\
 		$(call cmd_gensymtypes_c,$(KBUILD_SYMTYPES),$(@:.o=.symtypes))	\
 		    > $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);					\
 										\
-		$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 			\
+		$(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 		\
 			-T $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);				\
 		rm -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);		\
 	else									\
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ sub_cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)" \
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),64,32)" \
 	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)" \
-	"$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
+	"$(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
 	"$(if $(part-of-module),1,0)" "$(@)";
 recordmcount_source := $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl
 endif # BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ cmd_modversions_S =								\
 		$(call cmd_gensymtypes_S,$(KBUILD_SYMTYPES),$(@:.o=.symtypes))	\
 		    > $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);					\
 										\
-		$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 			\
+		$(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 		\
 			-T $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);				\
 		rm -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);		\
 	else									\
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index df0fff252619..61e596650ed3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ a_flags        = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 cpp_flags      = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 		 $(__cpp_flags)
 
-ld_flags       = $(LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F))
+ld_flags       = $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F))
 
 DTC_INCLUDE    := $(srctree)/scripts/dtc/include-prefixes
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index dd92dbbbaa68..7d4af0d0accb 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ARCH_POSTLINK := $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.postlink)
 # Step 6), final link of the modules with optional arch pass after final link
 quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M]  $@
       cmd_ld_ko_o =                                                     \
-	$(LD) -r $(LDFLAGS)                                             \
+	$(LD) -r $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS)                                      \
                  $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) $(LDFLAGS_MODULE)             \
                  -o $@ $(filter-out FORCE,$^) ;                         \
 	$(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true)
diff --git a/scripts/clang-version.sh b/scripts/clang-version.sh
index dbf0a31eb111..e65fbc3079d4 100755
--- a/scripts/clang-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/clang-version.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 compiler="$*"
 
-if !( $compiler --version | grep -q clang) ; then
+if ! ( $compiler --version | grep -q clang) ; then
 	echo 0
 	exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/zalloc-simple.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/zalloc-simple.cocci
index 92b20913055f..d819275b7fde 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/zalloc-simple.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/zalloc-simple.cocci
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ statement S;
 
 * x = (T)\(kmalloc(E1, ...)\|vmalloc(E1)\|dma_alloc_coherent(...,E1,...)\|
   kmalloc_node(E1, ...)\|kmem_cache_alloc(...)\|kmem_alloc(E1, ...)\|
-  devm_kmalloc(...,E1,...)\|kvmalloc(E1, ...)\|pci_alloc_consistent(...,E1,...)\|
-  kvmalloc_node(E1,...)\);
+  devm_kmalloc(...,E1,...)\|kvmalloc(E1, ...)\|kvmalloc_node(E1,...)\);
   if ((x==NULL) || ...) S
 * memset((T2)x,0,E1);
 
@@ -124,15 +123,6 @@ statement S;
 - x = (T)kvmalloc(E1,E2);
 + x = (T)kvzalloc(E1,E2);
 |
-- x = pci_alloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-+ x = pci_zalloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-|
-- x = (T *)pci_alloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-+ x = pci_zalloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-|
-- x = (T)pci_alloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-+ x = (T)pci_zalloc_consistent(E2,E1,E3);
-|
 - x = kvmalloc_node(E1,E2,E3);
 + x = kvzalloc_node(E1,E2,E3);
 |
@@ -389,35 +379,6 @@ msg="WARNING: kvzalloc should be used for %s, instead of kvmalloc/memset" % (x)
 coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------
-@r8 depends on org || report@
-type T, T2;
-expression x;
-expression E1,E2,E3;
-statement S;
-position p;
-@@
-
- x = (T)pci_alloc_consistent@p(E2,E1,E3);
- if ((x==NULL) || ...) S
- memset((T2)x,0,E1);
-
-@script:python depends on org@
-p << r8.p;
-x << r8.x;
-@@
-
-msg="%s" % (x)
-msg_safe=msg.replace("[","@(").replace("]",")")
-coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], msg_safe)
-
-@script:python depends on report@
-p << r8.p;
-x << r8.x;
-@@
-
-msg="WARNING: pci_zalloc_consistent should be used for %s, instead of pci_alloc_consistent/memset" % (x)
-coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------
 @r9 depends on org || report@
 type T, T2;
 expression x;
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/Makefile b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
index 9cac65b7419c..1c943e03eaf2 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
@@ -9,21 +9,11 @@ dtc-objs	:= dtc.o flattree.o fstree.o data.o livetree.o treesource.o \
 dtc-objs	+= dtc-lexer.lex.o dtc-parser.tab.o
 
 # Source files need to get at the userspace version of libfdt_env.h to compile
+HOST_EXTRACFLAGS := -I$(src)/libfdt
 
-HOSTCFLAGS_DTC := -I$(src) -I$(src)/libfdt
-
-HOSTCFLAGS_checks.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_data.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_dtc.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_flattree.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_fstree.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_livetree.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_srcpos.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_treesource.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_util.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-
-HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-lexer.lex.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
-HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-parser.tab.o := $(HOSTCFLAGS_DTC)
+# Generated files need one more search path to include headers in source tree
+HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-lexer.lex.o := -I$(src)
+HOSTCFLAGS_dtc-parser.tab.o := -I$(src)
 
 # dependencies on generated files need to be listed explicitly
 $(obj)/dtc-lexer.lex.o: $(obj)/dtc-parser.tab.h
diff --git a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 10e528b3a08f..000000000000
--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,328 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) Martin Schlemmer <azarah@nosferatu.za.org>
-# Copyright (C) 2006 Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
-#
-# Released under the terms of the GNU GPL
-#
-# Generate a cpio packed initramfs. It uses gen_init_cpio to generate
-# the cpio archive, and then compresses it.
-# The script may also be used to generate the inputfile used for gen_init_cpio
-# This script assumes that gen_init_cpio is located in usr/ directory
-
-# error out on errors
-set -e
-
-usage() {
-cat << EOF
-Usage:
-$0 [-o <file>] [-u <uid>] [-g <gid>] {-d | <cpio_source>} ...
-	-o <file>      Create compressed initramfs file named <file> using
-		       gen_init_cpio and compressor depending on the extension
-	-u <uid>       User ID to map to user ID 0 (root).
-		       <uid> is only meaningful if <cpio_source> is a
-		       directory.  "squash" forces all files to uid 0.
-	-g <gid>       Group ID to map to group ID 0 (root).
-		       <gid> is only meaningful if <cpio_source> is a
-		       directory.  "squash" forces all files to gid 0.
-	<cpio_source>  File list or directory for cpio archive.
-		       If <cpio_source> is a .cpio file it will be used
-		       as direct input to initramfs.
-	-d             Output the default cpio list.
-
-All options except -o and -l may be repeated and are interpreted
-sequentially and immediately.  -u and -g states are preserved across
-<cpio_source> options so an explicit "-u 0 -g 0" is required
-to reset the root/group mapping.
-EOF
-}
-
-# awk style field access
-# $1 - field number; rest is argument string
-field() {
-	shift $1 ; echo $1
-}
-
-list_default_initramfs() {
-	# echo usr/kinit/kinit
-	:
-}
-
-default_initramfs() {
-	cat <<-EOF >> ${output}
-		# This is a very simple, default initramfs
-
-		dir /dev 0755 0 0
-		nod /dev/console 0600 0 0 c 5 1
-		dir /root 0700 0 0
-		# file /kinit usr/kinit/kinit 0755 0 0
-		# slink /init kinit 0755 0 0
-	EOF
-}
-
-filetype() {
-	local argv1="$1"
-
-	# symlink test must come before file test
-	if [ -L "${argv1}" ]; then
-		echo "slink"
-	elif [ -f "${argv1}" ]; then
-		echo "file"
-	elif [ -d "${argv1}" ]; then
-		echo "dir"
-	elif [ -b "${argv1}" -o -c "${argv1}" ]; then
-		echo "nod"
-	elif [ -p "${argv1}" ]; then
-		echo "pipe"
-	elif [ -S "${argv1}" ]; then
-		echo "sock"
-	else
-		echo "invalid"
-	fi
-	return 0
-}
-
-list_print_mtime() {
-	:
-}
-
-print_mtime() {
-	local my_mtime="0"
-
-	if [ -e "$1" ]; then
-		my_mtime=$(find "$1" -printf "%T@\n" | sort -r | head -n 1)
-	fi
-
-	echo "# Last modified: ${my_mtime}" >> ${output}
-	echo "" >> ${output}
-}
-
-list_parse() {
-	if [ -L "$1" ]; then
-		return
-	fi
-	echo "$1" | sed 's/:/\\:/g; s/$/ \\/'
-}
-
-# for each file print a line in following format
-# <filetype> <name> <path to file> <octal mode> <uid> <gid>
-# for links, devices etc the format differs. See gen_init_cpio for details
-parse() {
-	local location="$1"
-	local name="/${location#${srcdir}}"
-	# change '//' into '/'
-	name=$(echo "$name" | sed -e 's://*:/:g')
-	local mode="$2"
-	local uid="$3"
-	local gid="$4"
-	local ftype=$(filetype "${location}")
-	# remap uid/gid to 0 if necessary
-	[ "$root_uid" = "squash" ] && uid=0 || [ "$uid" -eq "$root_uid" ] && uid=0
-	[ "$root_gid" = "squash" ] && gid=0 || [ "$gid" -eq "$root_gid" ] && gid=0
-	local str="${mode} ${uid} ${gid}"
-
-	[ "${ftype}" = "invalid" ] && return 0
-	[ "${location}" = "${srcdir}" ] && return 0
-
-	case "${ftype}" in
-		"file")
-			str="${ftype} ${name} ${location} ${str}"
-			;;
-		"nod")
-			local dev=`LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}"`
-			local maj=`field 5 ${dev}`
-			local min=`field 6 ${dev}`
-			maj=${maj%,}
-
-			[ -b "${location}" ] && dev="b" || dev="c"
-
-			str="${ftype} ${name} ${str} ${dev} ${maj} ${min}"
-			;;
-		"slink")
-			local target=`readlink "${location}"`
-			str="${ftype} ${name} ${target} ${str}"
-			;;
-		*)
-			str="${ftype} ${name} ${str}"
-			;;
-	esac
-
-	echo "${str}" >> ${output}
-
-	return 0
-}
-
-unknown_option() {
-	printf "ERROR: unknown option \"$arg\"\n" >&2
-	printf "If the filename validly begins with '-', " >&2
-	printf "then it must be prefixed\n" >&2
-	printf "by './' so that it won't be interpreted as an option." >&2
-	printf "\n" >&2
-	usage >&2
-	exit 1
-}
-
-list_header() {
-	:
-}
-
-header() {
-	printf "\n#####################\n# $1\n" >> ${output}
-}
-
-# process one directory (incl sub-directories)
-dir_filelist() {
-	${dep_list}header "$1"
-
-	srcdir=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's://*:/:g')
-	dirlist=$(find "${srcdir}" -printf "%p %m %U %G\n" | sort)
-
-	# If $dirlist is only one line, then the directory is empty
-	if [  "$(echo "${dirlist}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
-		${dep_list}print_mtime "$1"
-
-		echo "${dirlist}" | \
-		while read x; do
-			${dep_list}parse ${x}
-		done
-	fi
-}
-
-# if only one file is specified and it is .cpio file then use it direct as fs
-# if a directory is specified then add all files in given direcotry to fs
-# if a regular file is specified assume it is in gen_initramfs format
-input_file() {
-	source="$1"
-	if [ -f "$1" ]; then
-		${dep_list}header "$1"
-		is_cpio="$(echo "$1" | sed 's/^.*\.cpio\(\..*\)\{0,1\}/cpio/')"
-		if [ $2 -eq 0 -a ${is_cpio} = "cpio" ]; then
-			cpio_file=$1
-			echo "$1" | grep -q '^.*\.cpio\..*' && is_cpio_compressed="compressed"
-			[ ! -z ${dep_list} ] && echo "$1"
-			return 0
-		fi
-		if [ -z ${dep_list} ]; then
-			print_mtime "$1" >> ${output}
-			cat "$1"         >> ${output}
-		else
-		        echo "$1 \\"
-			cat "$1" | while read type dir file perm ; do
-				if [ "$type" = "file" ]; then
-					echo "$file \\";
-				fi
-			done
-		fi
-	elif [ -d "$1" ]; then
-		dir_filelist "$1"
-	else
-		echo "  ${prog}: Cannot open '$1'" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-}
-
-prog=$0
-root_uid=0
-root_gid=0
-dep_list=
-cpio_file=
-cpio_list=
-output="/dev/stdout"
-output_file=""
-is_cpio_compressed=
-compr="gzip -n -9 -f"
-
-arg="$1"
-case "$arg" in
-	"-l")	# files included in initramfs - used by kbuild
-		dep_list="list_"
-		echo "deps_initramfs := $0 \\"
-		shift
-		;;
-	"-o")	# generate compressed cpio image named $1
-		shift
-		output_file="$1"
-		cpio_list="$(mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/cpiolist.XXXXXX)"
-		output=${cpio_list}
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.gz$" \
-                && [ -x "`which gzip 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="gzip -n -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.bz2$" \
-                && [ -x "`which bzip2 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="bzip2 -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lzma$" \
-                && [ -x "`which lzma 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="lzma -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.xz$" \
-                && [ -x "`which xz 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="xz --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=1MiB"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lzo$" \
-                && [ -x "`which lzop 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="lzop -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lz4$" \
-                && [ -x "`which lz4 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="lz4 -l -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.cpio$" && compr="cat"
-		shift
-		;;
-esac
-while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-	arg="$1"
-	shift
-	case "$arg" in
-		"-u")	# map $1 to uid=0 (root)
-			root_uid="$1"
-			[ "$root_uid" = "-1" ] && root_uid=$(id -u || echo 0)
-			shift
-			;;
-		"-g")	# map $1 to gid=0 (root)
-			root_gid="$1"
-			[ "$root_gid" = "-1" ] && root_gid=$(id -g || echo 0)
-			shift
-			;;
-		"-d")	# display default initramfs list
-			default_list="$arg"
-			${dep_list}default_initramfs
-			;;
-		"-h")
-			usage
-			exit 0
-			;;
-		*)
-			case "$arg" in
-				"-"*)
-					unknown_option
-					;;
-				*)	# input file/dir - process it
-					input_file "$arg" "$#"
-					;;
-			esac
-			;;
-	esac
-done
-
-# If output_file is set we will generate cpio archive and compress it
-# we are careful to delete tmp files
-if [ ! -z ${output_file} ]; then
-	if [ -z ${cpio_file} ]; then
-		timestamp=
-		if test -n "$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"; then
-			timestamp="$(date -d"$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP" +%s || :)"
-			if test -n "$timestamp"; then
-				timestamp="-t $timestamp"
-			fi
-		fi
-		cpio_tfile="$(mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/cpiofile.XXXXXX)"
-		usr/gen_init_cpio $timestamp ${cpio_list} > ${cpio_tfile}
-	else
-		cpio_tfile=${cpio_file}
-	fi
-	rm ${cpio_list}
-	if [ "${is_cpio_compressed}" = "compressed" ]; then
-		cat ${cpio_tfile} > ${output_file}
-	else
-		(cat ${cpio_tfile} | ${compr}  - > ${output_file}) \
-		|| (rm -f ${output_file} ; false)
-	fi
-	[ -z ${cpio_file} ] && rm ${cpio_tfile}
-fi
-exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 8d8791069abf..4a7bd2192073 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # Kernel configuration targets
 # These targets are used from top-level makefile
 
-PHONY += xconfig gconfig menuconfig config localmodconfig localyesconfig
+PHONY += xconfig gconfig menuconfig config localmodconfig localyesconfig \
+	build_menuconfig build_nconfig build_gconfig build_xconfig
 
 ifdef KBUILD_KCONFIG
 Kconfig := $(KBUILD_KCONFIG)
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ config: $(obj)/conf
 nconfig: $(obj)/nconf
 	$< $(silent) $(Kconfig)
 
+build_menuconfig: $(obj)/mconf
+
+build_nconfig: $(obj)/nconf
+
+build_gconfig: $(obj)/gconf
+
+build_xconfig: $(obj)/qconf
+
 localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/conf
 	$(Q)perl $(srctree)/$(src)/streamline_config.pl --$@ $(srctree) $(Kconfig) > .tmp.config
 	$(Q)if [ -f .config ]; then 					\
@@ -169,7 +178,7 @@ HOSTLDLIBS_nconf	= $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$libs)
 HOSTCFLAGS_nconf.o	= $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
 HOSTCFLAGS_nconf.gui.o	= $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
 
-$(obj)/nconf.o: $(obj)/.nconf-cfg
+$(obj)/nconf.o $(obj)/nconf.gui.o: $(obj)/.nconf-cfg
 
 # mconf: Used for the menuconfig target based on lxdialog
 hostprogs-y	+= mconf
@@ -180,7 +189,8 @@ HOSTLDLIBS_mconf = $(shell . $(obj)/.mconf-cfg && echo $$libs)
 $(foreach f, mconf.o $(lxdialog), \
   $(eval HOSTCFLAGS_$f = $$(shell . $(obj)/.mconf-cfg && echo $$$$cflags)))
 
-$(addprefix $(obj)/, mconf.o $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/.mconf-cfg
+$(obj)/mconf.o: $(obj)/.mconf-cfg
+$(addprefix $(obj)/lxdialog/, $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/.mconf-cfg
 
 # qconf: Used for the xconfig target based on Qt
 hostprogs-y	+= qconf
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index b35cc9303979..7b2b37260669 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -508,6 +508,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		input_mode = (enum input_mode)opt;
 		switch (opt) {
 		case syncconfig:
+			/*
+			 * syncconfig is invoked during the build stage.
+			 * Suppress distracting "configuration written to ..."
+			 */
+			conf_set_message_callback(NULL);
 			sync_kconfig = 1;
 			break;
 		case defconfig:
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index 4ec8b1f0d42c..703b9b899ee9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static struct dep_stack {
 	struct dep_stack *prev, *next;
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	struct property *prop;
-	struct expr *expr;
+	struct expr **expr;
 } *check_top;
 
 static void dep_stack_insert(struct dep_stack *stack, struct symbol *sym)
@@ -1076,31 +1076,42 @@ static void sym_check_print_recursive(struct symbol *last_sym)
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:error: recursive dependency detected!\n",
 				prop->file->name, prop->lineno);
 
-		if (stack->expr) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s %s value contains %s\n",
-				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
+		if (sym_is_choice(sym)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tchoice %s contains symbol %s\n",
+				menu->file->name, menu->lineno,
 				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
-				prop_get_type_name(prop->type),
 				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
-		} else if (stack->prop) {
+		} else if (sym_is_choice_value(sym)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s is part of choice %s\n",
+				menu->file->name, menu->lineno,
+				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
+				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
+		} else if (stack->expr == &sym->dir_dep.expr) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s depends on %s\n",
 				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
 				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
 				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
-		} else if (sym_is_choice(sym)) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tchoice %s contains symbol %s\n",
-				menu->file->name, menu->lineno,
+		} else if (stack->expr == &sym->rev_dep.expr) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s is selected by %s\n",
+				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
 				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
 				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
-		} else if (sym_is_choice_value(sym)) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s is part of choice %s\n",
-				menu->file->name, menu->lineno,
+		} else if (stack->expr == &sym->implied.expr) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s is implied by %s\n",
+				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
+				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
+				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
+		} else if (stack->expr) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s %s value contains %s\n",
+				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
 				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
+				prop_get_type_name(prop->type),
 				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
 		} else {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s is selected by %s\n",
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s %s is visible depending on %s\n",
 				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
 				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
+				prop_get_type_name(prop->type),
 				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
 		}
 	}
@@ -1157,12 +1168,26 @@ static struct symbol *sym_check_sym_deps(struct symbol *sym)
 
 	dep_stack_insert(&stack, sym);
 
+	stack.expr = &sym->dir_dep.expr;
+	sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(sym->dir_dep.expr);
+	if (sym2)
+		goto out;
+
+	stack.expr = &sym->rev_dep.expr;
 	sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(sym->rev_dep.expr);
 	if (sym2)
 		goto out;
 
+	stack.expr = &sym->implied.expr;
+	sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(sym->implied.expr);
+	if (sym2)
+		goto out;
+
+	stack.expr = NULL;
+
 	for (prop = sym->prop; prop; prop = prop->next) {
-		if (prop->type == P_CHOICE || prop->type == P_SELECT)
+		if (prop->type == P_CHOICE || prop->type == P_SELECT ||
+		    prop->type == P_IMPLY)
 			continue;
 		stack.prop = prop;
 		sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(prop->visible.expr);
@@ -1170,7 +1195,7 @@ static struct symbol *sym_check_sym_deps(struct symbol *sym)
 			break;
 		if (prop->type != P_DEFAULT || sym_is_choice(sym))
 			continue;
-		stack.expr = prop->expr;
+		stack.expr = &prop->expr;
 		sym2 = sym_check_expr_deps(prop->expr);
 		if (sym2)
 			break;
@@ -1248,9 +1273,6 @@ struct symbol *sym_check_deps(struct symbol *sym)
 		sym->flags &= ~SYMBOL_CHECK;
 	}
 
-	if (sym2 && sym2 == sym)
-		sym2 = NULL;
-
 	return sym2;
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/Kconfig b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/Kconfig
index a65bfcb7137e..ebdb3ffd8717 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/Kconfig
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/Kconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
 # depends on itself
 
 config A
@@ -31,7 +33,6 @@ config D2
 	bool
 
 # depends on and imply
-# This is not recursive dependency
 
 config E1
 	bool "E1"
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/__init__.py b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f3821b43ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+"""
+Detect recursive dependency error.
+
+Recursive dependency should be treated as an error.
+"""
+
+def test(conf):
+    assert conf.oldaskconfig() == 1
+    assert conf.stderr_contains('expected_stderr')
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/expected_stderr b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/expected_stderr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84679b104655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/tests/err_recursive_dep/expected_stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Kconfig:11:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:11:	symbol B is selected by B
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:5:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:5:	symbol A depends on A
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:17:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:17:	symbol C1 depends on C2
+Kconfig:21:	symbol C2 depends on C1
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:32:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:32:	symbol D2 is selected by D1
+Kconfig:27:	symbol D1 depends on D2
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:37:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:37:	symbol E1 depends on E2
+Kconfig:42:	symbol E2 is implied by E1
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:60:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:60:	symbol G depends on G
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
+
+Kconfig:51:error: recursive dependency detected!
+Kconfig:51:	symbol F2 depends on F1
+Kconfig:49:	symbol F1 default value contains F2
+For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/__init__.py b/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index adb21951ba41..000000000000
--- a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Warn recursive inclusion.
-
-Recursive dependency should be warned.
-"""
-
-def test(conf):
-    assert conf.oldaskconfig() == 0
-    assert conf.stderr_contains('expected_stderr')
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/expected_stderr b/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/expected_stderr
deleted file mode 100644
index 3de807dd9cb2..000000000000
--- a/scripts/kconfig/tests/warn_recursive_dep/expected_stderr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-Kconfig:9:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:9:	symbol B is selected by B
-For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
-subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
-
-Kconfig:3:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:3:	symbol A depends on A
-For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
-subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
-
-Kconfig:15:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:15:	symbol C1 depends on C2
-Kconfig:19:	symbol C2 depends on C1
-For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
-subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
-
-Kconfig:30:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:30:	symbol D2 is selected by D1
-Kconfig:25:	symbol D1 depends on D2
-For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
-subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
-
-Kconfig:59:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:59:	symbol G depends on G
-For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
-subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
-
-Kconfig:50:error: recursive dependency detected!
-Kconfig:50:	symbol F2 depends on F1
-Kconfig:48:	symbol F1 default value contains F2
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 4bf811c09f59..c8cf45362bd6 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ modpost_link()
 		${KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS}				\
 		--end-group"
 
-	${LD} ${LDFLAGS} -r -o ${1} ${objects}
+	${LD} ${KBUILD_LDFLAGS} -r -o ${1} ${objects}
 }
 
 # Link of vmlinux
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ vmlinux_link()
 			--end-group				\
 			${1}"
 
-		${LD} ${LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS_vmlinux} -o ${2}	\
+		${LD} ${KBUILD_LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS_vmlinux} -o ${2}	\
 			-T ${lds} ${objects}
 	else
 		objects="-Wl,--whole-archive			\
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index dc6d714e4dcb..0d998c54564d 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 			if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_SPARC_REGISTER)
 				break;
 			if (symname[0] == '.') {
-				char *munged = strdup(symname);
+				char *munged = NOFAIL(strdup(symname));
 				munged[0] = '_';
 				munged[1] = toupper(munged[1]);
 				symname = munged;
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ static Elf_Sym *find_elf_symbol2(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Addr addr,
 static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
 {
 	if (match(s, init_exit_sections)) {
-		char *p = malloc(20);
+		char *p = NOFAIL(malloc(20));
 		char *r = p;
 
 		*p++ = '_';
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ static char *sec2annotation(const char *s)
 			strcat(p, " ");
 		return r;
 	} else {
-		return strdup("");
+		return NOFAIL(strdup(""));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ void buf_write(struct buffer *buf, const char *s, int len)
 {
 	if (buf->size - buf->pos < len) {
 		buf->size += len + SZ;
-		buf->p = realloc(buf->p, buf->size);
+		buf->p = NOFAIL(realloc(buf->p, buf->size));
 	}
 	strncpy(buf->p + buf->pos, s, len);
 	buf->pos += len;