Merge tag 'kbuild-v6.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Support zstd-compressed debug info

 - Allow W=1 builds to detect objects shared among multiple modules

 - Add srcrpm-pkg target to generate a source RPM package

 - Make the -s option detection work for future GNU Make versions

 - Add -Werror to KBUILD_CPPFLAGS when CONFIG_WERROR=y

 - Allow W=1 builds to detect -Wundef warnings in any preprocessed files

 - Raise the minimum supported version of binutils to 2.25

 - Use $(intcmp ...) to compare integers if GNU Make >= 4.4 is used

 - Use $(file ...) to read a file if GNU Make >= 4.2 is used

 - Print error if GNU Make older than 3.82 is used

 - Allow modpost to detect section mismatches with Clang LTO

 - Include vmlinuz.efi into kernel tarballs for arm64 CONFIG_EFI_ZBOOT=y

* tag 'kbuild-v6.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (29 commits)
  buildtar: fix tarballs with EFI_ZBOOT enabled
  modpost: Include '.text.*' in TEXT_SECTIONS
  padata: Mark padata_work_init() as __ref
  kbuild: ensure Make >= 3.82 is used
  kbuild: refactor the prerequisites of the modpost rule
  kbuild: change module.order to list *.o instead of *.ko
  kbuild: use .NOTINTERMEDIATE for future GNU Make versions
  kconfig: refactor Makefile to reduce process forks
  kbuild: add read-file macro
  kbuild: do not sort after reading modules.order
  kbuild: add test-{ge,gt,le,lt} macros
  Documentation: raise minimum supported version of binutils to 2.25
  kbuild: add -Wundef to KBUILD_CPPFLAGS for W=1 builds
  kbuild: move -Werror from KBUILD_CFLAGS to KBUILD_CPPFLAGS
  kbuild: Port silent mode detection to future gnu make.
  init/version.c: remove #include <generated/utsrelease.h>
  firmware_loader: remove #include <generated/utsrelease.h>
  modpost: Mark uuid_le type to be suitable only for MEI
  kbuild: add ability to make source rpm buildable using koji
  kbuild: warn objects shared among multiple modules
  ...

34 files changed, 226 insertions, 138 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 2bc08ace38a3..2f7356b2990b 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -10,6 +10,26 @@ empty   :=
 space   := $(empty) $(empty)
 space_escape := _-_SPACE_-_
 pound := \#
+define newline
+
+
+endef
+
+###
+# Comparison macros.
+# Usage: $(call test-lt, $(CONFIG_LLD_VERSION), 150000)
+#
+# Use $(intcmp ...) if supported. (Make >= 4.4)
+# Otherwise, fall back to the 'test' shell command.
+ifeq ($(intcmp 1,0,,,y),y)
+test-ge = $(intcmp $(strip $1)0, $(strip $2)0,,y,y)
+test-gt = $(intcmp $(strip $1)0, $(strip $2)0,,,y)
+else
+test-ge = $(shell test $(strip $1)0 -ge $(strip $2)0 && echo y)
+test-gt = $(shell test $(strip $1)0 -gt $(strip $2)0 && echo y)
+endif
+test-le = $(call test-ge, $2, $1)
+test-lt = $(call test-gt, $2, $1)
 
 ###
 # Name of target with a '.' as filename prefix. foo/bar.o => foo/.bar.o
@@ -41,6 +61,21 @@ escsq = $(subst $(squote),'\$(squote)',$1)
 stringify = $(squote)$(quote)$1$(quote)$(squote)
 
 ###
+# The path to Kbuild or Makefile. Kbuild has precedence over Makefile.
+kbuild-dir = $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
+kbuild-file = $(or $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild),$(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)
+
+###
+# Read a file, replacing newlines with spaces
+#
+# Make 4.2 or later can read a file by using its builtin function.
+ifneq ($(filter-out 3.% 4.0 4.1, $(MAKE_VERSION)),)
+read-file = $(subst $(newline),$(space),$(file < $1))
+else
+read-file = $(shell cat $1 2>/dev/null)
+endif
+
+###
 # Easy method for doing a status message
        kecho := :
  quiet_kecho := echo
@@ -150,9 +185,6 @@ endif
 make-cmd = $(call escsq,$(subst $(pound),$$(pound),$(subst $$,$$$$,$(cmd_$(1)))))
 
 # Find any prerequisites that are newer than target or that do not exist.
-# (This is not true for now; $? should contain any non-existent prerequisites,
-# but it does not work as expected when .SECONDARY is present. This seems a bug
-# of GNU Make.)
 # PHONY targets skipped in both cases.
 newer-prereqs = $(filter-out $(PHONY),$?)
 
@@ -228,4 +260,14 @@ endif
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
 
 # do not delete intermediate files automatically
+#
+# .NOTINTERMEDIATE is more correct, but only available on newer Make versions.
+# Make 4.4 introduced .NOTINTERMEDIATE, and it appears in .FEATURES, but the
+# global .NOTINTERMEDIATE does not work. We can use it on Make > 4.4.
+# Use .SECONDARY for older Make versions, but "newer-prereq" cannot detect
+# deleted files.
+ifneq ($(and $(filter notintermediate, $(.FEATURES)),$(filter-out 4.4,$(MAKE_VERSION))),)
+.NOTINTERMEDIATE:
+else
 .SECONDARY:
+endif
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic b/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic
index 1d501c57f9ef..8d01b37b7677 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ PHONY := all
 all:
 
 src := $(subst /generated,,$(obj))
--include $(src)/Kbuild
+
+include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
+-include $(kbuild-file)
 
 # $(generic)/Kbuild lists mandatory-y. Exclude um since it is a special case.
 ifneq ($(SRCARCH),um)
 include $(srctree)/$(generic)/Kbuild
 endif
 
-include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
-
 redundant := $(filter $(mandatory-y) $(generated-y), $(generic-y))
 redundant += $(foreach f, $(generic-y), $(if $(wildcard $(srctree)/$(src)/$(f)),$(f)))
 redundant := $(sort $(redundant))
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 3ceab076127b..a0d5c6cca76d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ subdir-ccflags-y :=
 
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.compiler
-
-# The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
-kbuild-dir := $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
-include $(or $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild),$(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)
-
+include $(kbuild-file)
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.lib
 
 # Do not include hostprogs rules unless needed.
@@ -226,6 +222,10 @@ endif
 
 cmd_check_local_export = $(srctree)/scripts/check-local-export $@
 
+ifneq ($(findstring 1, $(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN)),)
+cmd_warn_shared_object = $(if $(word 2, $(modname-multi)),$(warning $(kbuild-file): $*.o is added to multiple modules: $(modname-multi)))
+endif
+
 define rule_cc_o_c
 	$(call cmd_and_fixdep,cc_o_c)
 	$(call cmd,gen_ksymdeps)
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ define rule_cc_o_c
 	$(call cmd,gen_objtooldep)
 	$(call cmd,gen_symversions_c)
 	$(call cmd,record_mcount)
+	$(call cmd,warn_shared_object)
 endef
 
 define rule_as_o_S
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ define rule_as_o_S
 	$(call cmd,check_local_export)
 	$(call cmd,gen_objtooldep)
 	$(call cmd,gen_symversions_S)
+	$(call cmd,warn_shared_object)
 endef
 
 # Built-in and composite module parts
@@ -433,7 +435,7 @@ $(obj)/built-in.a: $(real-obj-y) FORCE
 # modules.order unless contained modules are updated.
 
 cmd_modules_order = { $(foreach m, $(real-prereqs), \
-	$(if $(filter %/modules.order, $m), cat $m, echo $(patsubst %.o,%.ko,$m));) :; } \
+	$(if $(filter %/modules.order, $m), cat $m, echo $m);) :; } \
 	> $@
 
 $(obj)/modules.order: $(obj-m) FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index 878cec648959..3649900696dd 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ PHONY := __clean
 __clean:
 
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
-
-# The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
-kbuild-dir := $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
-include $(or $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild),$(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)
+include $(kbuild-file)
 
 # Figure out what we need to build from the various variables
 # ==========================================================================
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.compiler b/scripts/Makefile.compiler
index 20d353dcabfb..3d8adfd34af1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.compiler
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.compiler
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ cc-disable-warning = $(call try-run,\
 
 # gcc-min-version
 # Usage: cflags-$(call gcc-min-version, 70100) += -foo
-gcc-min-version = $(shell [ $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION)0 -ge $(1)0 ] && echo y)
+gcc-min-version = $(call test-ge, $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION), $1)
 
 # clang-min-version
 # Usage: cflags-$(call clang-min-version, 110000) += -foo
-clang-min-version = $(shell [ $(CONFIG_CLANG_VERSION)0 -ge $(1)0 ] && echo y)
+clang-min-version = $(call test-ge, $(CONFIG_CLANG_VERSION), $1)
 
 # ld-option
 # Usage: KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X, -Y)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.debug b/scripts/Makefile.debug
index 332c486f705f..059ff38fe0cb 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.debug
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.debug
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ else
 DEBUG_RUSTFLAGS	+= -Cdebuginfo=2
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_COMPRESSED
+ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_COMPRESSED_ZLIB
 DEBUG_CFLAGS	+= -gz=zlib
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -gz=zlib
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= --compress-debug-sections=zlib
+else ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_COMPRESSED_ZSTD
+DEBUG_CFLAGS	+= -gz=zstd
+KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -gz=zstd
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= --compress-debug-sections=zstd
 endif
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(DEBUG_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.dtbinst b/scripts/Makefile.dtbinst
index 190d781e84f4..2ab936e4179d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.dtbinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.dtbinst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ __dtbs_install:
 
 include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
-include $(src)/Makefile
+include $(kbuild-file)
 
 dtbs    := $(addprefix $(dst)/, $(dtb-y) $(if $(CONFIG_OF_ALL_DTBS),$(dtb-)))
 subdirs := $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(subdir-y) $(subdir-m))
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
index 6bbba36c5969..40cd13eca82e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-sign-compare
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-type-limits
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-shift-negative-value
 
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -Wundef
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DKBUILD_EXTRA_WARN1
 
 else
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
index 25bedd83644b..a30d5b08eee9 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.lib
 
 # find all modules listed in modules.order
-modules := $(sort $(shell cat $(MODORDER)))
+modules := $(call read-file, $(MODORDER))
 
-__modfinal: $(modules)
+__modfinal: $(modules:%.o=%.ko)
 	@:
 
 # modname and part-of-module are set to make c_flags define proper module flags
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ if_changed_except = $(if $(call newer_prereqs_except,$(2))$(cmd-check),      \
 	printf '%s\n' 'cmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd, @:)
 
 # Re-generate module BTFs if either module's .ko or vmlinux changed
-$(modules): %.ko: %.o %.mod.o scripts/module.lds $(and $(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES),$(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux) FORCE
+%.ko: %.o %.mod.o scripts/module.lds $(and $(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES),$(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux) FORCE
 	+$(call if_changed_except,ld_ko_o,vmlinux)
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
 	+$(if $(newer-prereqs),$(call cmd,btf_ko))
 endif
 
-targets += $(modules) $(modules:.ko=.mod.o)
+targets += $(modules:%.o=%.ko) $(modules:%.o=%.mod.o)
 
 # Add FORCE to the prequisites of a target to force it to be always rebuilt.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index a4c987c23750..836391e5d209 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __modinst:
 include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 
-modules := $(sort $(shell cat $(MODORDER)))
+modules := $(call read-file, $(MODORDER))
 
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 dst := $(MODLIB)/kernel
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP)	:= .gz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ)	:= .xz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD)	:= .zst
 
-modules := $(patsubst $(extmod_prefix)%, $(dst)/%$(suffix-y), $(modules))
+modules := $(patsubst $(extmod_prefix)%.o, $(dst)/%.ko$(suffix-y), $(modules))
 
 __modinst: $(modules)
 	@:
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index e41dee64d429..5eb5e8280379 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ __modpost:
 include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 
+MODPOST = scripts/mod/modpost
+
 modpost-args =										\
 	$(if $(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS),-m)							\
 	$(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL),-a)					\
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ modpost-args =										\
 	$(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS)$(KBUILD_NSDEPS),-N)	\
 	-o $@
 
+modpost-deps := $(MODPOST)
+
 # 'make -i -k' ignores compile errors, and builds as many modules as possible.
 ifneq ($(findstring i,$(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))),)
 modpost-args += -n
@@ -78,12 +82,13 @@ targets += .vmlinux.objs
 .vmlinux.objs: vmlinux.a $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,vmlinux_objs)
 
-vmlinux.o-if-present := $(wildcard vmlinux.o)
-output-symdump := vmlinux.symvers
-
-ifdef KBUILD_MODULES
-output-symdump := $(if $(vmlinux.o-if-present), Module.symvers, modules-only.symvers)
-missing-input := $(filter-out $(vmlinux.o-if-present),vmlinux.o)
+ifeq ($(wildcard vmlinux.o),)
+missing-input := vmlinux.o
+output-symdump := modules-only.symvers
+else
+modpost-args += vmlinux.o
+modpost-deps += vmlinux.o
+output-symdump := $(if $(KBUILD_MODULES), Module.symvers, vmlinux.symvers)
 endif
 
 else
@@ -93,13 +98,18 @@ obj := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)
 src := $(obj)
 
 # Include the module's Makefile to find KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS
-include $(or $(wildcard $(src)/Kbuild), $(src)/Makefile)
+include $(kbuild-file)
 
-module.symvers-if-present := $(wildcard Module.symvers)
 output-symdump := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Module.symvers
-missing-input := $(filter-out $(module.symvers-if-present), Module.symvers)
 
-modpost-args += -e $(addprefix -i ,$(module.symvers-if-present) $(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS))
+ifeq ($(wildcard Module.symvers),)
+missing-input := Module.symvers
+else
+modpost-args += -i Module.symvers
+modpost-deps += Module.symvers
+endif
+
+modpost-args += -e $(addprefix -i , $(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS))
 
 endif # ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 
@@ -107,9 +117,10 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN)$(missing-input),)
 modpost-args += -w
 endif
 
-modorder-if-needed := $(if $(KBUILD_MODULES), $(MODORDER))
-
-MODPOST = scripts/mod/modpost
+ifdef KBUILD_MODULES
+modpost-args += -T $(MODORDER)
+modpost-deps += $(MODORDER)
+endif
 
 # Read out modules.order to pass in modpost.
 # Otherwise, allmodconfig would fail with "Argument list too long".
@@ -119,10 +130,10 @@ quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST $@
 		echo >&2 "WARNING: $(missing-input) is missing."; \
 		echo >&2 "         Modules may not have dependencies or modversions."; \
 		echo >&2 "         You may get many unresolved symbol warnings.";) \
-	sed 's/ko$$/o/' $(or $(modorder-if-needed), /dev/null) | $(MODPOST) $(modpost-args) -T - $(vmlinux.o-if-present)
+	$(MODPOST) $(modpost-args)
 
 targets += $(output-symdump)
-$(output-symdump): $(modorder-if-needed) $(vmlinux.o-if-present) $(module.symvers-if-present) $(MODPOST) FORCE
+$(output-symdump): $(modpost-deps) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,modpost)
 
 __modpost: $(output-symdump)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.package b/scripts/Makefile.package
index 2a90139ecbe1..539e9f765d64 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.package
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.package
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ rpm-pkg:
 	+rpmbuild $(RPMOPTS) --target $(UTS_MACHINE)-linux -ta $(KERNELPATH).tar.gz \
 	--define='_smp_mflags %{nil}'
 
+# srcrpm-pkg
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PHONY += srcrpm-pkg
+srcrpm-pkg:
+	$(MAKE) clean
+	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(MKSPEC) >$(objtree)/kernel.spec
+	$(call cmd,src_tar,$(KERNELPATH),kernel.spec)
+	+rpmbuild $(RPMOPTS) --target $(UTS_MACHINE)-linux -ts $(KERNELPATH).tar.gz \
+	--define='_smp_mflags %{nil}' --define='_srcrpmdir $(srctree)'
+
 # binrpm-pkg
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PHONY += binrpm-pkg
diff --git a/scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py b/scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py
index d800b2c0af97..0227522959a4 100755
--- a/scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py
+++ b/scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ def cmdfiles_for_modorder(modorder):
     """
     with open(modorder) as f:
         for line in f:
-            ko = line.rstrip()
-            base, ext = os.path.splitext(ko)
-            if ext != '.ko':
-                sys.exit('{}: module path must end with .ko'.format(ko))
+            obj = line.rstrip()
+            base, ext = os.path.splitext(obj)
+            if ext != '.o':
+                sys.exit('{}: module path must end with .o'.format(obj))
             mod = base + '.mod'
             # Read from *.mod, to get a list of objects that compose the module.
             with open(mod) as m:
diff --git a/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh b/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
index 653fadbad302..12bcfae940ee 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cat > "$output_file" << EOT
 EOT
 
 {
-	[ -n "${read_modorder}" ] && sed 's/ko$/usyms/' modules.order | xargs cat
+	[ -n "${read_modorder}" ] && sed 's/o$/usyms/' modules.order | xargs cat
 	echo "$needed_symbols"
 	[ -n "$ksym_wl" ] && cat "$ksym_wl"
 } | sed -e 's/ /\n/g' | sed -n -e '/^$/!p' |
diff --git a/scripts/jobserver-exec b/scripts/jobserver-exec
index 8762887a970c..4192855f5b8b 100755
--- a/scripts/jobserver-exec
+++ b/scripts/jobserver-exec
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ try:
 	opts = [x for x in flags.split(" ") if x.startswith("--jobserver")]
 
 	# Parse out R,W file descriptor numbers and set them nonblocking.
-	fds = opts[0].split("=", 1)[1]
+	# If the MAKEFLAGS variable contains multiple instances of the
+	# --jobserver-auth= option, the last one is relevant.
+	fds = opts[-1].split("=", 1)[1]
 	reader, writer = [int(x) for x in fds.split(",", 1)]
 	# Open a private copy of reader to avoid setting nonblocking
 	# on an unexpecting process with the same reader fd.
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
index 500e7424b3ef..c8a3f9cd52f0 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /conf
 /[gmnq]conf
-/[gmnq]conf-cfg
+/[gmnq]conf-cflags
+/[gmnq]conf-libs
+/qconf-bin
 /qconf-moc.cc
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index b8ef0fb4bbef..0b1d15efaeb0 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -159,11 +159,12 @@ conf-objs	:= conf.o $(common-objs)
 hostprogs	+= nconf
 nconf-objs	:= nconf.o nconf.gui.o $(common-objs)
 
-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)
+HOSTLDLIBS_nconf       = $(call read-file, $(obj)/nconf-libs)
+HOSTCFLAGS_nconf.o     = $(call read-file, $(obj)/nconf-cflags)
+HOSTCFLAGS_nconf.gui.o = $(call read-file, $(obj)/nconf-cflags)
 
-$(obj)/nconf.o $(obj)/nconf.gui.o: $(obj)/nconf-cfg
+$(obj)/nconf: | $(obj)/nconf-libs
+$(obj)/nconf.o $(obj)/nconf.gui.o: | $(obj)/nconf-cflags
 
 # mconf: Used for the menuconfig target based on lxdialog
 hostprogs	+= mconf
@@ -171,27 +172,28 @@ lxdialog	:= $(addprefix lxdialog/, \
 		     checklist.o inputbox.o menubox.o textbox.o util.o yesno.o)
 mconf-objs	:= mconf.o $(lxdialog) $(common-objs)
 
-HOSTLDLIBS_mconf = $(shell . $(obj)/mconf-cfg && echo $$libs)
+HOSTLDLIBS_mconf = $(call read-file, $(obj)/mconf-libs)
 $(foreach f, mconf.o $(lxdialog), \
-  $(eval HOSTCFLAGS_$f = $$(shell . $(obj)/mconf-cfg && echo $$$$cflags)))
+  $(eval HOSTCFLAGS_$f = $$(call read-file, $(obj)/mconf-cflags)))
 
-$(addprefix $(obj)/, mconf.o $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/mconf-cfg
+$(obj)/mconf: | $(obj)/mconf-libs
+$(addprefix $(obj)/, mconf.o $(lxdialog)): | $(obj)/mconf-cflags
 
 # qconf: Used for the xconfig target based on Qt
 hostprogs	+= qconf
 qconf-cxxobjs	:= qconf.o qconf-moc.o
 qconf-objs	:= images.o $(common-objs)
 
-HOSTLDLIBS_qconf	= $(shell . $(obj)/qconf-cfg && echo $$libs)
-HOSTCXXFLAGS_qconf.o	= $(shell . $(obj)/qconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
-HOSTCXXFLAGS_qconf-moc.o = $(shell . $(obj)/qconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
-
-$(obj)/qconf.o: $(obj)/qconf-cfg
+HOSTLDLIBS_qconf         = $(call read-file, $(obj)/qconf-libs)
+HOSTCXXFLAGS_qconf.o     = -std=c++11 -fPIC $(call read-file, $(obj)/qconf-cflags)
+HOSTCXXFLAGS_qconf-moc.o = -std=c++11 -fPIC $(call read-file, $(obj)/qconf-cflags)
+$(obj)/qconf: | $(obj)/qconf-libs
+$(obj)/qconf.o $(obj)/qconf-moc.o: | $(obj)/qconf-cflags
 
 quiet_cmd_moc = MOC     $@
-      cmd_moc = $(shell . $(obj)/qconf-cfg && echo $$moc) $< -o $@
+      cmd_moc = $(call read-file, $(obj)/qconf-bin)/moc $< -o $@
 
-$(obj)/qconf-moc.cc: $(src)/qconf.h $(obj)/qconf-cfg FORCE
+$(obj)/qconf-moc.cc: $(src)/qconf.h FORCE | $(obj)/qconf-bin
 	$(call if_changed,moc)
 
 targets += qconf-moc.cc
@@ -200,15 +202,16 @@ targets += qconf-moc.cc
 hostprogs	+= gconf
 gconf-objs	:= gconf.o images.o $(common-objs)
 
-HOSTLDLIBS_gconf    = $(shell . $(obj)/gconf-cfg && echo $$libs)
-HOSTCFLAGS_gconf.o  = $(shell . $(obj)/gconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
+HOSTLDLIBS_gconf   = $(call read-file, $(obj)/gconf-libs)
+HOSTCFLAGS_gconf.o = $(call read-file, $(obj)/gconf-cflags)
 
-$(obj)/gconf.o: $(obj)/gconf-cfg
+$(obj)/gconf: | $(obj)/gconf-libs
+$(obj)/gconf.o: | $(obj)/gconf-cflags
 
 # check if necessary packages are available, and configure build flags
-filechk_conf_cfg = $(CONFIG_SHELL) $<
+cmd_conf_cfg = $< $(addprefix $(obj)/$*conf-, cflags libs bin)
 
-$(obj)/%conf-cfg: $(src)/%conf-cfg.sh FORCE
-	$(call filechk,conf_cfg)
+$(obj)/%conf-cflags $(obj)/%conf-libs $(obj)/%conf-bin: $(src)/%conf-cfg.sh
+	$(call cmd,conf_cfg)
 
-clean-files += *conf-cfg
+clean-files += *conf-cflags *conf-libs *conf-bin
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh
index cbd90c28c05f..040d8f338820 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+cflags=$1
+libs=$2
+
 PKG="gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0"
 
 if [ -z "$(command -v ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG})" ]; then
@@ -26,5 +29,5 @@ if ! ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --atleast-version=2.0.0 gtk+-2.0; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-echo cflags=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags $PKG)\"
-echo libs=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs $PKG)\"
+${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags ${PKG} > ${cflags}
+${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs ${PKG} > ${libs}
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
index 6ac2eabe109d..e7118d62a45f 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct gstr str_new(void);
 void str_free(struct gstr *gs);
 void str_append(struct gstr *gs, const char *s);
 void str_printf(struct gstr *gs, const char *fmt, ...);
-const char *str_get(struct gstr *gs);
+char *str_get(struct gstr *gs);
 
 /* menu.c */
 void _menu_init(void);
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh
index 025b565e0b7c..1e61f50a5905 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+cflags=$1
+libs=$2
+
 PKG="ncursesw"
 PKG2="ncurses"
 
 if [ -n "$(command -v ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG})" ]; then
 	if ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --exists $PKG; then
-		echo cflags=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags $PKG)\"
-		echo libs=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs $PKG)\"
+		${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags ${PKG} > ${cflags}
+		${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs ${PKG} > ${libs}
 		exit 0
 	fi
 
-	if ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --exists $PKG2; then
-		echo cflags=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags $PKG2)\"
-		echo libs=\"$(${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs $PKG2)\"
+	if ${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --exists ${PKG2}; then
+		${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --cflags ${PKG2} > ${cflags}
+		${HOSTPKG_CONFIG} --libs ${PKG2} > ${libs}
 		exit 0
 	fi
 fi
@@ -22,22 +25,22 @@ fi
 # (Even if it is installed, some distributions such as openSUSE cannot
 # find ncurses by pkg-config.)
 if [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/ncurses.h ]; then
-	echo cflags=\"-D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/ncursesw\"
-	echo libs=\"-lncursesw\"
+	echo -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/ncursesw > ${cflags}
+	echo -lncursesw > ${libs}
 	exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ -f /usr/include/ncurses/ncurses.h ]; then
-	echo cflags=\"-D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/ncurses\"
-	echo libs=\"-lncurses\"
+	echo -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/ncurses > ${cflags}
+	echo -lncurses > ${libs}
 	exit 0
 fi
 
 # As a final fallback before giving up, check if $HOSTCC knows of a default
 # ncurses installation (e.g. from a vendor-specific sysroot).
 if echo '#include <ncurses.h>' | ${HOSTCC} -E - >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	echo cflags=\"-D_GNU_SOURCE\"
-	echo libs=\"-lncurses\"
+	echo -D_GNU_SOURCE > ${cflags}
+	echo -lncurses > ${libs}
 	exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
index 9d3cf510562f..9c549683c627 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
@@ -440,9 +440,8 @@ again:
 
 		res = get_relations_str(sym_arr, &head);
 		set_subtitle();
-		dres = show_textbox_ext("Search Results", (char *)
-					str_get(&res), 0, 0, keys, &vscroll,
-					&hscroll, &update_text, (void *)
+		dres = show_textbox_ext("Search Results", str_get(&res), 0, 0,
+					keys, &vscroll, &hscroll, &update_text,
 					&data);
 		again = false;
 		for (i = 0; i < JUMP_NB && keys[i]; i++)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
index 109325f31bef..b90fff833588 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
+++ b/scripts/k