diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index 923f9dd..f3355b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 KCPPFLAGS
 --------------------------------------------------
 Additional options to pass when preprocessing. The preprocessing options
-will be used in all cases where kbuild do preprocessing including
+will be used in all cases where kbuild does preprocessing including
 building C files and assembler files.
 
 KAFLAGS
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 KBUILD_VERBOSE
 --------------------------------------------------
-Set the kbuild verbosity. Can be assinged same values as "V=...".
+Set the kbuild verbosity. Can be assigned same values as "V=...".
 See make help for the full list.
 Setting "V=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_VERBOSE.
 
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@
 --------------------------------------------------
 Specify the output directory when building the kernel.
 The output directory can also be specificed using "O=...".
-Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT
+Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT.
 
 ARCH
 --------------------------------------------------
 Set ARCH to the architecture to be built.
 In most cases the name of the architecture is the same as the
 directory name found in the arch/ directory.
-But some architectures suach as x86 and sparc has aliases.
+But some architectures such as x86 and sparc have aliases.
 x86: i386 for 32 bit, x86_64 for 64 bit
 sparc: sparc for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 INSTALL_PATH
 --------------------------------------------------
 INSTALL_PATH specifies where to place the updated kernel and system map
-images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values
+images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values.
 
 
 MODLIB
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 INSTALL_FW_PATH
 --------------------------------------------------
-INSTALL_FW_PATH specify where to install the firmware blobs.
+INSTALL_FW_PATH specifies where to install the firmware blobs.
 The default value is:
 
     $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
 INSTALL_HDR_PATH
 --------------------------------------------------
-INSTALL_HDR_PATH specify where to install user space headers when
+INSTALL_HDR_PATH specifies where to install user space headers when
 executing "make headers_*".
 The default value is:
 
@@ -112,22 +112,23 @@
 
 KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN
 --------------------------------------------------
-KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid error out in case of undefined
-symbols in the final module linking stage.
+KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid errors in case of undefined
+symbols in the final module linking stage. It changes such errors
+into warnings.
 
-KBUILD_MODPOST_FINAL
+KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL
 --------------------------------------------------
 KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL can be set to skip the final link of modules.
-This is solely usefull to speed up test compiles.
+This is solely useful to speed up test compiles.
 
 KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS
 --------------------------------------------------
-For modules use symbols from another modules.
+For modules that use symbols from other modules.
 See more details in modules.txt.
 
 ALLSOURCE_ARCHS
 --------------------------------------------------
-For tags/TAGS/cscope targets, you can specify more than one archs
-to be included in the databases, separated by blankspace. e.g.
+For tags/TAGS/cscope targets, you can specify more than one arch
+to be included in the databases, separated by blank space. E.g.:
 
     $ make ALLSOURCE_ARCHS="x86 mips arm" tags
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93b81bc..cf9e20d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -610,25 +610,20 @@
 MODLIB	= $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)
 export MODLIB
 
-strip-symbols := $(srctree)/scripts/strip-symbols \
-		 $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/scripts/strip-symbols)
-
 #
-# INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be stripped while
-# they get installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then the default
-# options (see below) will be used.  Otherwise, INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will
-# be used as the option(s) to the objcopy command.
+#  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be
+#  stripped after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then
+#  the default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
+#  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the options to the strip command.
+
 ifdef INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 ifeq ($(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP),1)
-mod_strip_cmd = $(OBJCOPY) --strip-debug
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL),$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_STRIP_GENERATED))
-mod_strip_cmd += --wildcard $(addprefix --strip-symbols ,$(strip-symbols))
-endif
+mod_strip_cmd = $(STRIP) --strip-debug
 else
-mod_strip_cmd = $(OBJCOPY) $(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP)
+mod_strip_cmd = $(STRIP) $(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP)
 endif # INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1
 else
-mod_strip_cmd = false
+mod_strip_cmd = true
 endif # INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 export mod_strip_cmd
 
@@ -758,7 +753,6 @@
 endif
 
 kallsyms.o := .tmp_kallsyms$(last_kallsyms).o
-kallsyms.h := $(wildcard include/config/kallsyms/*.h) $(wildcard include/config/kallsyms/*/*.h)
 
 define verify_kallsyms
 	$(Q)$(if $($(quiet)cmd_sysmap),                                      \
@@ -783,41 +777,24 @@
 
 # Generate .S file with all kernel symbols
 quiet_cmd_kallsyms = KSYM    $@
-      cmd_kallsyms = { test $* -eq 0 || $(NM) -n $<; } \
-		     | $(KALLSYMS) $(if $(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL),--all-symbols) >$@
+      cmd_kallsyms = $(NM) -n $< | $(KALLSYMS) \
+                     $(if $(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL),--all-symbols) > $@
 
-quiet_cmd_kstrip = STRIP   $@
-      cmd_kstrip = $(OBJCOPY) --wildcard $(addprefix --strip$(if $(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE),-unneeded)-symbols ,$(filter %/scripts/strip-symbols,$^)) $< $@
-
-$(foreach n,0 1 2 3,.tmp_kallsyms$(n).o): KBUILD_AFLAGS += -Wa,--strip-local-absolute
-$(foreach n,0 1 2 3,.tmp_kallsyms$(n).o): %.o: %.S scripts FORCE
+.tmp_kallsyms1.o .tmp_kallsyms2.o .tmp_kallsyms3.o: %.o: %.S scripts FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,as_o_S)
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_STRIP_GENERATED),y)
-strip-ext := .stripped
-endif
-
-.tmp_kallsyms%.S: .tmp_vmlinux%$(strip-ext) $(KALLSYMS) $(kallsyms.h)
+.tmp_kallsyms%.S: .tmp_vmlinux% $(KALLSYMS)
 	$(call cmd,kallsyms)
 
-# make -jN seems to have problems with intermediate files, see bug #3330.
-.SECONDARY: $(foreach n,1 2 3,.tmp_vmlinux$(n).stripped)
-.tmp_vmlinux%.stripped: .tmp_vmlinux% $(strip-symbols) $(kallsyms.h)
-	$(call cmd,kstrip)
-
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO),y)
-.tmp_vmlinux%: LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -S
-endif
 # .tmp_vmlinux1 must be complete except kallsyms, so update vmlinux version
-.tmp_vmlinux%: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-all) FORCE
-	$(if $(filter 1,$*),$(call if_changed_rule,ksym_ld),$(call if_changed,vmlinux__))
+.tmp_vmlinux1: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-all) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_rule,ksym_ld)
 
-.tmp_vmlinux0$(strip-ext):
-	$(Q)echo "placeholder" >$@
+.tmp_vmlinux2: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-all) .tmp_kallsyms1.o FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,vmlinux__)
 
-.tmp_vmlinux1: .tmp_kallsyms0.o
-.tmp_vmlinux2: .tmp_kallsyms1.o
-.tmp_vmlinux3: .tmp_kallsyms2.o
+.tmp_vmlinux3: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-all) .tmp_kallsyms2.o FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,vmlinux__)
 
 # Needs to visit scripts/ before $(KALLSYMS) can be used.
 $(KALLSYMS): scripts ;
diff --git a/arch/x86/scripts/strip-symbols b/arch/x86/scripts/strip-symbols
deleted file mode 100644
index a2f1ccb..0000000
--- a/arch/x86/scripts/strip-symbols
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__cpu_vendor_dev_X86_VENDOR_*
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index b9d1dd2..f068071 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -725,13 +725,6 @@
 
 	   Say N.
 
-config KALLSYMS_STRIP_GENERATED
-	bool "Strip machine generated symbols from kallsyms"
-	depends on KALLSYMS_ALL
-	default y
-	help
-	  Say N if you want kallsyms to retain even machine generated symbols.
-
 config KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS
 	bool "Do an extra kallsyms pass"
 	depends on KALLSYMS
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index e694afa..7b8b0f2 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -30,19 +30,20 @@
 #define all_var 0
 #endif
 
-extern const unsigned long kallsyms_addresses[];
-extern const u8 kallsyms_names[];
+/* These will be re-linked against their real values during the second link stage */
+extern const unsigned long kallsyms_addresses[] __attribute__((weak));
+extern const u8 kallsyms_names[] __attribute__((weak));
 
 /* tell the compiler that the count isn't in the small data section if the arch
  * has one (eg: FRV)
  */
 extern const unsigned long kallsyms_num_syms
-	__attribute__((__section__(".rodata")));
+__attribute__((weak, section(".rodata")));
 
-extern const u8 kallsyms_token_table[];
-extern const u16 kallsyms_token_index[];
+extern const u8 kallsyms_token_table[] __attribute__((weak));
+extern const u16 kallsyms_token_index[] __attribute__((weak));
 
-extern const unsigned long kallsyms_markers[];
+extern const unsigned long kallsyms_markers[] __attribute__((weak));
 
 static inline int is_kernel_inittext(unsigned long addr)
 {
@@ -167,6 +168,9 @@
 	unsigned long symbol_start = 0, symbol_end = 0;
 	unsigned long i, low, high, mid;
 
+	/* This kernel should never had been booted. */
+	BUG_ON(!kallsyms_addresses);
+
 	/* do a binary search on the sorted kallsyms_addresses array */
 	low = 0;
 	high = kallsyms_num_syms;
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 5d90030..c7de8b3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -151,16 +151,16 @@
 $(obj)/%.i: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_i_c)
 
-cmd_genksyms =                                                              \
+cmd_gensymtypes =                                                           \
     $(CPP) -D__GENKSYMS__ $(c_flags) $< |                                   \
-    $(GENKSYMS) -T $@ -A -a $(ARCH)                                         \
+    $(GENKSYMS) -T $@ -a $(ARCH)                                            \
      $(if $(KBUILD_PRESERVE),-p)                                            \
      $(if $(1),-r $(firstword $(wildcard $(@:.symtypes=.symref) /dev/null)))
 
 quiet_cmd_cc_symtypes_c = SYM $(quiet_modtag) $@
 cmd_cc_symtypes_c =                                                         \
     set -e;                                                                 \
-    $(call cmd_genksyms, true) >/dev/null;                                  \
+    $(call cmd_gensymtypes, true) >/dev/null;                               \
     test -s $@ || rm -f $@
 
 $(obj)/%.symtypes : $(src)/%.c FORCE
@@ -177,38 +177,28 @@
 
 else
 # When module versioning is enabled the following steps are executed:
-# o compile a .tmp_<file>.s from <file>.c
-# o if .tmp_<file>.s doesn't contain a __ksymtab version, i.e. does
-#   not export symbols, we just assemble .tmp_<file>.s to <file>.o and
+# o compile a .tmp_<file>.o from <file>.c
+# o if .tmp_<file>.o doesn't contain a __ksymtab version, i.e. does
+#   not export symbols, we just rename .tmp_<file>.o to <file>.o and
 #   are done.
 # o otherwise, we calculate symbol versions using the good old
 #   genksyms on the preprocessed source and postprocess them in a way
-#   that they are usable as assembly source
-# o assemble <file>.o from .tmp_<file>.s forcing inclusion of directives
-#   defining the actual values of __crc_*, followed by objcopy-ing them
-#   to force these symbols to be local to permit stripping them later.
-s_file = $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.s)
-v_file = $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.v)
-tmp_o_file = $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F)
-no_g_c_flags = $(filter-out -g%,$(c_flags))
+#   that they are usable as a linker script
+# o generate <file>.o from .tmp_<file>.o using the linker to
+#   replace the unresolved symbols __crc_exported_symbol with
+#   the actual value of the checksum generated by genksyms
 
-cmd_cc_o_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -S -o $(s_file) $<
-
+cmd_cc_o_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -c -o $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $<
 cmd_modversions =							\
-	if grep -q __ksymtab $(s_file); then				\
-		if $(call cmd_genksyms, $(KBUILD_SYMTYPES)) > $(v_file) \
-		   && $(CC) $(no_g_c_flags) -c -Wa,$(v_file)		\
-			    -o $(tmp_o_file) $(s_file)			\
-		   && $(OBJCOPY) -L '__crc_*' -L '___crc_*' -w		\
-				 $(tmp_o_file) $@;			\
-		then							\
-			: ;						\
-		else							\
-			rm -f $@; exit 1;				\
-		fi;							\
+	if $(OBJDUMP) -h $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) | grep -q __ksymtab; then	\
+		$(call cmd_gensymtypes, $(KBUILD_SYMTYPES))		\
+		    > $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);				\
+									\
+		$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 		\
+			-T $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);			\
+		rm -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);	\
 	else								\
-		rm -f $(v_file);					\
-		$(CC) $(no_g_c_flags) -c -o $@ $(s_file);		\
+		mv -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $@;				\
 	fi;
 endif
 
@@ -225,12 +215,7 @@
 	$(cmd_record_mcount)						  \
 	scripts/basic/fixdep $(depfile) $@ '$(call make-cmd,cc_o_c)' >    \
 	                                              $(dot-target).tmp;  \
-	if [ -r $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.v) ]; then				  \
-		echo >> $(dot-target).tmp;				  \
-		echo '$@: $(GENKSYMS)' >> $(dot-target).tmp;		  \
-		echo '$(GENKSYMS):: ;' >> $(dot-target).tmp;		  \
-	fi;								  \
-	rm -f $(depfile) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.?);			  \
+	rm -f $(depfile);						  \
 	mv -f $(dot-target).tmp $(dot-target).cmd
 endef
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index a5122dc..efa5d94 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 	@:
 
 quiet_cmd_modules_install = INSTALL $@
-      cmd_modules_install = mkdir -p $(2); \
-			    $(mod_strip_cmd) $@ $(2)/$(notdir $@) || cp $@ $(2)
+      cmd_modules_install = mkdir -p $(2); cp $@ $(2) ; $(mod_strip_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@)
 
 # Modules built outside the kernel source tree go into extra by default
 INSTALL_MOD_DIR ?= extra
diff --git a/scripts/config b/scripts/config
index 68b9761..db6084b 100755
--- a/scripts/config
+++ b/scripts/config
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
 	FN=.config
 fi
 
+if [ "$1" = "" ] ; then
+	usage
+fi
+
 while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
 	CMD="$1"
 	shift
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
index f8bb4ca..3a8297b 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 char *cur_filename;
 
 static int flag_debug, flag_dump_defs, flag_reference, flag_dump_types,
-	   flag_preserve, flag_warnings, flag_asm;
+	   flag_preserve, flag_warnings;
 static const char *arch = "";
 static const char *mod_prefix = "";
 
@@ -610,11 +610,8 @@
 		if (flag_dump_defs)
 			fputs(">\n", debugfile);
 
-		/* Used as assembly source or a linker script. */
-		printf(flag_asm
-		       ? ".equiv %s__crc_%s, %#08lx\n"
-		       : "%s__crc_%s = %#08lx ;\n",
-		       mod_prefix, name, crc);
+		/* Used as a linker script. */
+		printf("%s__crc_%s = 0x%08lx ;\n", mod_prefix, name, crc);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -651,10 +648,9 @@
 
 static void genksyms_usage(void)
 {
-	fputs("Usage:\n" "genksyms [-aAdDTwqhV] > /path/to/.tmp_obj.ver\n" "\n"
+	fputs("Usage:\n" "genksyms [-adDTwqhV] > /path/to/.tmp_obj.ver\n" "\n"
 #ifdef __GNU_LIBRARY__
 	      "  -a, --arch            Select architecture\n"
-	      "  -A, --asm             Generate assembly rather than linker script\n"
 	      "  -d, --debug           Increment the debug level (repeatable)\n"
 	      "  -D, --dump            Dump expanded symbol defs (for debugging only)\n"
 	      "  -r, --reference file  Read reference symbols from a file\n"
@@ -666,7 +662,6 @@
 	      "  -V, --version         Print the release version\n"
 #else				/* __GNU_LIBRARY__ */
 	      "  -a                    Select architecture\n"
-	      "  -A                    Generate assembly rather than linker script\n"
 	      "  -d                    Increment the debug level (repeatable)\n"
 	      "  -D                    Dump expanded symbol defs (for debugging only)\n"
 	      "  -r file               Read reference symbols from a file\n"
@@ -688,7 +683,6 @@
 #ifdef __GNU_LIBRARY__
 	struct option long_opts[] = {
 		{"arch", 1, 0, 'a'},
-		{"asm", 0, 0, 'A'},
 		{"debug", 0, 0, 'd'},
 		{"warnings", 0, 0, 'w'},
 		{"quiet", 0, 0, 'q'},
@@ -701,10 +695,10 @@
 		{0, 0, 0, 0}
 	};
 
-	while ((o = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:dwqVADr:T:ph",
+	while ((o = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:dwqVDr:T:ph",
 				&long_opts[0], NULL)) != EOF)
 #else				/* __GNU_LIBRARY__ */
-	while ((o = getopt(argc, argv, "a:dwqVADr:T:ph")) != EOF)
+	while ((o = getopt(argc, argv, "a:dwqVDr:T:ph")) != EOF)
 #endif				/* __GNU_LIBRARY__ */
 		switch (o) {
 		case 'a':
@@ -722,9 +716,6 @@
 		case 'V':
 			fputs("genksyms version 2.5.60\n", stderr);
 			break;
-		case 'A':
-			flag_asm = 1;
-			break;
 		case 'D':
 			flag_dump_defs = 1;
 			break;
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/keywords.c_shipped b/scripts/genksyms/keywords.c_shipped
index 83484fe..971e011 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/keywords.c_shipped
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/keywords.c_shipped
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* ANSI-C code produced by gperf version 3.0.1 */
+/* ANSI-C code produced by gperf version 3.0.2 */
 /* Command-line: gperf -L ANSI-C -a -C -E -g -H is_reserved_hash -k '1,3,$' -N is_reserved_word -p -t scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf  */
 
 #if !((' ' == 32) && ('!' == 33) && ('"' == 34) && ('#' == 35) \
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #line 3 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
 struct resword { const char *name; int token; };
-/* maximum key range = 64, duplicates = 0 */
+/* maximum key range = 62, duplicates = 0 */
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 __inline
@@ -46,32 +46,32 @@
 {
   static const unsigned char asso_values[] =
     {
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,  0,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 15, 67, 67, 67,
-       0, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67,  0, 67,  0, 67,  5,
-      25, 20, 15, 30, 67, 15, 67, 67, 10,  0,
-      10, 40, 20, 67, 10,  5,  0, 10, 15, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67,
-      67, 67, 67, 67, 67, 67
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,  5,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 35, 65, 65, 65,
+       0, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65,  0, 65,  0, 65,  5,
+      20, 15, 10, 30, 65, 15, 65, 65, 20,  0,
+      10, 35, 20, 65, 10,  5,  0, 10,  5, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65,
+      65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65
     };
   return len + asso_values[(unsigned char)str[2]] + asso_values[(unsigned char)str[0]] + asso_values[(unsigned char)str[len - 1]];
 }
@@ -84,119 +84,116 @@
 {
   enum
     {
-      TOTAL_KEYWORDS = 45,
+      TOTAL_KEYWORDS = 43,
       MIN_WORD_LENGTH = 3,
       MAX_WORD_LENGTH = 24,
       MIN_HASH_VALUE = 3,
-      MAX_HASH_VALUE = 66
+      MAX_HASH_VALUE = 64
     };
 
   static const struct resword wordlist[] =
     {
       {""}, {""}, {""},
-#line 28 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+#line 26 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"asm", ASM_KEYW},
       {""},
-#line 10 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+#line 8 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"__asm", ASM_KEYW},
       {""},
-#line 11 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+#line 9 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"__asm__", ASM_KEYW},
       {""}, {""},
-#line 54 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+#line 52 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"__typeof__", TYPEOF_KEYW},
       {""},
-#line 14 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"__const", CONST_KEYW},
-#line 13 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"__attribute__", ATTRIBUTE_KEYW},
-#line 15 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"__const__", CONST_KEYW},
-#line 20 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"__signed__", SIGNED_KEYW},
-#line 46 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"static", STATIC_KEYW},
-      {""},
-#line 41 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"int", INT_KEYW},
-#line 34 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"char", CHAR_KEYW},
-#line 35 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"const", CONST_KEYW},
-#line 47 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"struct", STRUCT_KEYW},
-#line 26 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"__restrict__", RESTRICT_KEYW},
-#line 27 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"restrict", RESTRICT_KEYW},
-#line 7 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE", EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW},
-#line 18 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"__inline__", INLINE_KEYW},
-      {""},
-#line 22 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"__volatile__", VOLATILE_KEYW},
-#line 5 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"EXPORT_SYMBOL", EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW},
-#line 25 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"_restrict", RESTRICT_KEYW},
-      {""},
 #line 12 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"__attribute", ATTRIBUTE_KEYW},
-#line 6 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL", EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW},
+      {"__const", CONST_KEYW},
+#line 11 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"__attribute__", ATTRIBUTE_KEYW},
+#line 13 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"__const__", CONST_KEYW},
+#line 18 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"__signed__", SIGNED_KEYW},
+#line 44 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"static", STATIC_KEYW},
+#line 20 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"__volatile__", VOLATILE_KEYW},
+#line 39 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"int", INT_KEYW},
+#line 32 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"char", CHAR_KEYW},
+#line 33 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"const", CONST_KEYW},
+#line 45 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"struct", STRUCT_KEYW},
+#line 24 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"__restrict__", RESTRICT_KEYW},
+#line 25 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"restrict", RESTRICT_KEYW},
+#line 23 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"_restrict", RESTRICT_KEYW},
 #line 16 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"__inline__", INLINE_KEYW},
+#line 10 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"__attribute", ATTRIBUTE_KEYW},
+      {""},
+#line 14 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"__extension__", EXTENSION_KEYW},
-#line 37 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+#line 35 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"enum", ENUM_KEYW},
-#line 8 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL", EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW},
-#line 38 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+#line 19 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"__volatile", VOLATILE_KEYW},
+#line 36 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"extern", EXTERN_KEYW},
       {""},
-#line 19 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"__signed", SIGNED_KEYW},
-#line 9 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL", EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW},
-#line 49 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"union", UNION_KEYW},
-#line 53 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"typeof", TYPEOF_KEYW},
-#line 48 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"typedef", TYPEDEF_KEYW},
 #line 17 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"__signed", SIGNED_KEYW},
+#line 7 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE", EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW},
+      {""},
+#line 51 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"typeof", TYPEOF_KEYW},
+#line 46 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"typedef", TYPEDEF_KEYW},
+#line 15 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"__inline", INLINE_KEYW},
-#line 33 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+#line 31 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"auto", AUTO_KEYW},
-#line 21 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"__volatile", VOLATILE_KEYW},
+#line 47 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"union", UNION_KEYW},
+      {""}, {""},
+#line 48 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"unsigned", UNSIGNED_KEYW},
+#line 49 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"void", VOID_KEYW},
+#line 42 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"short", SHORT_KEYW},
       {""}, {""},
 #line 50 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"unsigned", UNSIGNED_KEYW},
-      {""},
-#line 44 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"short", SHORT_KEYW},
-#line 40 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"inline", INLINE_KEYW},
-      {""},
-#line 52 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"volatile", VOLATILE_KEYW},
-#line 42 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"long", LONG_KEYW},
-#line 24 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"_Bool", BOOL_KEYW},
-      {""}, {""},
-#line 43 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"register", REGISTER_KEYW},
-#line 51 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"void", VOID_KEYW},
-#line 39 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {""},
+#line 37 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"float", FLOAT_KEYW},
-#line 36 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+#line 34 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
       {"double", DOUBLE_KEYW},
-      {""}, {""}, {""}, {""},
-#line 45 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
-      {"signed", SIGNED_KEYW}
+      {""},
+#line 5 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"EXPORT_SYMBOL", EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW},
+      {""}, {""},
+#line 38 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"inline", INLINE_KEYW},
+#line 6 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL", EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW},
+#line 41 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"register", REGISTER_KEYW},
+      {""},
+#line 22 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"_Bool", BOOL_KEYW},
+#line 43 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"signed", SIGNED_KEYW},
+      {""}, {""},
+#line 40 "scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf"
+      {"long", LONG_KEYW}
     };
 
   if (len <= MAX_WORD_LENGTH && len >= MIN_WORD_LENGTH)
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf b/scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf
index 8abe7ab..5ef3733 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/keywords.gperf
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL, EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE, EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW
-EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL, EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW
-EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL, EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW
 __asm, ASM_KEYW
 __asm__, ASM_KEYW
 __attribute, ATTRIBUTE_KEYW
diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 9275812..ad2434b 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -130,9 +130,18 @@
 static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
 {
 	/* Symbols which vary between passes.  Passes 1 and 2 must have
-	 * identical symbol lists.
+	 * identical symbol lists.  The kallsyms_* symbols below are only added
+	 * after pass 1, they would be included in pass 2 when --all-symbols is
+	 * specified so exclude them to get a stable symbol list.
 	 */
 	static char *special_symbols[] = {
+		"kallsyms_addresses",
+		"kallsyms_num_syms",
+		"kallsyms_names",
+		"kallsyms_markers",
+		"kallsyms_token_table",
+		"kallsyms_token_index",
+
 	/* Exclude linker generated symbols which vary between passes */
 		"_SDA_BASE_",		/* ppc */
 		"_SDA2_BASE_",		/* ppc */
@@ -164,9 +173,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Exclude symbols which vary between passes. */
-	if (strstr((char *)s->sym + offset, "_compiled.") ||
-	    strncmp((char*)s->sym + offset, "__compound_literal.", 19) == 0 ||
-	    strncmp((char*)s->sym + offset, "__compound_literal$", 19) == 0)
+	if (strstr((char *)s->sym + offset, "_compiled."))
 		return 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; special_symbols[i]; i++)
@@ -543,10 +550,8 @@
 		usage();
 
 	read_map(stdin);
-	if (table_cnt) {
-		sort_symbols();
-		optimize_token_table();
-	}
+	sort_symbols();
+	optimize_token_table();
 	write_src();
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/scripts/mksysmap b/scripts/mksysmap
index 1db316a..6e133a0 100644
--- a/scripts/mksysmap
+++ b/scripts/mksysmap
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 
 # readprofile starts reading symbols when _stext is found, and
 # continue until it finds a symbol which is not either of 'T', 't',
-# 'W' or 'w'.
+# 'W' or 'w'. __crc_ are 'A' and placed in the middle
+# so we just ignore them to let readprofile continue to work.
+# (At least sparc64 has __crc_ in the middle).
 
-$NM -n $1 | grep -v '\( [aNUw] \)\|\( \$[adt]\)' > $2
+$NM -n $1 | grep -v '\( [aNUw] \)\|\(__crc_\)\|\( \$[adt]\)' > $2
+
diff --git a/scripts/strip-symbols b/scripts/strip-symbols
deleted file mode 100644
index 29ee8c1..0000000
--- a/scripts/strip-symbols
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<*>
-*.h
-__compound_literal[$.][0-9]*
-__crc_[a-zA-Z_]*
-__exitcall_[a-zA-Z_]*
-__func__[$.][0-9]*
-__FUNCTION__[$.][0-9]*
-gcc[0-9]_compiled[$.]
-__initcall_[a-zA-Z_]*
-__kcrctab_[a-zA-Z_]*
-__kstrtab_[a-zA-Z_]*
-__ksymtab_[a-zA-Z_]*
-__mod_[a-zA-Z_]*[0-9]
-__module_depends
-__param_[a-zA-Z_]*
-__pci_fixup_*PCI_ANY_IDPCI_ANY_ID*
-__pci_fixup_*PCI_ANY_IDPCI_DEVICE_ID_*
-__pci_fixup_*PCI_VENDOR_ID_*PCI_ANY_ID*
-__pci_fixup_*PCI_VENDOR_ID_*PCI_DEVICE_ID_*
-__PRETTY_FUNCTION__[$.][0-9]*
-__setup_[a-zA-Z_]*
-____versions