diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 0d998c5..d2a30a7 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
 static int warn_unresolved = 0;
 /* How a symbol is exported */
 static int sec_mismatch_count = 0;
-static int sec_mismatch_verbose = 1;
 static int sec_mismatch_fatal = 0;
 /* ignore missing files */
 static int ignore_missing_files;
+/* write namespace dependencies */
+static int write_namespace_deps;
 
 enum export {
 	export_plain,      export_unused,     export_gpl,
@@ -165,11 +166,13 @@
 	struct module *module;
 	unsigned int crc;
 	int crc_valid;
+	char *namespace;
 	unsigned int weak:1;
 	unsigned int vmlinux:1;    /* 1 if symbol is defined in vmlinux */
 	unsigned int kernel:1;     /* 1 if symbol is from kernel
 				    *  (only for external modules) **/
 	unsigned int preloaded:1;  /* 1 if symbol from Module.symvers, or crc */
+	unsigned int is_static:1;  /* 1 if symbol is not global */
 	enum export  export;       /* Type of export */
 	char name[0];
 };
@@ -202,6 +205,7 @@
 	strcpy(s->name, name);
 	s->weak = weak;
 	s->next = next;
+	s->is_static = 1;
 	return s;
 }
 
@@ -234,6 +238,37 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static bool contains_namespace(struct namespace_list *list,
+			       const char *namespace)
+{
+	struct namespace_list *ns_entry;
+
+	for (ns_entry = list; ns_entry != NULL; ns_entry = ns_entry->next)
+		if (strcmp(ns_entry->namespace, namespace) == 0)
+			return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static void add_namespace(struct namespace_list **list, const char *namespace)
+{
+	struct namespace_list *ns_entry;
+
+	if (!contains_namespace(*list, namespace)) {
+		ns_entry = NOFAIL(malloc(sizeof(struct namespace_list) +
+					 strlen(namespace) + 1));
+		strcpy(ns_entry->namespace, namespace);
+		ns_entry->next = *list;
+		*list = ns_entry;
+	}
+}
+
+static bool module_imports_namespace(struct module *module,
+				     const char *namespace)
+{
+	return contains_namespace(module->imported_namespaces, namespace);
+}
+
 static const struct {
 	const char *str;
 	enum export export;
@@ -313,6 +348,32 @@
 		return export_unknown;
 }
 
+static const char *namespace_from_kstrtabns(struct elf_info *info,
+					    Elf_Sym *kstrtabns)
+{
+	char *value = info->ksymtab_strings + kstrtabns->st_value;
+	return value[0] ? value : NULL;
+}
+
+static void sym_update_namespace(const char *symname, const char *namespace)
+{
+	struct symbol *s = find_symbol(symname);
+
+	/*
+	 * That symbol should have been created earlier and thus this is
+	 * actually an assertion.
+	 */
+	if (!s) {
+		merror("Could not update namespace(%s) for symbol %s\n",
+		       namespace, symname);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	free(s->namespace);
+	s->namespace =
+		namespace && namespace[0] ? NOFAIL(strdup(namespace)) : NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * Add an exported symbol - it may have already been added without a
  * CRC, in this case just update the CRC
@@ -326,10 +387,9 @@
 		s = new_symbol(name, mod, export);
 	} else {
 		if (!s->preloaded) {
-			warn("%s: '%s' exported twice. Previous export "
-			     "was in %s%s\n", mod->name, name,
-			     s->module->name,
-			     is_vmlinux(s->module->name) ?"":".ko");
+			warn("%s: '%s' exported twice. Previous export was in %s%s\n",
+			     mod->name, name, s->module->name,
+			     is_vmlinux(s->module->name) ? "" : ".ko");
 		} else {
 			/* In case Module.symvers was out of date */
 			s->module = mod;
@@ -533,6 +593,10 @@
 			info->export_unused_gpl_sec = i;
 		else if (strcmp(secname, "__ksymtab_gpl_future") == 0)
 			info->export_gpl_future_sec = i;
+		else if (strcmp(secname, "__ksymtab_strings") == 0)
+			info->ksymtab_strings = (void *)hdr +
+						sechdrs[i].sh_offset -
+						sechdrs[i].sh_addr;
 
 		if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB) {
 			unsigned int sh_link_idx;
@@ -621,6 +685,7 @@
 	unsigned int crc;
 	enum export export;
 	bool is_crc = false;
+	const char *name;
 
 	if ((!is_vmlinux(mod->name) || mod->is_dot_o) &&
 	    strstarts(symname, "__ksymtab"))
@@ -640,7 +705,7 @@
 			       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);
@@ -692,8 +757,8 @@
 	default:
 		/* All exported symbols */
 		if (strstarts(symname, "__ksymtab_")) {
-			sym_add_exported(symname + strlen("__ksymtab_"), mod,
-					export);
+			name = symname + strlen("__ksymtab_");
+			sym_add_exported(name, mod, export);
 		}
 		if (strcmp(symname, "init_module") == 0)
 			mod->has_init = 1;
@@ -796,9 +861,9 @@
 
 		/* "*foo*" */
 		if (*p == '*' && *endp == '*') {
-			char *here, *bare = strndup(p + 1, strlen(p) - 2);
+			char *bare = NOFAIL(strndup(p + 1, strlen(p) - 2));
+			char *here = strstr(sym, bare);
 
-			here = strstr(sym, bare);
 			free(bare);
 			if (here != NULL)
 				return 1;
@@ -1163,6 +1228,14 @@
  *   fromsec = text section
  *   refsymname = *.constprop.*
  *
+ * Pattern 6:
+ *   Hide section mismatch warnings for ELF local symbols.  The goal
+ *   is to eliminate false positive modpost warnings caused by
+ *   compiler-generated ELF local symbol names such as ".LANCHOR1".
+ *   Autogenerated symbol names bypass modpost's "Pattern 2"
+ *   whitelisting, which relies on pattern-matching against symbol
+ *   names to work.  (One situation where gcc can autogenerate ELF
+ *   local symbols is when "-fsection-anchors" is used.)
  **/
 static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
 			    const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
@@ -1201,9 +1274,37 @@
 	    match(fromsym, optim_symbols))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Check for pattern 6 */
+	if (strstarts(fromsym, ".L"))
+		return 0;
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static inline int is_arm_mapping_symbol(const char *str)
+{
+	return str[0] == '$' && strchr("axtd", str[1])
+	       && (str[2] == '\0' || str[2] == '.');
+}
+
+/*
+ * If there's no name there, ignore it; likewise, ignore it if it's
+ * one of the magic symbols emitted used by current ARM tools.
+ *
+ * Otherwise if find_symbols_between() returns those symbols, they'll
+ * fail the whitelist tests and cause lots of false alarms ... fixable
+ * only by merging __exit and __init sections into __text, bloating
+ * the kernel (which is especially evil on embedded platforms).
+ */
+static inline int is_valid_name(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Sym *sym)
+{
+	const char *name = elf->strtab + sym->st_name;
+
+	if (!name || !strlen(name))
+		return 0;
+	return !is_arm_mapping_symbol(name);
+}
+
 /**
  * Find symbol based on relocation record info.
  * In some cases the symbol supplied is a valid symbol so
@@ -1229,6 +1330,8 @@
 			continue;
 		if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info) == STT_SECTION)
 			continue;
+		if (!is_valid_name(elf, sym))
+			continue;
 		if (sym->st_value == addr)
 			return sym;
 		/* Find a symbol nearby - addr are maybe negative */
@@ -1247,30 +1350,6 @@
 		return NULL;
 }
 
-static inline int is_arm_mapping_symbol(const char *str)
-{
-	return str[0] == '$' && strchr("axtd", str[1])
-	       && (str[2] == '\0' || str[2] == '.');
-}
-
-/*
- * If there's no name there, ignore it; likewise, ignore it if it's
- * one of the magic symbols emitted used by current ARM tools.
- *
- * Otherwise if find_symbols_between() returns those symbols, they'll
- * fail the whitelist tests and cause lots of false alarms ... fixable
- * only by merging __exit and __init sections into __text, bloating
- * the kernel (which is especially evil on embedded platforms).
- */
-static inline int is_valid_name(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Sym *sym)
-{
-	const char *name = elf->strtab + sym->st_name;
-
-	if (!name || !strlen(name))
-		return 0;
-	return !is_arm_mapping_symbol(name);
-}
-
 /*
  * Find symbols before or equal addr and after addr - in the section sec.
  * If we find two symbols with equal offset prefer one with a valid name.
@@ -1392,8 +1471,6 @@
 	char *prl_to;
 
 	sec_mismatch_count++;
-	if (!sec_mismatch_verbose)
-		return;
 
 	get_pretty_name(from_is_func, &from, &from_p);
 	get_pretty_name(to_is_func, &to, &to_p);
@@ -1641,9 +1718,7 @@
 
 	sec_mismatch_count++;
 
-	if (sec_mismatch_verbose)
-		report_extable_warnings(modname, elf, mismatch, r, sym,
-					fromsec, tosec);
+	report_extable_warnings(modname, elf, mismatch, r, sym, fromsec, tosec);
 
 	if (match(tosec, mismatch->bad_tosec))
 		fatal("The relocation at %s+0x%lx references\n"
@@ -1934,6 +2009,7 @@
 	const char *symname;
 	char *version;
 	char *license;
+	char *namespace;
 	struct module *mod;
 	struct elf_info info = { };
 	Elf_Sym *sym;
@@ -1965,12 +2041,43 @@
 		license = get_next_modinfo(&info, "license", license);
 	}
 
+	namespace = get_modinfo(&info, "import_ns");
+	while (namespace) {
+		add_namespace(&mod->imported_namespaces, namespace);
+		namespace = get_next_modinfo(&info, "import_ns", namespace);
+	}
+
 	for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
 		symname = remove_dot(info.strtab + sym->st_name);
 
 		handle_modversions(mod, &info, sym, symname);
 		handle_moddevtable(mod, &info, sym, symname);
 	}
+
+	/* Apply symbol namespaces from __kstrtabns_<symbol> entries. */
+	for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
+		symname = remove_dot(info.strtab + sym->st_name);
+
+		if (strstarts(symname, "__kstrtabns_"))
+			sym_update_namespace(symname + strlen("__kstrtabns_"),
+					     namespace_from_kstrtabns(&info,
+								      sym));
+	}
+
+	// check for static EXPORT_SYMBOL_* functions && global vars
+	for (sym = info.symtab_start; sym < info.symtab_stop; sym++) {
+		unsigned char bind = ELF_ST_BIND(sym->st_info);
+
+		if (bind == STB_GLOBAL || bind == STB_WEAK) {
+			struct symbol *s =
+				find_symbol(remove_dot(info.strtab +
+						       sym->st_name));
+
+			if (s)
+				s->is_static = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (!is_vmlinux(modname) || vmlinux_section_warnings)
 		check_sec_ref(mod, modname, &info);
 
@@ -2083,24 +2190,50 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void check_exports(struct module *mod)
+static int check_exports(struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct symbol *s, *exp;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	for (s = mod->unres; s; s = s->next) {
 		const char *basename;
 		exp = find_symbol(s->name);
-		if (!exp || exp->module == mod)
+		if (!exp || exp->module == mod) {
+			if (have_vmlinux && !s->weak) {
+				if (warn_unresolved) {
+					warn("\"%s\" [%s.ko] undefined!\n",
+					     s->name, mod->name);
+				} else {
+					merror("\"%s\" [%s.ko] undefined!\n",
+					       s->name, mod->name);
+					err = 1;
+				}
+			}
 			continue;
+		}
 		basename = strrchr(mod->name, '/');
 		if (basename)
 			basename++;
 		else
 			basename = mod->name;
+
+		if (exp->namespace) {
+			add_namespace(&mod->required_namespaces,
+				      exp->namespace);
+
+			if (!write_namespace_deps &&
+			    !module_imports_namespace(mod, exp->namespace)) {
+				warn("module %s uses symbol %s from namespace %s, but does not import it.\n",
+				     basename, exp->name, exp->namespace);
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (!mod->gpl_compatible)
 			check_for_gpl_usage(exp->export, basename, exp->name);
 		check_for_unused(exp->export, basename, exp->name);
 	}
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int check_modname_len(struct module *mod)
@@ -2136,7 +2269,7 @@
 	buf_printf(b, "MODULE_INFO(name, KBUILD_MODNAME);\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "__visible struct module __this_module\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "__attribute__((section(\".gnu.linkonce.this_module\"))) = {\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "__section(.gnu.linkonce.this_module) = {\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "\t.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,\n");
 	if (mod->has_init)
 		buf_printf(b, "\t.init = init_module,\n");
@@ -2157,7 +2290,7 @@
 /* Cannot check for assembler */
 static void add_retpoline(struct buffer *b)
 {
-	buf_printf(b, "\n#ifdef RETPOLINE\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "\n#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "MODULE_INFO(retpoline, \"Y\");\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "#endif\n");
 }
@@ -2178,19 +2311,8 @@
 
 	for (s = mod->unres; s; s = s->next) {
 		exp = find_symbol(s->name);
-		if (!exp || exp->module == mod) {
-			if (have_vmlinux && !s->weak) {
-				if (warn_unresolved) {
-					warn("\"%s\" [%s.ko] undefined!\n",
-					     s->name, mod->name);
-				} else {
-					merror("\"%s\" [%s.ko] undefined!\n",
-					       s->name, mod->name);
-					err = 1;
-				}
-			}
+		if (!exp || exp->module == mod)
 			continue;
-		}
 		s->module = exp->module;
 		s->crc_valid = exp->crc_valid;
 		s->crc = exp->crc;
@@ -2201,8 +2323,7 @@
 
 	buf_printf(b, "\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "static const struct modversion_info ____versions[]\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "__used\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "__attribute__((section(\"__versions\"))) = {\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "__used __section(__versions) = {\n");
 
 	for (s = mod->unres; s; s = s->next) {
 		if (!s->module)
@@ -2227,21 +2348,18 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void add_depends(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod,
-			struct module *modules)
+static void add_depends(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct symbol *s;
-	struct module *m;
 	int first = 1;
 
-	for (m = modules; m; m = m->next)
-		m->seen = is_vmlinux(m->name);
+	/* Clear ->seen flag of modules that own symbols needed by this. */
+	for (s = mod->unres; s; s = s->next)
+		if (s->module)
+			s->module->seen = is_vmlinux(s->module->name);
 
 	buf_printf(b, "\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "static const char __module_depends[]\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "__used\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "__attribute__((section(\".modinfo\"))) =\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "\"depends=");
+	buf_printf(b, "MODULE_INFO(depends, \"");
 	for (s = mod->unres; s; s = s->next) {
 		const char *p;
 		if (!s->module)
@@ -2259,7 +2377,7 @@
 		buf_printf(b, "%s%s", first ? "" : ",", p);
 		first = 0;
 	}
-	buf_printf(b, "\";\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "\");\n");
 }
 
 static void add_srcversion(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
@@ -2329,7 +2447,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	while ((line = get_next_line(&pos, file, size))) {
-		char *symname, *modname, *d, *export, *end;
+		char *symname, *namespace, *modname, *d, *export, *end;
 		unsigned int crc;
 		struct module *mod;
 		struct symbol *s;
@@ -2337,7 +2455,10 @@
 		if (!(symname = strchr(line, '\t')))
 			goto fail;
 		*symname++ = '\0';
-		if (!(modname = strchr(symname, '\t')))
+		if (!(namespace = strchr(symname, '\t')))
+			goto fail;
+		*namespace++ = '\0';
+		if (!(modname = strchr(namespace, '\t')))
 			goto fail;
 		*modname++ = '\0';
 		if ((export = strchr(modname, '\t')) != NULL)
@@ -2357,7 +2478,9 @@
 		s = sym_add_exported(symname, mod, export_no(export));
 		s->kernel    = kernel;
 		s->preloaded = 1;
+		s->is_static = 0;
 		sym_update_crc(symname, mod, crc, export_no(export));
+		sym_update_namespace(symname, namespace);
 	}
 	release_file(file, size);
 	return;
@@ -2383,16 +2506,20 @@
 {
 	struct buffer buf = { };
 	struct symbol *symbol;
+	const char *namespace;
 	int n;
 
 	for (n = 0; n < SYMBOL_HASH_SIZE ; n++) {
 		symbol = symbolhash[n];
 		while (symbol) {
-			if (dump_sym(symbol))
-				buf_printf(&buf, "0x%08x\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",
-					symbol->crc, symbol->name,
-					symbol->module->name,
-					export_str(symbol->export));
+			if (dump_sym(symbol)) {
+				namespace = symbol->namespace;
+				buf_printf(&buf, "0x%08x\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",
+					   symbol->crc, symbol->name,
+					   namespace ? namespace : "",
+					   symbol->module->name,
+					   export_str(symbol->export));
+			}
 			symbol = symbol->next;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2400,6 +2527,31 @@
 	free(buf.p);
 }
 
+static void write_namespace_deps_files(void)
+{
+	struct module *mod;
+	struct namespace_list *ns;
+	struct buffer ns_deps_buf = {};
+
+	for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {
+		char fname[PATH_MAX];
+
+		if (mod->skip)
+			continue;
+
+		ns_deps_buf.pos = 0;
+
+		for (ns = mod->required_namespaces; ns; ns = ns->next)
+			buf_printf(&ns_deps_buf, "%s\n", ns->namespace);
+
+		if (ns_deps_buf.pos == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		sprintf(fname, "%s.ns_deps", mod->name);
+		write_if_changed(&ns_deps_buf, fname);
+	}
+}
+
 struct ext_sym_list {
 	struct ext_sym_list *next;
 	const char *file;
@@ -2413,10 +2565,11 @@
 	char *dump_write = NULL, *files_source = NULL;
 	int opt;
 	int err;
+	int n;
 	struct ext_sym_list *extsym_iter;
 	struct ext_sym_list *extsym_start = NULL;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "i:I:e:mnsST:o:awM:K:E")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "i:I:e:mnsT:o:awEd")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'i':
 			kernel_read = optarg;
@@ -2448,9 +2601,6 @@
 		case 's':
 			vmlinux_section_warnings = 0;
 			break;
-		case 'S':
-			sec_mismatch_verbose = 0;
-			break;
 		case 'T':
 			files_source = optarg;
 			break;
@@ -2460,6 +2610,9 @@
 		case 'E':
 			sec_mismatch_fatal = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'd':
+			write_namespace_deps = 1;
+			break;
 		default:
 			exit(1);
 		}
@@ -2482,12 +2635,6 @@
 	if (files_source)
 		read_symbols_from_files(files_source);
 
-	for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {
-		if (mod->skip)
-			continue;
-		check_exports(mod);
-	}
-
 	err = 0;
 
 	for (mod = modules; mod; mod = mod->next) {
@@ -2499,32 +2646,51 @@
 		buf.pos = 0;
 
 		err |= check_modname_len(mod);
+		err |= check_exports(mod);
+		if (write_namespace_deps)
+			continue;
+
 		add_header(&buf, mod);
 		add_intree_flag(&buf, !external_module);
 		add_retpoline(&buf);
 		add_staging_flag(&buf, mod->name);
 		err |= add_versions(&buf, mod);
-		add_depends(&buf, mod, modules);
+		add_depends(&buf, mod);
 		add_moddevtable(&buf, mod);
 		add_srcversion(&buf, mod);
 
 		sprintf(fname, "%s.mod.c", mod->name);
 		write_if_changed(&buf, fname);
 	}
+
+	if (write_namespace_deps) {
+		write_namespace_deps_files();
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (dump_write)
 		write_dump(dump_write);
-	if (sec_mismatch_count) {
-		if (!sec_mismatch_verbose) {
-			warn("modpost: Found %d section mismatch(es).\n"
-			     "To see full details build your kernel with:\n"
-			     "'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'\n",
-			     sec_mismatch_count);
-		}
-		if (sec_mismatch_fatal) {
-			fatal("modpost: Section mismatches detected.\n"
-			      "Set CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=y to allow them.\n");
+	if (sec_mismatch_count && sec_mismatch_fatal)
+		fatal("modpost: Section mismatches detected.\n"
+		      "Set CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=y to allow them.\n");
+	for (n = 0; n < SYMBOL_HASH_SIZE; n++) {
+		struct symbol *s;
+
+		for (s = symbolhash[n]; s; s = s->next) {
+			/*
+			 * Do not check "vmlinux". This avoids the same warnings
+			 * shown twice, and false-positives for ARCH=um.
+			 */
+			if (is_vmlinux(s->module->name) && !s->module->is_dot_o)
+				continue;
+
+			if (s->is_static)
+				warn("\"%s\" [%s] is a static %s\n",
+				     s->name, s->module->name,
+				     export_str(s->export));
 		}
 	}
+
 	free(buf.p);
 
 	return err;