Merge tag 'kbuild-v4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - improve fixdep to coalesce consecutive slashes in dep-files

 - fix some issues of the maintainer string generation in deb-pkg script

 - remove unused CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX and clean-up
   several tools and linker scripts

 - clean-up modpost

 - allow to enable the dead code/data elimination for PowerPC in EXPERT
   mode

 - improve two coccinelle scripts for better performance

 - pass endianness and machine size flags to sparse for all architecture

 - misc fixes

* tag 'kbuild-v4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (25 commits)
  kbuild: add machine size to CHECKFLAGS
  kbuild: add endianness flag to CHEKCFLAGS
  kbuild: $(CHECK) doesnt need NOSTDINC_FLAGS twice
  scripts: Fixed printf format mismatch
  scripts/tags.sh: use `find` for $ALLSOURCE_ARCHS generation
  coccinelle: deref_null: improve performance
  coccinelle: mini_lock: improve performance
  powerpc: Allow LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION to be selected
  kbuild: Allow LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION to be selectable if enabled
  kbuild: LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION no -ffunction-sections/-fdata-sections for module build
  kbuild: Fix asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h for LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
  modpost: constify *modname function argument where possible
  modpost: remove redundant is_vmlinux() test
  modpost: use strstarts() helper more widely
  modpost: pass struct elf_info pointer to get_modinfo()
  checkpatch: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() check
  vmlinux.lds.h: remove no-op macro VMLINUX_SYMBOL()
  kbuild: remove CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX
  export.h: remove code for prefixing symbols with underscore
  depmod.sh: remove symbol prefix support
  ...

arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	 */
 	.text BLOCK(0) : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_LD_HEAD_STUB_CATCH
-		*(.linker_stub_catch);
+		KEEP(*(.linker_stub_catch));
 		. = . ;
 #endif
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		ALIGN_FUNCTION();
 #endif
 		/* careful! __ftr_alt_* sections need to be close to .text */
-		*(.text.hot .text .text.fixup .text.unlikely .fixup __ftr_alt_* .ref.text);
+		*(.text.hot TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup .text.unlikely .fixup __ftr_alt_* .ref.text);
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		CPUIDLE_TEXT
 		LOCK_TEXT
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	.init.data : AT(ADDR(.init.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		INIT_DATA
 		__vtop_table_begin = .;
-		*(.vtop_fixup);
+		KEEP(*(.vtop_fixup));
 		__vtop_table_end = .;
 		__ptov_table_begin = .;
-		*(.ptov_fixup);
+		KEEP(*(.ptov_fixup));
 		__ptov_table_end = .;
 	}
 
@@ -208,26 +208,26 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___ftr_fixup = .;
-		*(__ftr_fixup)
+		KEEP(*(__ftr_fixup))
 		__stop___ftr_fixup = .;
 	}
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__mmu_ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__mmu_ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___mmu_ftr_fixup = .;
-		*(__mmu_ftr_fixup)
+		KEEP(*(__mmu_ftr_fixup))
 		__stop___mmu_ftr_fixup = .;
 	}
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__lwsync_fixup : AT(ADDR(__lwsync_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___lwsync_fixup = .;
-		*(__lwsync_fixup)
+		KEEP(*(__lwsync_fixup))
 		__stop___lwsync_fixup = .;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__fw_ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__fw_ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___fw_ftr_fixup = .;
-		*(__fw_ftr_fixup)
+		KEEP(*(__fw_ftr_fixup))
 		__stop___fw_ftr_fixup = .;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	.machine.desc : AT(ADDR(.machine.desc) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__machine_desc_start = . ;
-		*(.machine.desc)
+		KEEP(*(.machine.desc))
 		__machine_desc_end = . ;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		DATA_DATA
 		*(.data.rel*)
-		*(.sdata)
+		*(SDATA_MAIN)
 		*(.sdata2)
 		*(.got.plt) *(.got)
 		*(.plt)
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	.opd : AT(ADDR(.opd) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start_opd = .;
-		*(.opd)
+		KEEP(*(.opd))
 		__end_opd = .;
 	}