Merge tag 'kbuild-v4.21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:
 "Kbuild core:
   - remove unneeded $(call cc-option,...) switches
   - consolidate Clang compiler flags into CLANG_FLAGS
   - announce the deprecation of SUBDIRS
   - fix single target build for external module
   - simplify the dependencies of 'prepare' stage targets
   - allow fixdep to directly write to .*.cmd files
   - simplify dependency generation for CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
   - change if_changed_rule to accept multi-line recipe
   - move .SECONDARY special target to scripts/Kbuild.include
   - remove redundant 'set -e'
   - improve parallel execution for CONFIG_HEADERS_CHECK
   - misc cleanups

  Treewide fixes and cleanups
   - set Clang flags correctly for PowerPC boot images
   - fix UML build error with CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS
   - remove unneeded patterns from .gitignore files
   - refactor firmware/Makefile
   - remove unneeded rules for *offsets.s
   - avoid unneeded regeneration of intermediate .s files
   - clean up ./Kbuild

  Modpost:
   - remove unused -M, -K options
   - fix false positive warnings about section mismatch
   - use simple devtable lookup instead of linker magic
   - misc cleanups

  Coccinelle:
   - relax boolinit.cocci checks for overall consistency
   - fix warning messages of boolinit.cocci

  Other tools:
   - improve -dirty check of scripts/setlocalversion
   - add a tool to generate compile_commands.json from .*.cmd files"

* tag 'kbuild-v4.21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (51 commits)
  kbuild: remove unused cmd_gentimeconst
  kbuild: remove $(obj)/ prefixes in ./Kbuild
  treewide: add intermediate .s files to targets
  treewide: remove explicit rules for *offsets.s
  firmware: refactor firmware/Makefile
  firmware: remove unnecessary patterns from .gitignore
  scripts: remove unnecessary ihex2fw and check-lc_ctypes from .gitignore
  um: remove unused filechk_gen_header in Makefile
  scripts: add a tool to produce a compile_commands.json file
  kbuild: add -Werror=implicit-int flag unconditionally
  kbuild: add -Werror=strict-prototypes flag unconditionally
  kbuild: add -fno-PIE flag unconditionally
  scripts: coccinelle: Correct warning message
  scripts: coccinelle: only suggest true/false in files that already use them
  kbuild: handle part-of-module correctly for *.ll and *.symtypes
  kbuild: refactor part-of-module
  kbuild: refactor quiet_modtag
  kbuild: remove redundant quiet_modtag for $(obj-m)
  kbuild: refactor Makefile.asm-generic
  user/Makefile: Fix typo and capitalization in comment section
  ...

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index 8390c360d4b3..c9e3d93e7a89 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -81,12 +81,7 @@ KBUILD_EXTMOD
 --------------------------------------------------
 Set the directory to look for the kernel source when building external
 modules.
-The directory can be specified in several ways:
-1) Use "M=..." on the command line
-2) Environment variable KBUILD_EXTMOD
-3) Environment variable SUBDIRS
-The possibilities are listed in the order they take precedence.
-Using "M=..." will always override the others.
+Setting "M=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_EXTMOD.
 
 KBUILD_OUTPUT
 --------------------------------------------------