diff --git a/Kbuild b/Kbuild
index af161aa1facd19..00530420548225 100644
--- a/Kbuild
+++ b/Kbuild
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ targets := kernel/bounds.s
 
 # We use internal kbuild rules to avoid the "is up to date" message from make
 kernel/bounds.s: kernel/bounds.c FORCE
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
 
 $(obj)/$(bounds-file): kernel/bounds.s FORCE
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ targets += arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.s
 # We use internal kbuild rules to avoid the "is up to date" message from make
 arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.s: arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.c \
                                       $(obj)/$(timeconst-file) $(obj)/$(bounds-file) FORCE
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
 
 $(obj)/$(offsets-file): arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.s FORCE
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ccb7d5b2fbf5f9..efb942ad0b556c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ NAME = Fearless Coyote
 # Comments in this file are targeted only to the developer, do not
 # expect to learn how to build the kernel reading this file.
 
+# That's our default target when none is given on the command line
+PHONY := _all
+_all:
+
 # o Do not use make's built-in rules and variables
 #   (this increases performance and avoids hard-to-debug behaviour);
 # o Look for make include files relative to root of kernel src
@@ -117,10 +121,6 @@ ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
   KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
 endif
 
-# That's our default target when none is given on the command line
-PHONY := _all
-_all:
-
 # Cancel implicit rules on top Makefile
 $(CURDIR)/Makefile Makefile: ;
 
@@ -187,15 +187,6 @@ ifeq ("$(origin M)", "command line")
   KBUILD_EXTMOD := $(M)
 endif
 
-# If building an external module we do not care about the all: rule
-# but instead _all depend on modules
-PHONY += all
-ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
-_all: all
-else
-_all: modules
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
         # building in the source tree
         srctree := .
@@ -207,6 +198,9 @@ else
                 srctree := $(KBUILD_SRC)
         endif
 endif
+
+export KBUILD_CHECKSRC KBUILD_EXTMOD KBUILD_SRC
+
 objtree		:= .
 src		:= $(srctree)
 obj		:= $(objtree)
@@ -215,6 +209,74 @@ VPATH		:= $(srctree)$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),:$(KBUILD_EXTMOD))
 
 export srctree objtree VPATH
 
+# To make sure we do not include .config for any of the *config targets
+# catch them early, and hand them over to scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+# It is allowed to specify more targets when calling make, including
+# mixing *config targets and build targets.
+# For example 'make oldconfig all'.
+# Detect when mixed targets is specified, and make a second invocation
+# of make so .config is not included in this case either (for *config).
+
+version_h := include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
+old_version_h := include/linux/version.h
+
+no-dot-config-targets := clean mrproper distclean \
+			 cscope gtags TAGS tags help% %docs check% coccicheck \
+			 $(version_h) headers_% archheaders archscripts \
+			 kernelversion %src-pkg
+
+config-targets := 0
+mixed-targets  := 0
+dot-config     := 1
+
+ifneq ($(filter $(no-dot-config-targets), $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+	ifeq ($(filter-out $(no-dot-config-targets), $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+		dot-config := 0
+	endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
+        ifneq ($(filter config %config,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+                config-targets := 1
+                ifneq ($(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)),1)
+                        mixed-targets := 1
+                endif
+        endif
+endif
+# install and modules_install need also be processed one by one
+ifneq ($(filter install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+        ifneq ($(filter modules_install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+	        mixed-targets := 1
+        endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(mixed-targets),1)
+# ===========================================================================
+# We're called with mixed targets (*config and build targets).
+# Handle them one by one.
+
+PHONY += $(MAKECMDGOALS) __build_one_by_one
+
+$(filter-out __build_one_by_one, $(MAKECMDGOALS)): __build_one_by_one
+	@:
+
+__build_one_by_one:
+	$(Q)set -e; \
+	for i in $(MAKECMDGOALS); do \
+		$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile $$i; \
+	done
+
+else
+
+# We need some generic definitions (do not try to remake the file).
+scripts/Kbuild.include: ;
+include scripts/Kbuild.include
+
+# Read KERNELRELEASE from include/config/kernel.release (if it exists)
+KERNELRELEASE = $(shell cat include/config/kernel.release 2> /dev/null)
+KERNELVERSION = $(VERSION)$(if $(PATCHLEVEL),.$(PATCHLEVEL)$(if $(SUBLEVEL),.$(SUBLEVEL)))$(EXTRAVERSION)
+export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL KERNELRELEASE KERNELVERSION
+
 # SUBARCH tells the usermode build what the underlying arch is.  That is set
 # first, and if a usermode build is happening, the "ARCH=um" on the command
 # line overrides the setting of ARCH below.  If a native build is happening,
@@ -285,9 +347,6 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),tilegx)
        SRCARCH := tile
 endif
 
-# Where to locate arch specific headers
-hdr-arch  := $(SRCARCH)
-
 KCONFIG_CONFIG	?= .config
 export KCONFIG_CONFIG
 
@@ -308,45 +367,6 @@ HOSTCXXFLAGS := -O2 $(HOST_LFS_CFLAGS)
 HOSTLDFLAGS  := $(HOST_LFS_LDFLAGS)
 HOST_LOADLIBES := $(HOST_LFS_LIBS)
 
-ifeq ($(shell $(HOSTCC) -v 2>&1 | grep -c "clang version"), 1)
-HOSTCFLAGS  += -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-parameter \
-		-Wno-missing-field-initializers -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
-endif
-
-# Decide whether to build built-in, modular, or both.
-# Normally, just do built-in.
-
-KBUILD_MODULES :=
-KBUILD_BUILTIN := 1
-
-# If we have only "make modules", don't compile built-in objects.
-# When we're building modules with modversions, we need to consider
-# the built-in objects during the descend as well, in order to
-# make sure the checksums are up to date before we record them.
-
-ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),modules)
-  KBUILD_BUILTIN := $(if $(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS),1)
-endif
-
-# If we have "make <whatever> modules", compile modules
-# in addition to whatever we do anyway.
-# Just "make" or "make all" shall build modules as well
-
-ifneq ($(filter all _all modules,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-  KBUILD_MODULES := 1
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),)
-  KBUILD_MODULES := 1
-endif
-
-export KBUILD_MODULES KBUILD_BUILTIN
-export KBUILD_CHECKSRC KBUILD_SRC KBUILD_EXTMOD
-
-# We need some generic definitions (do not try to remake the file).
-scripts/Kbuild.include: ;
-include scripts/Kbuild.include
-
 # Make variables (CC, etc...)
 AS		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)as
 LD		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
@@ -374,12 +394,11 @@ LDFLAGS_MODULE  =
 CFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 AFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux =
-CFLAGS_GCOV	:= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 
 # Use USERINCLUDE when you must reference the UAPI directories only.
 USERINCLUDE    := \
-		-I$(srctree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi \
-		-I$(objtree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/generated/uapi \
+		-I$(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/uapi \
+		-I$(objtree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated/uapi \
 		-I$(srctree)/include/uapi \
 		-I$(objtree)/include/generated/uapi \
                 -include $(srctree)/include/linux/kconfig.h
@@ -387,40 +406,33 @@ USERINCLUDE    := \
 # Use LINUXINCLUDE when you must reference the include/ directory.
 # Needed to be compatible with the O= option
 LINUXINCLUDE    := \
-		-I$(srctree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include \
-		-I$(objtree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/generated \
+		-I$(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include \
+		-I$(objtree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated \
 		$(if $(KBUILD_SRC), -I$(srctree)/include) \
 		-I$(objtree)/include \
 		$(USERINCLUDE)
 
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__
-
+KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar \
 		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration \
 		   -Wno-format-security \
-		   -std=gnu89 $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
-
-
+		   -std=gnu89
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL :=
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL :=
-KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__ $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE := -T $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.lds
+GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS :=
 
-# Read KERNELRELEASE from include/config/kernel.release (if it exists)
-KERNELRELEASE = $(shell cat include/config/kernel.release 2> /dev/null)
-KERNELVERSION = $(VERSION)$(if $(PATCHLEVEL),.$(PATCHLEVEL)$(if $(SUBLEVEL),.$(SUBLEVEL)))$(EXTRAVERSION)
-
-export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL KERNELRELEASE KERNELVERSION
 export ARCH SRCARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC
 export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP HOSTLDFLAGS HOST_LOADLIBES
 export MAKE AWK GENKSYMS INSTALLKERNEL PERL PYTHON UTS_MACHINE
 export HOSTCXX HOSTCXXFLAGS LDFLAGS_MODULE CHECK CHECKFLAGS
 
 export KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS LINUXINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS LDFLAGS
-export KBUILD_CFLAGS CFLAGS_KERNEL CFLAGS_MODULE CFLAGS_GCOV CFLAGS_KCOV CFLAGS_KASAN CFLAGS_UBSAN
+export KBUILD_CFLAGS CFLAGS_KERNEL CFLAGS_MODULE CFLAGS_KASAN CFLAGS_UBSAN
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS AFLAGS_KERNEL AFLAGS_MODULE
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL
@@ -462,73 +474,6 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
 	    $(srctree) $(objtree) $(VERSION) $(PATCHLEVEL)
 endif
 
-# Support for using generic headers in asm-generic
-PHONY += asm-generic uapi-asm-generic
-asm-generic: uapi-asm-generic
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic \
-	            src=asm obj=arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated/asm
-uapi-asm-generic:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic \
-	            src=uapi/asm obj=arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated/uapi/asm
-
-# To make sure we do not include .config for any of the *config targets
-# catch them early, and hand them over to scripts/kconfig/Makefile
-# It is allowed to specify more targets when calling make, including
-# mixing *config targets and build targets.
-# For example 'make oldconfig all'.
-# Detect when mixed targets is specified, and make a second invocation
-# of make so .config is not included in this case either (for *config).
-
-version_h := include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
-old_version_h := include/linux/version.h
-
-no-dot-config-targets := clean mrproper distclean \
-			 cscope gtags TAGS tags help% %docs check% coccicheck \
-			 $(version_h) headers_% archheaders archscripts \
-			 kernelversion %src-pkg
-
-config-targets := 0
-mixed-targets  := 0
-dot-config     := 1
-
-ifneq ($(filter $(no-dot-config-targets), $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-	ifeq ($(filter-out $(no-dot-config-targets), $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-		dot-config := 0
-	endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
-        ifneq ($(filter config %config,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-                config-targets := 1
-                ifneq ($(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)),1)
-                        mixed-targets := 1
-                endif
-        endif
-endif
-# install and modules_install need also be processed one by one
-ifneq ($(filter install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-        ifneq ($(filter modules_install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-	        mixed-targets := 1
-        endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(mixed-targets),1)
-# ===========================================================================
-# We're called with mixed targets (*config and build targets).
-# Handle them one by one.
-
-PHONY += $(MAKECMDGOALS) __build_one_by_one
-
-$(filter-out __build_one_by_one, $(MAKECMDGOALS)): __build_one_by_one
-	@:
-
-__build_one_by_one:
-	$(Q)set -e; \
-	for i in $(MAKECMDGOALS); do \
-		$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile $$i; \
-	done
-
-else
 ifeq ($(config-targets),1)
 # ===========================================================================
 # *config targets only - make sure prerequisites are updated, and descend
@@ -551,6 +496,44 @@ else
 # Build targets only - this includes vmlinux, arch specific targets, clean
 # targets and others. In general all targets except *config targets.
 
+# If building an external module we do not care about the all: rule
+# but instead _all depend on modules
+PHONY += all
+ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
+_all: all
+else
+_all: modules
+endif
+
+# Decide whether to build built-in, modular, or both.
+# Normally, just do built-in.
+
+KBUILD_MODULES :=
+KBUILD_BUILTIN := 1
+
+# If we have only "make modules", don't compile built-in objects.
+# When we're building modules with modversions, we need to consider
+# the built-in objects during the descend as well, in order to
+# make sure the checksums are up to date before we record them.
+
+ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),modules)
+  KBUILD_BUILTIN := $(if $(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS),1)
+endif
+
+# If we have "make <whatever> modules", compile modules
+# in addition to whatever we do anyway.
+# Just "make" or "make all" shall build modules as well
+
+ifneq ($(filter all _all modules,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
+  KBUILD_MODULES := 1
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),)
+  KBUILD_MODULES := 1
+endif
+
+export KBUILD_MODULES KBUILD_BUILTIN
+
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 # Additional helpers built in scripts/
 # Carefully list dependencies so we do not try to build scripts twice
@@ -621,6 +604,11 @@ endif
 # Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets
 all: vmlinux
 
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
+CFLAGS_GCOV	:= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
+export CFLAGS_GCOV CFLAGS_KCOV
+
 # The arch Makefile can set ARCH_{CPP,A,C}FLAGS to override the default
 # values of the respective KBUILD_* variables
 ARCH_CPPFLAGS :=
@@ -652,7 +640,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0409, \
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,--param=allow-store-data-races=0)
 
 # check for 'asm goto'
-ifeq ($(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)), y)
+ifeq ($(call shell-cached,$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)), y)
 	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
 	KBUILD_AFLAGS += -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
 endif
@@ -789,7 +777,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fdata-sections,)
 endif
 
 # arch Makefile may override CC so keep this after arch Makefile is included
-NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -nostdinc -isystem $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=include)
+NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -nostdinc -isystem $(call shell-cached,$(CC) -print-file-name=include)
 CHECKFLAGS     += $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS)
 
 # warn about C99 declaration after statement
@@ -1071,6 +1059,15 @@ prepare0: archprepare gcc-plugins
 # All the preparing..
 prepare: prepare0 prepare-objtool
 
+# Support for using generic headers in asm-generic
+PHONY += asm-generic uapi-asm-generic
+asm-generic: uapi-asm-generic
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic \
+	            src=asm obj=arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated/asm
+uapi-asm-generic:
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic \
+	            src=uapi/asm obj=arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated/uapi/asm
+
 PHONY += prepare-objtool
 prepare-objtool: $(objtool_target)
 
@@ -1139,8 +1136,8 @@ headerdep:
 #Default location for installed headers
 export INSTALL_HDR_PATH = $(objtree)/usr
 
-# If we do an all arch process set dst to include/arch-$(hdr-arch)
-hdr-dst = $(if $(KBUILD_HEADERS), dst=include/arch-$(hdr-arch), dst=include)
+# If we do an all arch process set dst to include/arch-$(SRCARCH)
+hdr-dst = $(if $(KBUILD_HEADERS), dst=include/arch-$(SRCARCH), dst=include)
 
 PHONY += archheaders
 archheaders:
@@ -1158,10 +1155,10 @@ headers_install_all:
 
 PHONY += headers_install
 headers_install: __headers
-	$(if $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild),, \
+	$(if $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild),, \
 	  $(error Headers not exportable for the $(SRCARCH) architecture))
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=include/uapi dst=include
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi $(hdr-dst)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/uapi $(hdr-dst)
 
 PHONY += headers_check_all
 headers_check_all: headers_install_all
@@ -1170,7 +1167,7 @@ headers_check_all: headers_install_all
 PHONY += headers_check
 headers_check: headers_install
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=include/uapi dst=include HDRCHECK=1
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi $(hdr-dst) HDRCHECK=1
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/uapi $(hdr-dst) HDRCHECK=1
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Kernel selftest
@@ -1283,7 +1280,7 @@ CLEAN_DIRS  += $(MODVERDIR)
 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
 MRPROPER_DIRS  += include/config usr/include include/generated          \
 		  arch/*/include/generated .tmp_objdiff
-MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old .version .old_version \
+MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old .version \
 		  Module.symvers tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS \
 		  signing_key.pem signing_key.priv signing_key.x509	\
 		  x509.genkey extra_certificates signing_key.x509.keyid	\
@@ -1393,7 +1390,7 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  export_report   - List the usages of all exported symbols'
 	@echo  '  headers_check   - Sanity check on exported headers'
 	@echo  '  headerdep       - Detect inclusion cycles in headers'
-	@$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.help checker-help
+	@echo  '  coccicheck      - Check with Coccinelle'
 	@echo  ''
 	@echo  'Kernel selftest:'
 	@echo  '  kselftest       - Build and run kernel selftest (run as root)'
@@ -1556,6 +1553,7 @@ clean: $(clean-dirs)
 		-o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \
 		-o -name '*.symtypes' -o -name 'modules.order' \
 		-o -name modules.builtin -o -name '.tmp_*.o.*' \
+		-o -name .cache.mk \
 		-o -name '*.c.[012]*.*' \
 		-o -name '*.ll' \
 		-o -name '*.gcno' \) -type f -print | xargs rm -f
@@ -1702,8 +1700,7 @@ cmd_crmodverdir = $(Q)mkdir -p $(MODVERDIR) \
 
 # read all saved command lines
 
-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
-cmd_files := $(wildcard .*.cmd $(foreach f,$(targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
+cmd_files := $(wildcard .*.cmd $(foreach f,$(sort $(targets)),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
 
 ifneq ($(cmd_files),)
   $(cmd_files): ;	# Do not try to update included dependency files
diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index def8824fc71ca3..80351e505fd57a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ LDFLAGS		:=
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:=-p --no-undefined -X --pic-veneer
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --be8
-LDFLAGS_MODULE	+= --be8
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE	+= --be8
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS),y)
-LDFLAGS_MODULE	+= -T $(srctree)/arch/arm/kernel/module.lds
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE	+= -T $(srctree)/arch/arm/kernel/module.lds
 endif
 
 GZFLAGS		:=-9
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ CFLAGS_ISA	:=-mthumb $(AFLAGS_AUTOIT) $(AFLAGS_NOWARN)
 AFLAGS_ISA	:=$(CFLAGS_ISA) -Wa$(comma)-mthumb
 # Work around buggy relocation from gas if requested:
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_THUMB2_AVOID_R_ARM_THM_JUMP11),y)
-CFLAGS_MODULE	+=-fno-optimize-sibling-calls
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE	+=-fno-optimize-sibling-calls
 endif
 else
 CFLAGS_ISA	:=$(call cc-option,-marm,)
diff --git a/arch/c6x/Makefile b/arch/c6x/Makefile
index 6b0be670ddfabc..6f6096ff05a462 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/Makefile
+++ b/arch/c6x/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cflags-y += -mno-dsbt -msdata=none -D__linux__
 
 cflags-$(CONFIG_C6X_BIG_KERNEL) += -mlong-calls
 
-CFLAGS_MODULE   += -mlong-calls -mno-dsbt -msdata=none
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE   += -mlong-calls -mno-dsbt -msdata=none
 
 CHECKFLAGS      +=
 
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/.gitignore b/arch/frv/kernel/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c5f676c3c224b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vmlinux.lds
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/Makefile b/arch/hexagon/Makefile
index 48fe08230a8088..2efaa18e995ad8 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/Makefile
+++ b/arch/hexagon/Makefile
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-short-enums
 
 # Modules must use either long-calls, or use pic/plt.
 # Use long-calls for now, it's easier.  And faster.
-# CFLAGS_MODULE += -fPIC
-# LDFLAGS_MODULE += -shared
-CFLAGS_MODULE += -mlong-calls
+# KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += -fPIC
+# KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += -shared
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += -mlong-calls
 
 cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-mv${CONFIG_HEXAGON_ARCH_VERSION})
 aflags-y += $(call cc-option,-mv${CONFIG_HEXAGON_ARCH_VERSION})
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/ptrace.c
index ecd75e2e8eb391..fa76493c174596 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
  * 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
-#include <generated/compile.h>
-
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
@@ -180,7 +178,7 @@ static const struct user_regset hexagon_regsets[] = {
 };
 
 static const struct user_regset_view hexagon_user_view = {
-	.name = UTS_MACHINE,
+	.name = "hexagon",
 	.e_machine = ELF_ARCH,
 	.ei_osabi = ELF_OSABI,
 	.regsets = hexagon_regsets,
diff --git a/arch/sh/Makefile b/arch/sh/Makefile
index 280bbff121020e..65300193b99f31 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ ifneq ($(SUBARCH),$(ARCH))
   endif
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(ARCH),sh)
+KBUILD_DEFCONFIG	:= shx3_defconfig
+else
+KBUILD_DEFCONFIG	:= cayman_defconfig
+endif
+
 isa-y					:= any
 isa-$(CONFIG_SH_DSP)			:= sh
 isa-$(CONFIG_CPU_SH2)			:= sh2
@@ -105,14 +111,12 @@ ifdef CONFIG_SUPERH32
 UTS_MACHINE		:= sh
 BITS			:= 32
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux		+= -e _stext
-KBUILD_DEFCONFIG	:= shx3_defconfig
 else
 UTS_MACHINE		:= sh64
 BITS			:= 64
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux		+= --defsym phys_stext=_stext-$(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET) \
 			   --defsym phys_stext_shmedia=phys_stext+1 \
 			   -e phys_stext_shmedia
-KBUILD_DEFCONFIG	:= cayman_defconfig
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/.gitignore b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/.gitignore
index 2374a83d87b26f..edff113f1b85f7 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
+ashiftrt.S
+ashldi3.c
+ashlsi3.S
+ashrsi3.S
+lshrsi3.S
 vmlinux.bin.*
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
index c366c0adeb40da..1943aebadede9b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
@@ -130,10 +130,6 @@ $(obj)/vdsox32.so.dbg: $(src)/vdsox32.lds $(vobjx32s) FORCE
 CPPFLAGS_vdso32.lds = $(CPPFLAGS_vdso.lds)
 VDSO_LDFLAGS_vdso32.lds = -m32 -Wl,-m,elf_i386 -Wl,-soname=linux-gate.so.1
 
-# This makes sure the $(obj) subdirectory exists even though vdso32/
-# is not a kbuild sub-make subdirectory.
-override obj-dirs = $(dir $(obj)) $(obj)/vdso32/
-
 targets += vdso32/vdso32.lds
 targets += vdso32/note.o vdso32/system_call.o vdso32/sigreturn.o
 targets += vdso32/vclock_gettime.o
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 9ffd3dda3889c5..065324a8046ff8 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ squote  := '
 empty   :=
 space   := $(empty) $(empty)
 space_escape := _-_SPACE_-_
+right_paren := )
+left_paren := (
 
 ###
 # Name of target with a '.' as filename prefix. foo/bar.o => foo/.bar.o
@@ -80,6 +82,71 @@ cc-cross-prefix =  \
 			echo $(c);                                    \
 		fi)))
 
+# Tools for caching Makefile variables that are "expensive" to compute.
+#
+# Here we want to help deal with variables that take a long time to compute
+# by making it easy to store these variables in a cache.
+#
+# The canonical example here is testing for compiler flags.  On a simple system
+# each call to the compiler takes 10 ms, but on a system with a compiler that's
+# called through various wrappers it can take upwards of 100 ms.  If we have
+# 100 calls to the compiler this can take 1 second (on a simple system) or 10
+# seconds (on a complicated system).
+#
+# The "cache" will be in Makefile syntax and can be directly included.
+# Any time we try to reference a variable that's not in the cache we'll
+# calculate it and store it in the cache for next time.
+
+# Include values from last time
+make-cache := $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/,$(if $(obj),$(obj)/)).cache.mk
+$(make-cache): ;
+-include $(make-cache)
+
+cached-data := $(filter __cached_%, $(.VARIABLES))
+
+# If cache exceeds 1000 lines, shrink it down to 500.
+ifneq ($(word 1000,$(cached-data)),)
+$(shell tail -n 500 $(make-cache) > $(make-cache).tmp; \
+	mv $(make-cache).tmp $(make-cache))
+endif
+
+create-cache-dir := $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(if $(cache-data),,1))
+
+# Usage: $(call __sanitize-opt,Hello=Hola$(comma)Goodbye Adios)
+#
+# Convert all '$', ')', '(', '\', '=', ' ', ',', ':' to '_'
+__sanitize-opt = $(subst $$,_,$(subst $(right_paren),_,$(subst $(left_paren),_,$(subst \,_,$(subst =,_,$(subst $(space),_,$(subst $(comma),_,$(subst :,_,$(1)))))))))
+
+# Usage:   $(call shell-cached,shell_command)
+# Example: $(call shell-cached,md5sum /usr/bin/gcc)
+#
+# If we've already seen a call to this exact shell command (even in a
+# previous invocation of make!) we'll return the value.  If not, we'll
+# compute it and store the result for future runs.
+#
+# This is a bit of voodoo, but basic explanation is that if the variable
+# was undefined then we'll evaluate the shell command and store the result
+# into the variable.  We'll then store that value in the cache and finally
+# output the value.
+#
+# NOTE: The $$(2) here isn't actually a parameter to __run-and-store.  We
+# happen to know that the caller will have their shell command in $(2) so the
+# result of "call"ing this will produce a reference to that $(2).  The reason
+# for this strangeness is to avoid an extra level of eval (and escaping) of
+# $(2).
+define __run-and-store
+ifeq ($(origin $(1)),undefined)
+  $$(eval $(1) := $$(shell $$(2)))
+ifeq ($(create-cache-dir),1)
+  $$(shell mkdir -p $(dir $(make-cache)))
+  $$(eval create-cache-dir :=)
+endif
+  $$(shell echo '$(1) := $$($(1))' >> $(make-cache))
+endif
+endef
+__shell-cached = $(eval $(call __run-and-store,$(1)))$($(1))
+shell-cached = $(call __shell-cached,__cached_$(call __sanitize-opt,$(1)),$(1))
+
 # output directory for tests below
 TMPOUT := $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(firstword $(KBUILD_EXTMOD))/)
 
@@ -87,30 +154,36 @@ TMPOUT := $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(firstword $(KBUILD_EXTMOD))/)
 # Usage: option = $(call try-run, $(CC)...-o "$$TMP",option-ok,otherwise)
 # Exit code chooses option. "$$TMP" serves as a temporary file and is
 # automatically cleaned up.
-try-run = $(shell set -e;		\
+__try-run = set -e;			\
 	TMP="$(TMPOUT).$$$$.tmp";	\
 	TMPO="$(TMPOUT).$$$$.o";	\
 	if ($(1)) >/dev/null 2>&1;	\
 	then echo "$(2)";		\
 	else echo "$(3)";		\
 	fi;				\
-	rm -f "$$TMP" "$$TMPO")
+	rm -f "$$TMP" "$$TMPO"
+
+try-run = $(shell $(__try-run))
+
+# try-run-cached
+# This works like try-run, but the result is cached.
+try-run-cached = $(call shell-cached,$(__try-run))
 
 # as-option
 # Usage: cflags-y += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-isa=foo,)
 
-as-option = $(call try-run,\
+as-option = $(call try-run-cached,\
 	$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(1) -c -x assembler /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 
 # as-instr
 # Usage: cflags-y += $(call as-instr,instr,option1,option2)
 
-as-instr = $(call try-run,\
+as-instr = $(call try-run-cached,\
 	printf "%b\n" "$(1)" | $(CC) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) -c -x assembler -o "$$TMP" -,$(2),$(3))
 
 # __cc-option
 # Usage: MY_CFLAGS += $(call __cc-option,$(CC),$(MY_CFLAGS),-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
-__cc-option = $(call try-run,\
+__cc-option = $(call try-run-cached,\
 	$(1) -Werror $(2) $(3) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(3),$(4))
 
 # Do not attempt to build with gcc plugins during cc-option tests.
@@ -130,23 +203,23 @@ hostcc-option = $(call __cc-option, $(HOSTCC),\
 
 # cc-option-yn
 # Usage: flag := $(call cc-option-yn,-march=winchip-c6)
-cc-option-yn = $(call try-run,\
+cc-option-yn = $(call try-run-cached,\
 	$(CC) -Werror $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",y,n)
 
 # cc-disable-warning
 # Usage: cflags-y += $(call cc-disable-warning,unused-but-set-variable)
-cc-disable-warning = $(call try-run,\
+cc-disable-warning = $(call try-run-cached,\
 	$(CC) -Werror $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -W$(strip $(1)) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",-Wno-$(strip $(1)))
 
 # cc-name
 # Expands to either gcc or clang
-cc-name = $(shell $(CC) -v 2>&1 | grep -q "clang version" && echo clang || echo gcc)
+cc-name = $(call shell-cached,$(CC) -v 2>&1 | grep -q "clang version" && echo clang || echo gcc)
 
 # cc-version
-cc-version = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-version.sh $(CC))
+cc-version = $(call shell-cached,$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-version.sh $(CC))
 
 # cc-fullversion
-cc-fullversion = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) \
+cc-fullversion = $(call shell-cached,$(CONFIG_SHELL) \
 	$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-version.sh -p $(CC))
 
 # cc-ifversion
@@ -159,22 +232,23 @@ cc-if-fullversion = $(shell [ $(cc-fullversion) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3) || echo
 
 # cc-ldoption
 # Usage: ldflags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=both)
-cc-ldoption = $(call try-run,\
-	$(CC) $(1) -nostdlib -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+cc-ldoption = $(call try-run-cached,\
+	$(CC) $(1) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -nostdlib -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 
 # ld-option
 # Usage: LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X)
-ld-option = $(call try-run,\
-	$(CC) -x c /dev/null -c -o "$$TMPO" ; $(LD) $(1) "$$TMPO" -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+ld-option = $(call try-run-cached,\
+	$(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -x c /dev/null -c -o "$$TMPO"; \
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(1) "$$TMPO" -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 
 # ar-option
 # Usage: KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D)
 # Important: no spaces around options
-ar-option = $(call try-run, $(AR) rc$(1) "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+ar-option = $(call try-run-cached, $(AR) rc$(1) "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 
 # ld-version
 # Note this is mainly for HJ Lu's 3 number binutil versions
-ld-version = $(shell $(LD) --version | $(srctree)/scripts/ld-version.sh)
+ld-version = $(call shell-cached,$(LD) --version | $(srctree)/scripts/ld-version.sh)
 
 # ld-ifversion
 # Usage:  $(call ld-ifversion, -ge, 22252, y)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic b/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic
index 524eeedc8d25d2..32ad8e93fbe15c 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # and for each file listed in this file with generic-y creates
 # a small wrapper file in $(obj) (arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated/$(src))
 
+PHONY := all
+all:
+
 kbuild-file := $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/$(src)/Kbuild
 -include $(kbuild-file)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index e63af4e19382af..f171225383cc4a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -65,15 +65,6 @@ ifneq ($(hostprogs-y)$(hostprogs-m)$(hostlibs-y)$(hostlibs-m)$(hostcxxlibs-y)$(h
 include scripts/Makefile.host
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
-# Create output directory if not already present
-_dummy := $(shell [ -d $(obj) ] || mkdir -p $(obj))
-
-# Create directories for object files if directory does not exist
-# Needed when obj-y := dir/file.o syntax is used
-_dummy := $(foreach d,$(obj-dirs), $(shell [ -d $(d) ] || mkdir -p $(d)))
-endif
-
 ifndef obj
 $(warning kbuild: Makefile.build is included improperly)
 endif
@@ -563,7 +554,7 @@ $(multi-used-m): FORCE
 $(call multi_depend, $(multi-used-m), .o, -objs -y -m)
 
 targets += $(multi-used-y) $(multi-used-m)
-
+targets := $(filter-out $(PHONY), $(targets))
 
 # Descending
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -584,13 +575,23 @@ FORCE:
 # optimization, we don't need to read them if the target does not
 # exist, we will rebuild anyway in that case.
 
-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
-cmd_files := $(wildcard $(foreach f,$(targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
+cmd_files := $(wildcard $(foreach f,$(sort $(targets)),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
 
 ifneq ($(cmd_files),)
   include $(cmd_files)
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
+# Create directories for object files if they do not exist
+obj-dirs := $(sort $(obj) $(patsubst %/,%, $(dir $(targets))))
+# If cmd_files exist, their directories apparently exist.  Skip mkdir.
+exist-dirs := $(sort $(patsubst %/,%, $(dir $(cmd_files))))
+obj-dirs := $(strip $(filter-out $(exist-dirs), $(obj-dirs)))
+ifneq ($(obj-dirs),)
+$(shell mkdir -p $(obj-dirs))
+endif
+endif
+
 # Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
 # information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
index 99967948d76425..d5e1314711312c 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ subdirs       := $(patsubst $(srcdir)/%/,%,\
 # Recursion
 __headers: $(subdirs)
 
-.PHONY: $(subdirs)
+PHONY += $(subdirs)
 $(subdirs):
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=$(obj)/$@ dst=$(dst)/$@
 
-# Skip header install/check for include/uapi and arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi.
+# Skip header install/check for include/uapi and arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/uapi.
 # We have only sub-directories there.
 skip-inst := $(if $(filter %/uapi,$(obj)),1)
 
@@ -115,9 +115,8 @@ $(check-file): scripts/headers_check.pl $(output-files) FORCE
 
 endif
 
-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
 cmd_files := $(wildcard \
-             $(foreach f,$(targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
+             $(foreach f,$(sort $(targets)),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
 
 ifneq ($(cmd_files),)
 	include $(cmd_files)
@@ -125,6 +124,7 @@ endif
 
 endif # skip-inst
 
-.PHONY: $(PHONY)
 PHONY += FORCE
 FORCE: ;
+
+.PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.help b/scripts/Makefile.help
deleted file mode 100644
index d03608f5db04b8..00000000000000
--- a/scripts/Makefile.help
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-
-checker-help:
-	@echo  '  coccicheck      - Check with Coccinelle.'
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index 10e5c3cb89dc09..e6dc6ae2d7c4d1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@ host-cxxobjs	:= $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cxxmulti),$($(m)-cxxobjs)))
 host-cshobjs	:= $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cshlib),$($(m:.so=-objs))))
 host-cxxshobjs	:= $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cxxshlib),$($(m:.so=-objs))))
 
-# output directory for programs/.o files
-# hostprogs-y := tools/build may have been specified.
-# Retrieve also directory of .o files from prog-objs or prog-cxxobjs notation
-host-objdirs := $(dir $(__hostprogs) $(host-cobjs) $(host-cxxobjs))
-
-host-objdirs := $(strip $(sort $(filter-out ./,$(host-objdirs))))
-
-
-__hostprogs     := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(__hostprogs))
 host-csingle	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-csingle))
 host-cmulti	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cmulti))
 host-cobjs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cobjs))
@@ -67,9 +58,6 @@ host-cshlib	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cshlib))
 host-cxxshlib	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxshlib))
 host-cshobjs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cshobjs))
 host-cxxshobjs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxshobjs))
-host-objdirs    := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-objdirs))
-
-obj-dirs += $(host-objdirs)
 
 #####
 # Handle options to gcc. Support building with separate output directory
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 2278405cbc80e2..08eb40a7729f35 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -5,24 +5,25 @@ 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)
+# flags that take effect in current and sub directories
+KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(subdir-asflags-y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(subdir-ccflags-y)
 
 # Figure out what we need to build from the various variables
 # ===========================================================================
 
 # When an object is listed to be built compiled-in and modular,
 # only build the compiled-in version
-
 obj-m := $(filter-out $(obj-y),$(obj-m))
 
 # Libraries are always collected in one lib file.
 # Filter out objects already built-in
-
 lib-y := $(filter-out $(obj-y), $(sort $(lib-y) $(lib-m)))
 
+# Determine modorder.
+# Unfortunately, we don't have information about ordering between -y
+# and -m subdirs.  Just put -y's first.
+modorder	:= $(patsubst %/,%/modules.order, $(filter %/, $(obj-y)) $(obj-m:.o=.ko))
 
 # Handle objects in subdirs
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -30,12 +31,6 @@ lib-y := $(filter-out $(obj-y), $(sort $(lib-y) $(lib-m)))
 #   and add the directory to the list of dirs to descend into: $(subdir-y)
 # o if we encounter foo/ in $(obj-m), remove it from $(obj-m)
 #   and add the directory to the list of dirs to descend into: $(subdir-m)
-
-# Determine modorder.
-# Unfortunately, we don't have information about ordering between -y
-# and -m subdirs.  Just put -y's first.
-modorder	:= $(patsubst %/,%/modules.order, $(filter %/, $(obj-y)) $(obj-m:.o=.ko))
-
 __subdir-y	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-y)))
 subdir-y	+= $(__subdir-y)
 __subdir-m	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-m)))
@@ -44,10 +39,9 @@ obj-y		:= $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.o, $(obj-y))
 obj-m		:= $(filter-out %/, $(obj-m))
 
 # Subdirectories we need to descend into
-
 subdir-ym	:= $(sort $(subdir-y) $(subdir-m))
 
-# if $(foo-objs) exists, foo.o is a composite object
+# if $(foo-objs), $(foo-y), or $(foo-m) exists, foo.o is a composite object
 multi-used-y := $(sort $(foreach m,$(obj-y), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))), $(m))))
 multi-used-m := $(sort $(foreach m,$(obj-m), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)) $($(m:.o=-m))), $(m))))
 multi-used   := $(multi-used-y) $(multi-used-m)
@@ -57,15 +51,11 @@ single-used-m := $(sort $(filter-out $(multi-used-m),$(obj-m)))
 # objects depend on those (obviously)
 multi-objs-y := $(foreach m, $(multi-used-y), $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)))
 multi-objs-m := $(foreach m, $(multi-used-m), $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)))
-multi-objs   := $(multi-objs-y) $(multi-objs-m)
 
 # $(subdir-obj-y) is the list of objects in $(obj-y) which uses dir/ to
 # tell kbuild to descend
 subdir-obj-y := $(filter %/built-in.o, $(obj-y))
 
-# $(obj-dirs) is a list of directories that contain object files
-obj-dirs := $(dir $(multi-objs) $(obj-y))
-
 # Replace multi-part objects by their individual parts, look at local dir only
 real-objs-y := $(foreach m, $(filter-out $(subdir-obj-y), $(obj-y)), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y))),$($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)),$(m))) $(extra-y)
 real-objs-m := $(foreach m, $(obj-m), $(if $(strip $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)) $($(m:.o=-m))),$($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)) $($(m:.o=-m)),$(m)))
@@ -93,11 +83,9 @@ multi-used-m	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(multi-used-m))
 multi-objs-y	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(multi-objs-y))
 multi-objs-m	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(multi-objs-m))
 subdir-ym	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-ym))
-obj-dirs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-dirs))
 
 # These flags are needed for modversions and compiling, so we define them here
-# already
-# $(modname_flags) #defines KBUILD_MODNAME as the name of the module it will
+# $(modname_flags) defines KBUILD_MODNAME as the name of the module it will
 # end up in (or would, if it gets compiled in)
 # Note: Files that end up in two or more modules are compiled without the
 #       KBUILD_MODNAME definition. The reason is that any made-up name would
@@ -107,10 +95,10 @@ basename_flags = -DKBUILD_BASENAME=$(call name-fix,$(basetarget))
 modname_flags  = $(if $(filter 1,$(words $(modname))),\
                  -DKBUILD_MODNAME=$(call name-fix,$(modname)))
 
-orig_c_flags   = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(KBUILD_SUBDIR_CCFLAGS) \
+orig_c_flags   = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) \
                  $(ccflags-y) $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
 _c_flags       = $(filter-out $(CFLAGS_REMOVE_$(basetarget).o), $(orig_c_flags))
-orig_a_flags   = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) $(KBUILD_SUBDIR_ASFLAGS) \
+orig_a_flags   = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) \
                  $(asflags-y) $(AFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
 _a_flags       = $(filter-out $(AFLAGS_REMOVE_$(basetarget).o), $(orig_a_flags))
 _cpp_flags     = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(cppflags-y) $(CPPFLAGS_$(@F))
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 991db7d6e4df8b..df4174405feb33 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ FORCE:
 # optimization, we don't need to read them if the target does not
 # exist, we will rebuild anyway in that case.
 
-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
-cmd_files := $(wildcard $(foreach f,$(targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
+cmd_files := $(wildcard $(foreach f,$(sort $(targets)),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
 
 ifneq ($(cmd_files),)
   include $(cmd_files)
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index e6818b8e7141e6..c0d129d7f4304a 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -188,10 +188,8 @@ sortextable()
 # Delete output files in case of error
 cleanup()
 {
-	rm -f .old_version
 	rm -f .tmp_System.map
 	rm -f .tmp_kallsyms*
-	rm -f .tmp_version
 	rm -f .tmp_vmlinux*
 	rm -f built-in.o
 	rm -f System.map
@@ -239,12 +237,12 @@ esac
 
 # Update version
 info GEN .version
-if [ ! -r .version ]; then
-	rm -f .version;
-	echo 1 >.version;
+if [ -r .version ]; then
+	VERSION=$(expr 0$(cat .version) + 1)
+	echo $VERSION > .version
 else
-	mv .version .old_version;
-	expr 0$(cat .old_version) + 1 >.version;
+	rm -f .version
+	echo 1 > .version
 fi;
 
 # final build of init/
@@ -332,6 +330,3 @@ if [ -n "${CONFIG_KALLSYMS}" ]; then
 		exit 1
 	fi
 fi
-
-# We made a new kernel - delete old version file
-rm -f .old_version
diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index 959199c3147ec7..87f1fc9801d733 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -28,12 +28,7 @@ LC_ALL=C
 export LC_ALL
 
 if [ -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION" ]; then
-	if [ -r .version ]; then
-		VERSION=`cat .version`
-	else
-		VERSION=0
-		echo 0 > .version
-	fi
+	VERSION=$(cat .version 2>/dev/null || echo 1)
 else
 	VERSION=$KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/selinux/Makefile b/scripts/selinux/Makefile
index e8049da1831fa9..b3048b894a3976 100644
--- a/scripts/selinux/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/selinux/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 subdir-y := mdp genheaders
-subdir-	+= mdp genheaders