diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c0a34064c5744e44ca696b3dd5bdb2ea809384e0..929f51ef307521fe46e3b8703c3e5e73caa1d090 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,26 +31,12 @@ _all:
 # descending is started. They are now explicitly listed as the
 # prepare rule.
 
-# Ugly workaround for Debian make-kpkg:
-# make-kpkg directly includes the top Makefile of Linux kernel. In such a case,
-# skip sub-make to support debian_* targets in ruleset/kernel_version.mk, but
-# displays warning to discourage such abusage.
-ifneq ($(word 2, $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),)
-$(warning Do not include top Makefile of Linux Kernel)
-sub-make-done := 1
-MAKEFLAGS += -rR
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(sub-make-done),1)
+ifneq ($(sub_make_done),1)
 
 # Do not use make's built-in rules and variables
 # (this increases performance and avoids hard-to-debug behaviour)
 MAKEFLAGS += -rR
 
-# 'MAKEFLAGS += -rR' does not become immediately effective for old
-# GNU Make versions. Cancel implicit rules for this Makefile.
-$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)): ;
-
 # Avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
 LC_COLLATE=C
@@ -153,6 +139,7 @@ $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),, \
 # 'sub-make' below.
 MAKEFLAGS += --include-dir=$(CURDIR)
 
+need-sub-make := 1
 else
 
 # Do not print "Entering directory ..." at all for in-tree build.
@@ -160,6 +147,18 @@ MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 
 endif # ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
 
+ifneq ($(filter 3.%,$(MAKE_VERSION)),)
+# 'MAKEFLAGS += -rR' does not immediately become effective for GNU Make 3.x
+# We need to invoke sub-make to avoid implicit rules in the top Makefile.
+need-sub-make := 1
+# Cancel implicit rules for this Makefile.
+$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)): ;
+endif
+
+export sub_make_done := 1
+
+ifeq ($(need-sub-make),1)
+
 PHONY += $(MAKECMDGOALS) sub-make
 
 $(filter-out _all sub-make $(CURDIR)/Makefile, $(MAKECMDGOALS)) _all: sub-make
@@ -167,12 +166,15 @@ $(filter-out _all sub-make $(CURDIR)/Makefile, $(MAKECMDGOALS)) _all: sub-make
 
 # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables
 sub-make:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) sub-make-done=1 \
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) \
 	$(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),-C $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) KBUILD_SRC=$(CURDIR)) \
 	-f $(CURDIR)/Makefile $(filter-out _all sub-make,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
 
-else # sub-make-done
+endif # need-sub-make
+endif # sub_make_done
+
 # We process the rest of the Makefile if this is the final invocation of make
+ifeq ($(need-sub-make),)
 
 # Do not print "Entering directory ...",
 # but we want to display it when entering to the output directory
@@ -497,7 +499,8 @@ outputmakefile:
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
 	$(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree) source
 	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile $(srctree)
-	$(Q){ echo "# this is build directory, ignore it"; echo "*"; } > .gitignore
+	$(Q)test -e .gitignore || \
+	{ echo "# this is build directory, ignore it"; echo "*"; } > .gitignore
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(shell $(CC) --version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep clang),)
@@ -677,7 +680,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning, format-overflow)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning, int-in-bool-context)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-Oz,-Os)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Os
 else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += -O2
 endif
@@ -1757,7 +1760,7 @@ existing-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
 
 endif   # ifeq ($(config-targets),1)
 endif   # ifeq ($(mixed-targets),1)
-endif   # sub-make-done
+endif   # need-sub-make
 
 PHONY += FORCE
 FORCE:
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 2554a15ecf2b8796c41e593d97c8b55ee97a4620..76ca30cc4791912fde4d7f36e4a90549e653cfbb 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -199,11 +199,8 @@ sub_cmd_record_mcount = perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \
 	"$(if $(part-of-module),1,0)" "$(@)";
 recordmcount_source := $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl
 endif # BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
-cmd_record_mcount =						\
-	if [ "$(findstring $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE),$(_c_flags))" =	\
-	     "$(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)" ]; then			\
-		$(sub_cmd_record_mcount)			\
-	fi
+cmd_record_mcount = $(if $(findstring $(strip $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)),$(_c_flags)),	\
+	$(sub_cmd_record_mcount))
 endif # CC_USING_RECORD_MCOUNT
 endif # CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/free/put_device.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/free/put_device.cocci
index 7395697e7f19a5f524d883b7079197434c2983ae..c9f071b0a0ab70b647bec3633571059934ece1bc 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/free/put_device.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/free/put_device.cocci
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ if (id == NULL || ...) { ... return ...; }
 (    id
 |    (T2)dev_get_drvdata(&id->dev)
 |    (T3)platform_get_drvdata(id)
+|    &id->dev
 );
 | return@p2 ...;
 )
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/badty.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/badty.cocci
index 481cf301ccfc3abf2b68c8dcc8b59612ed2e9841..08470362199c7389009982ec41fed3b9860b89cc 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/badty.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/badty.cocci
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/// Use ARRAY_SIZE instead of dividing sizeof array with sizeof an element
+/// Correct the size argument to alloc functions
 ///
 //# This makes an effort to find cases where the argument to sizeof is wrong
 //# in memory allocation functions by checking the type of the allocated memory
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c
index 611945611bf8352d4831a51c411c2d3d5d7afc59..1dcfb288ee63630e7e73be6fe28f1fd1a3bc5857 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ int dialog_inputbox(const char *title, const char *prompt, int height, int width
 			case KEY_DOWN:
 				break;
 			case KEY_BACKSPACE:
-			case 127:
+			case 8:   /* ^H */
+			case 127: /* ^? */
 				if (pos) {
 					wattrset(dialog, dlg.inputbox.atr);
 					if (input_x == 0) {
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
index a4670f4e825a8c779cf4894587b6e7e31f556b02..ac92c0ded6c5c627e974679ef967d4bc37b25a53 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ static int do_match(int key, struct match_state *state, int *ans)
 		state->match_direction = FIND_NEXT_MATCH_UP;
 		*ans = get_mext_match(state->pattern,
 				state->match_direction);
-	} else if (key == KEY_BACKSPACE || key == 127) {
+	} else if (key == KEY_BACKSPACE || key == 8 || key == 127) {
 		state->pattern[strlen(state->pattern)-1] = '\0';
 		adj_match_dir(&state->match_direction);
 	} else
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
index 7be620a1fcdb8191639aaeaca7b5c6ae421d9769..77f525a8617c27788cc30f9a65c41041050806ed 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c
@@ -439,7 +439,8 @@ int dialog_inputbox(WINDOW *main_window,
 		case KEY_F(F_EXIT):
 		case KEY_F(F_BACK):
 			break;
-		case 127:
+		case 8:   /* ^H */
+		case 127: /* ^? */
 		case KEY_BACKSPACE:
 			if (cursor_position > 0) {
 				memmove(&result[cursor_position-1],
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 0b0d1080b1c5ef4903a3b87d8fbfbc11b165e739..f277e116e0ebf64e350c636443b2f7c663b599ea 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 			       info->sechdrs[sym->st_shndx].sh_offset -
 			       (info->hdr->e_type != ET_REL ?
 				info->sechdrs[sym->st_shndx].sh_addr : 0);
-			crc = *crcp;
+			crc = TO_NATIVE(*crcp);
 		}
 		sym_update_crc(symname + strlen("__crc_"), mod, crc,
 				export);