diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
index a9a855f894b3..dce6801d66c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
@@ -154,11 +154,6 @@ KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG
 This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the
 "auto.conf" file.  Its default value is "include/config/auto.conf".
 
-KCONFIG_TRISTATE
-----------------
-This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the
-"tristate.conf" file.  Its default value is "include/config/tristate.conf".
-
 KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER
 ------------------
 This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a01b073915e..65a5dc653deb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ INSTALLKERNEL  := installkernel
 DEPMOD		= /sbin/depmod
 PERL		= perl
 PYTHON		= python
-PYTHON2		= python2
 PYTHON3		= python3
 CHECK		= sparse
 BASH		= bash
@@ -474,7 +473,7 @@ CLANG_FLAGS :=
 
 export ARCH SRCARCH CONFIG_SHELL BASH HOSTCC KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC
 export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP OBJSIZE READELF PAHOLE LEX YACC AWK INSTALLKERNEL
-export PERL PYTHON PYTHON2 PYTHON3 CHECK CHECKFLAGS MAKE UTS_MACHINE HOSTCXX
+export PERL PYTHON PYTHON3 CHECK CHECKFLAGS MAKE UTS_MACHINE HOSTCXX
 export KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS LDFLAGS_MODULE
 
 export KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS LINUXINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS KBUILD_LDFLAGS
@@ -674,7 +673,7 @@ $(KCONFIG_CONFIG):
 #
 # This exploits the 'multi-target pattern rule' trick.
 # The syncconfig should be executed only once to make all the targets.
-%/auto.conf %/auto.conf.cmd %/tristate.conf: $(KCONFIG_CONFIG)
+%/auto.conf %/auto.conf.cmd: $(KCONFIG_CONFIG)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile syncconfig
 else # !may-sync-config
 # External modules and some install targets need include/generated/autoconf.h
@@ -1278,24 +1277,13 @@ all: modules
 # using awk while concatenating to the final file.
 
 PHONY += modules
-modules: $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux) modules.order modules.builtin
+modules: $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux) modules.order
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
 	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/modules-check.sh
 
 modules.order: descend
 	$(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(addsuffix /$@, $(build-dirs)) > $@
 
-modbuiltin-dirs := $(addprefix _modbuiltin_, $(build-dirs))
-
-modules.builtin: $(modbuiltin-dirs)
-	$(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(addsuffix /$@, $(build-dirs)) > $@
-
-PHONY += $(modbuiltin-dirs)
-# tristate.conf is not included from this Makefile. Add it as a prerequisite
-# here to make it self-healing in case somebody accidentally removes it.
-$(modbuiltin-dirs): include/config/tristate.conf
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=$(patsubst _modbuiltin_%,%,$@)
-
 # Target to prepare building external modules
 PHONY += modules_prepare
 modules_prepare: prepare
@@ -1315,7 +1303,7 @@ _modinst_:
 		ln -s $(CURDIR) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
 	fi
 	@sed 's:^:kernel/:' modules.order > $(MODLIB)/modules.order
-	@sed 's:^:kernel/:' modules.builtin > $(MODLIB)/modules.builtin
+	@cp -f modules.builtin $(MODLIB)/
 	@cp -f $(objtree)/modules.builtin.modinfo $(MODLIB)/
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
 
@@ -1357,7 +1345,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
 CLEAN_DIRS  += include/ksym
-CLEAN_FILES += modules.builtin.modinfo modules.nsdeps
+CLEAN_FILES += modules.builtin modules.builtin.modinfo modules.nsdeps
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
 MRPROPER_DIRS  += include/config include/generated          \
@@ -1712,7 +1700,7 @@ clean: $(clean-dirs)
 		-o -name '*.lex.c' -o -name '*.tab.[ch]' \
 		-o -name '*.asn1.[ch]' \
 		-o -name '*.symtypes' -o -name 'modules.order' \
-		-o -name modules.builtin -o -name '.tmp_*.o.*' \
+		-o -name '.tmp_*.o.*' \
 		-o -name '*.c.[012]*.*' \
 		-o -name '*.ll' \
 		-o -name '*.gcno' \) -type f -print | xargs rm -f
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index edc63e6ff531..1ad393e62bef 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ extern void cleanup_module(void);
  */
 #define MODULE_SOFTDEP(_softdep) MODULE_INFO(softdep, _softdep)
 
+/*
+ * MODULE_FILE is used for generating modules.builtin
+ * So, make it no-op when this is being built as a module
+ */
+#ifdef MODULE
+#define MODULE_FILE
+#else
+#define MODULE_FILE	MODULE_INFO(file, KBUILD_MODFILE);
+#endif
+
 /*
  * The following license idents are currently accepted as indicating free
  * software modules
@@ -213,7 +223,7 @@ extern void cleanup_module(void);
  * 2.	So the community can ignore bug reports including proprietary modules
  * 3.	So vendors can do likewise based on their own policies
  */
-#define MODULE_LICENSE(_license) MODULE_INFO(license, _license)
+#define MODULE_LICENSE(_license) MODULE_FILE MODULE_INFO(license, _license)
 
 /*
  * Author(s), use "Name <email>" or just "Name", for multiple
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index bc5f25763c1b..6cabf20ce66a 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ real-prereqs = $(filter-out $(PHONY), $^)
 # Escape single quote for use in echo statements
 escsq = $(subst $(squote),'\$(squote)',$1)
 
+###
+# Quote a string to pass it to C files. foo => '"foo"'
+stringify = $(squote)$(quote)$1$(quote)$(squote)
+
 ###
 # Easy method for doing a status message
        kecho := :
@@ -55,14 +59,13 @@ kecho := $($(quiet)kecho)
 # - stdin is piped in from the first prerequisite ($<) so one has
 #   to specify a valid file as first prerequisite (often the kbuild file)
 define filechk
-	$(Q)set -e;				\
-	mkdir -p $(dir $@);			\
-	{ $(filechk_$(1)); } > $@.tmp;		\
-	if [ -r $@ ] && cmp -s $@ $@.tmp; then	\
-		rm -f $@.tmp;			\
-	else					\
-		$(kecho) '  UPD     $@';	\
-		mv -f $@.tmp $@;		\
+	$(Q)set -e;						\
+	mkdir -p $(dir $@);					\
+	trap "rm -f $(dot-target).tmp" EXIT;			\
+	{ $(filechk_$(1)); } > $(dot-target).tmp;		\
+	if [ ! -r $@ ] || ! cmp -s $@ $(dot-target).tmp; then	\
+		$(kecho) '  UPD     $@';			\
+		mv -f $(dot-target).tmp $@;			\
 	fi
 endef
 
@@ -159,12 +162,6 @@ ld-ifversion = $(shell [ $(ld-version) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4))
 # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=dir
 build := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.build obj
 
-###
-# Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj=
-# Usage:
-# $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=dir
-modbuiltin := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj
-
 ###
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.dtbinst obj=
 # Usage:
diff --git a/scripts/Kconfig.include b/scripts/Kconfig.include
index 9d07e59cbdf7..85334dc8c997 100644
--- a/scripts/Kconfig.include
+++ b/scripts/Kconfig.include
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ failure = $(if-success,$(1),n,y)
 
 # $(cc-option,<flag>)
 # Return y if the compiler supports <flag>, n otherwise
-cc-option = $(success,$(CC) -Werror $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(1) -E -x c /dev/null -o /dev/null)
+cc-option = $(success,$(CC) -Werror $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(1) -S -x c /dev/null -o /dev/null)
 
 # $(ld-option,<flag>)
 # Return y if the linker supports <flag>, n otherwise
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index b734ac8a654e..a562d695f0fa 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ lib-target := $(obj)/lib.a
 real-obj-y += $(obj)/lib-ksyms.o
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(strip $(real-obj-y) $(need-builtin)),)
+ifdef need-builtin
 builtin-target := $(obj)/built-in.a
 endif
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ $(obj)/%.asn1.c $(obj)/%.asn1.h: $(src)/%.asn1 $(objtree)/scripts/asn1_compiler
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # To build objects in subdirs, we need to descend into the directories
-$(sort $(subdir-obj-y)): $(subdir-ym) ;
+$(obj)/%/built-in.a: $(obj)/% ;
 
 #
 # Rule to compile a set of .o files into one .a file (without symbol table)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 3fa32f83b2d7..d10f7a03e0ee 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ __subdir-y	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-y)))
 subdir-y	+= $(__subdir-y)
 __subdir-m	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-m)))
 subdir-m	+= $(__subdir-m)
+ifdef need-builtin
 obj-y		:= $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.a, $(obj-y))
+else
+obj-y		:= $(filter-out %/, $(obj-y))
+endif
 obj-m		:= $(filter-out %/, $(obj-m))
 
 # Subdirectories we need to descend into
@@ -80,12 +84,14 @@ multi-used-m	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(multi-used-m))
 subdir-ym	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-ym))
 
 # Finds the multi-part object the current object will be linked into.
-# If the object belongs to two or more multi-part objects, all of them are
-# concatenated with a colon separator.
-modname-multi = $(subst $(space),:,$(sort $(foreach m,$(multi-used),\
-		$(if $(filter $*.o, $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)) $($(m:.o=-m))),$(m:.o=)))))
+# If the object belongs to two or more multi-part objects, list them all.
+modname-multi = $(sort $(foreach m,$(multi-used),\
+		$(if $(filter $*.o, $($(m:.o=-objs)) $($(m:.o=-y)) $($(m:.o=-m))),$(m:.o=))))
 
-modname = $(if $(modname-multi),$(modname-multi),$(basetarget))
+__modname = $(if $(modname-multi),$(modname-multi),$(basetarget))
+
+modname = $(subst $(space),:,$(__modname))
+modfile = $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(__modname))
 
 # target with $(obj)/ and its suffix stripped
 target-stem = $(basename $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%,$@))
@@ -93,9 +99,10 @@ target-stem = $(basename $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%,$@))
 # These flags are needed for modversions and compiling, so we define them here
 # $(modname_flags) defines KBUILD_MODNAME as the name of the module it will
 # end up in (or would, if it gets compiled in)
-name-fix = $(squote)$(quote)$(subst $(comma),_,$(subst -,_,$1))$(quote)$(squote)
+name-fix = $(call stringify,$(subst $(comma),_,$(subst -,_,$1)))
 basename_flags = -DKBUILD_BASENAME=$(call name-fix,$(basetarget))
 modname_flags  = -DKBUILD_MODNAME=$(call name-fix,$(modname))
+modfile_flags  = -DKBUILD_MODFILE=$(call stringify,$(modfile))
 
 orig_c_flags   = $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) \
                  $(ccflags-y) $(CFLAGS_$(target-stem).o)
@@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ quiet_modtag = $(if $(part-of-module),[M],   )
 modkern_cflags =                                          \
 	$(if $(part-of-module),                           \
 		$(KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE) $(CFLAGS_MODULE), \
-		$(KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL) $(CFLAGS_KERNEL))
+		$(KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL) $(CFLAGS_KERNEL) $(modfile_flags))
 
 modkern_aflags = $(if $(part-of-module),				\
 			$(KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE) $(AFLAGS_MODULE),	\
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d4711b88656..000000000000
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# ==========================================================================
-# Generating modules.builtin
-# ==========================================================================
-
-src := $(obj)
-
-PHONY := __modbuiltin
-__modbuiltin:
-
-include include/config/auto.conf
-# tristate.conf sets tristate variables to uppercase 'Y' or 'M'
-# That way, we get the list of built-in modules in obj-Y
-include include/config/tristate.conf
-
-include scripts/Kbuild.include
-
-ifdef building_out_of_srctree
-# Create output directory if not already present
-_dummy := $(shell [ -d $(obj) ] || mkdir -p $(obj))
-endif
-
-# The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
-kbuild-dir := $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
-kbuild-file := $(if $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild),$(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild,$(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)
-include $(kbuild-file)
-
-include scripts/Makefile.lib
-__subdir-Y     := $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-Y)))
-subdir-Y       += $(__subdir-Y)
-subdir-ym      := $(sort $(subdir-y) $(subdir-Y) $(subdir-m))
-subdir-ym      := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-ym))
-obj-Y          := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-Y))
-
-modbuiltin-subdirs := $(patsubst %,%/modules.builtin, $(subdir-ym))
-modbuiltin-mods    := $(filter %.ko, $(obj-Y:.o=.ko))
-modbuiltin-target  := $(obj)/modules.builtin
-
-__modbuiltin: $(modbuiltin-target) $(subdir-ym)
-	@:
-
-$(modbuiltin-target): $(subdir-ym) FORCE
-	$(Q)(for m in $(modbuiltin-mods); do echo $$m; done;	\
-	cat /dev/null $(modbuiltin-subdirs)) > $@
-
-PHONY += FORCE
-
-FORCE:
-
-# Descending
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-PHONY += $(subdir-ym)
-$(subdir-ym):
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=$@
-
-.PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 69897d5d3a70..b4d3f2d122ac 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST $(words $(modules)) modules
       cmd_modpost = sed 's/ko$$/o/' $(MODORDER) | $(MODPOST)
 
 __modpost:
-	@$(kecho) '  Building modules, stage 2.'
 	$(call cmd,modpost)
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL),1)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 3569d2dec37c..fb675bd9a809 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -710,25 +710,6 @@ static struct conf_printer header_printer_cb =
 	.print_comment = header_print_comment,
 };
 
-/*
- * Tristate printer
- *
- * This printer is used when generating the `include/config/tristate.conf' file.
- */
-static void
-tristate_print_symbol(FILE *fp, struct symbol *sym, const char *value, void *arg)
-{
-
-	if (sym->type == S_TRISTATE && *value != 'n')
-		fprintf(fp, "%s%s=%c\n", CONFIG_, sym->name, (char)toupper(*value));
-}
-
-static struct conf_printer tristate_printer_cb =
-{
-	.print_symbol = tristate_print_symbol,
-	.print_comment = kconfig_print_comment,
-};
-
 static void conf_write_symbol(FILE *fp, struct symbol *sym,
 			      struct conf_printer *printer, void *printer_arg)
 {
@@ -1062,7 +1043,7 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(int overwrite)
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	const char *name;
 	const char *autoconf_name = conf_get_autoconfig_name();
-	FILE *out, *tristate, *out_h;
+	FILE *out, *out_h;
 	int i;
 
 	if (!overwrite && is_present(autoconf_name))
@@ -1077,23 +1058,13 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(int overwrite)
 	if (!out)
 		return 1;
 
-	tristate = fopen(".tmpconfig_tristate", "w");
-	if (!tristate) {
-		fclose(out);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	out_h = fopen(".tmpconfig.h", "w");
 	if (!out_h) {
 		fclose(out);
-		fclose(tristate);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
 	conf_write_heading(out, &kconfig_printer_cb, NULL);
-
-	conf_write_heading(tristate, &tristate_printer_cb, NULL);
-
 	conf_write_heading(out_h, &header_printer_cb, NULL);
 
 	for_all_symbols(i, sym) {
@@ -1101,15 +1072,11 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(int overwrite)
 		if (!(sym->flags & SYMBOL_WRITE) || !sym->name)
 			continue;
 
-		/* write symbol to auto.conf, tristate and header files */
+		/* write symbols to auto.conf and autoconf.h */
 		conf_write_symbol(out, sym, &kconfig_printer_cb, (void *)1);
-
-		conf_write_symbol(tristate, sym, &tristate_printer_cb, (void *)1);
-
 		conf_write_symbol(out_h, sym, &header_printer_cb, NULL);
 	}
 	fclose(out);
-	fclose(tristate);
 	fclose(out_h);
 
 	name = getenv("KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER");
@@ -1120,14 +1087,6 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(int overwrite)
 	if (rename(".tmpconfig.h", name))
 		return 1;
 
-	name = getenv("KCONFIG_TRISTATE");
-	if (!name)
-		name = "include/config/tristate.conf";
-	if (make_parent_dir(name))
-		return 1;
-	if (rename(".tmpconfig_tristate", name))
-		return 1;
-
 	if (make_parent_dir(autoconf_name))
 		return 1;
 	/*
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index bbe9be2bf5ff..1919c311c149 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ ${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.modpost" MODPOST_VMLINUX=1
 
 info MODINFO modules.builtin.modinfo
 ${OBJCOPY} -j .modinfo -O binary vmlinux.o modules.builtin.modinfo
+info GEN modules.builtin
+# The second line aids cases where multiple modules share the same object.
+tr '\0' '\n' < modules.builtin.modinfo | sed -n 's/^[[:alnum:]:_]*\.file=//p' |
+	tr ' ' '\n' | uniq | sed -e 's:^:kernel/:' -e 's/$/.ko/' > modules.builtin
 
 btf_vmlinux_bin_o=""
 if [ -n "${CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF}" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 6e892c93d104..7edfdb2f4497 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <elf.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -729,12 +730,6 @@ static void handle_symbol(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 			break;
 		if (ignore_undef_symbol(info, symname))
 			break;
-/* cope with newer glibc (2.3.4 or higher) STT_ definition in elf.h */
-#if defined(STT_REGISTER) || defined(STT_SPARC_REGISTER)
-/* add compatibility with older glibc */
-#ifndef STT_SPARC_REGISTER
-#define STT_SPARC_REGISTER STT_REGISTER
-#endif
 		if (info->hdr->e_machine == EM_SPARC ||
 		    info->hdr->e_machine == EM_SPARCV9) {
 			/* Ignore register directives. */
@@ -747,7 +742,6 @@ static void handle_symbol(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 				symname = munged;
 			}
 		}
-#endif
 
 		mod->unres = alloc_symbol(symname,
 					  ELF_ST_BIND(sym->st_info) == STB_WEAK,
diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index c4c580f547ef..6df3c9f8b2da 100755
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -43,17 +43,66 @@ create_package() {
 
 	# Create the package
 	dpkg-gencontrol -p$pname -P"$pdir"
-	dpkg --build "$pdir" ..
+	dpkg-deb ${KDEB_COMPRESS:+-Z$KDEB_COMPRESS} --build "$pdir" ..
+}
+
+deploy_kernel_headers () {
+	pdir=$1
+
+	rm -rf $pdir
+
+	(
+		cd $srctree
+		find . arch/$SRCARCH -maxdepth 1 -name Makefile\*
+		find include scripts -type f -o -type l
+		find arch/$SRCARCH -name module.lds -o -name Kbuild.platforms -o -name Platform
+		find $(find arch/$SRCARCH -name include -o -name scripts -type d) -type f
+	) > debian/hdrsrcfiles
+
+	{
+		if is_enabled CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION; then
+			echo tools/objtool/objtool
+		fi
+
+		find arch/$SRCARCH/include Module.symvers include scripts -type f
+
+		if is_enabled CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS; then
+			find scripts/gcc-plugins -name \*.so
+		fi
+	} > debian/hdrobjfiles
+
+	destdir=$pdir/usr/src/linux-headers-$version
+	mkdir -p $destdir
+	tar -c -f - -C $srctree -T debian/hdrsrcfiles | tar -xf - -C $destdir
+	tar -c -f - -T debian/hdrobjfiles | tar -xf - -C $destdir
+	rm -f debian/hdrsrcfiles debian/hdrobjfiles
+
+	# copy .config manually to be where it's expected to be
+	cp $KCONFIG_CONFIG $destdir/.config
+
+	mkdir -p $pdir/lib/modules/$version/
+	ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$version $pdir/lib/modules/$version/build
+}
+
+deploy_libc_headers () {
+	pdir=$1
+
+	rm -rf $pdir
+
+	$MAKE -f $srctree/Makefile headers
+	$MAKE -f $srctree/Makefile headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=$pdir/usr
+
+	# move asm headers to /usr/include/<libc-machine>/asm to match the structure
+	# used by Debian-based distros (to support multi-arch)
+	host_arch=$(dpkg-architecture -a$(cat debian/arch) -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+	mkdir $pdir/usr/include/$host_arch
+	mv $pdir/usr/include/asm $pdir/usr/include/$host_arch/
 }
 
 version=$KERNELRELEASE
-tmpdir="$objtree/debian/tmp"
-kernel_headers_dir="$objtree/debian/hdrtmp"
-libc_headers_dir="$objtree/debian/headertmp"
-dbg_dir="$objtree/debian/dbgtmp"
+tmpdir=debian/linux-image
+dbg_dir=debian/linux-image-dbg
 packagename=linux-image-$version
-kernel_headers_packagename=linux-headers-$version
-libc_headers_packagename=linux-libc-dev
 dbg_packagename=$packagename-dbg
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "um" ] ; then
@@ -77,15 +126,13 @@ esac
 BUILD_DEBUG=$(if_enabled_echo CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO Yes)
 
 # Setup the directory structure
-rm -rf "$tmpdir" "$kernel_headers_dir" "$libc_headers_dir" "$dbg_dir" $objtree/debian/files
+rm -rf "$tmpdir" "$dbg_dir" debian/files
 mkdir -m 755 -p "$tmpdir/DEBIAN"
 mkdir -p "$tmpdir/lib" "$tmpdir/boot"
-mkdir -p "$kernel_headers_dir/lib/modules/$version/"
 
-# Build and install the kernel
+# Install the kernel
 if [ "$ARCH" = "um" ] ; then
 	mkdir -p "$tmpdir/usr/lib/uml/modules/$version" "$tmpdir/usr/bin" "$tmpdir/usr/share/doc/$packagename"
-	$MAKE linux
 	cp System.map "$tmpdir/usr/lib/uml/modules/$version/System.map"
 	cp $KCONFIG_CONFIG "$tmpdir/usr/share/doc/$packagename/config"
 	gzip "$tmpdir/usr/share/doc/$packagename/config"
@@ -129,16 +176,6 @@ if is_enabled CONFIG_MODULES; then
 	fi
 fi
 
-if [ "$ARCH" != "um" ]; then
-	$MAKE -f $srctree/Makefile headers
-	$MAKE -f $srctree/Makefile headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH="$libc_headers_dir/usr"
-	# move asm headers to /usr/include/<libc-machine>/asm to match the structure
-	# used by Debian-based distros (to support multi-arch)
-	host_arch=$(dpkg-architecture -a$(cat debian/arch) -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
-	mkdir $libc_headers_dir/usr/include/$host_arch
-	mv $libc_headers_dir/usr/include/asm $libc_headers_dir/usr/include/$host_arch/
-fi
-
 # Install the maintainer scripts
 # Note: hook scripts under /etc/kernel are also executed by official Debian
 # kernel packages, as well as kernel packages built using make-kpkg.
@@ -164,29 +201,12 @@ EOF
 	chmod 755 "$tmpdir/DEBIAN/$script"
 done
 
-# Build kernel header package
-(cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile\* -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl) > "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
-(cd $srctree; find arch/*/include include scripts -type f -o -type l) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
-(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH -name module.lds -o -name Kbuild.platforms -o -name Platform) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
-(cd $srctree; find $(find arch/$SRCARCH -name include -o -name scripts -type d) -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
-if is_enabled CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION; then
-	(cd $objtree; find tools/objtool -type f -executable) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
-fi
-(cd $objtree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include Module.symvers include scripts -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
-if is_enabled CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS; then
-	(cd $objtree; find scripts/gcc-plugins -name \*.so -o -name gcc-common.h) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
-fi
-destdir=$kernel_headers_dir/usr/src/linux-headers-$version
-mkdir -p "$destdir"
-(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T -) < "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
-(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T -) < "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles" | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
-(cd $objtree; cp $KCONFIG_CONFIG $destdir/.config) # copy .config manually to be where it's expected to be
-ln -sf "/usr/src/linux-headers-$version" "$kernel_headers_dir/lib/modules/$version/build"
-rm -f "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
-
 if [ "$ARCH" != "um" ]; then
-	create_package "$kernel_headers_packagename" "$kernel_headers_dir"
-	create_package "$libc_headers_packagename" "$libc_headers_dir"
+	deploy_kernel_headers debian/linux-headers
+	create_package linux-headers-$version debian/linux-headers
+
+	deploy_libc_headers debian/linux-libc-dev
+	create_package linux-libc-dev debian/linux-libc-dev
 fi
 
 create_package "$packagename" "$tmpdir"
diff --git a/usr/.gitignore b/usr/.gitignore
index be5eae1df7eb..610de736b75e 100644
--- a/usr/.gitignore
+++ b/usr/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Generated files
-#
 gen_init_cpio
 initramfs_data.cpio
-initramfs_data.cpio.gz
-initramfs_data.cpio.bz2
-initramfs_data.cpio.lzma
-initramfs_list
+/initramfs_inc_data
diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig
index a6b68503d177..529caab1a328 100644
--- a/usr/Kconfig
+++ b/usr/Kconfig
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ config INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID
 
 config RD_GZIP
 	bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs compressed using gzip"
-	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	default y
 	select DECOMPRESS_GZIP
 	help
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ config RD_GZIP
 config RD_BZIP2
 	bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs compressed using bzip2"
 	default y
-	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	select DECOMPRESS_BZIP2
 	help
 	  Support loading of a bzip2 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ config RD_BZIP2
 config RD_LZMA
 	bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs compressed using LZMA"
 	default y
-	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	select DECOMPRESS_LZMA
 	help
 	  Support loading of a LZMA encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
@@ -81,7 +78,6 @@ config RD_LZMA
 
 config RD_XZ
 	bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs compressed using XZ"
-	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	default y
 	select DECOMPRESS_XZ
 	help
@@ -91,7 +87,6 @@ config RD_XZ
 config RD_LZO
 	bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs compressed using LZO"
 	default y
-	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	select DECOMPRESS_LZO
 	help
 	  Support loading of a LZO encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
@@ -100,7 +95,6 @@ config RD_LZO
 config RD_LZ4
 	bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs compressed using LZ4"
 	default y
-	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	select DECOMPRESS_LZ4
 	help
 	  Support loading of a LZ4 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
@@ -108,8 +102,6 @@ config RD_LZ4
 
 choice
 	prompt "Built-in initramfs compression mode"
-	depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""
-	optional
 	help
 	  This option allows you to decide by which algorithm the builtin
 	  initramfs will be compressed.  Several compression algorithms are
@@ -215,21 +207,3 @@ config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4
 	  by default which could cause a build failure.
 
 endchoice
-
-config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION
-	depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!=""
-	string
-	default ""      if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE
-	default ".gz"   if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP
-	default ".bz2"  if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2
-	default ".lzma" if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA
-	default ".xz"   if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ
-	default ".lzo"  if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZO
-	default ".lz4"  if INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4
-	default ".gz"   if RD_GZIP
-	default ".lz4"  if RD_LZ4
-	default ".lzo"  if RD_LZO
-	default ".xz"   if RD_XZ
-	default ".lzma" if RD_LZMA
-	default ".bz2"  if RD_BZIP2
-	default ""
diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index e6f7cb2f81db..244862bfb765 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -3,61 +3,86 @@
 # kbuild file for usr/ - including initramfs image
 #
 
-klibcdirs:;
-PHONY += klibcdirs
+# cmd_bzip2, cmd_lzma, cmd_lzo, cmd_lz4 from scripts/Makefile.lib appends the
+# size at the end of the compressed file, which unfortunately does not work
+# with unpack_to_rootfs(). Make size_append no-op.
+override size_append := :
 
-suffix_y = $(subst $\",,$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION))
-datafile_y = initramfs_data.cpio$(suffix_y)
-datafile_d_y = .$(datafile_y).d
-AFLAGS_initramfs_data.o += -DINITRAMFS_IMAGE="usr/$(datafile_y)"
+compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE)	:= shipped
+compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP)	:= gzip
+compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2)	:= bzip2
+compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA)	:= lzma
+compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ)	:= xzmisc
+compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZO)	:= lzo
+compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4)	:= lz4
 
-# clean rules do not have CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION.  So clean up after all
-# possible compression formats.
-clean-files += initramfs_data.cpio*
-
-# Generate builtin.o based on initramfs_data.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) := initramfs_data.o
 
-# initramfs_data.o contains the compressed initramfs_data.cpio image.
-# The image is included using .incbin, a dependency which is not
-# tracked automatically.
-$(obj)/initramfs_data.o: $(obj)/$(datafile_y) FORCE
+$(obj)/initramfs_data.o: $(obj)/initramfs_inc_data
 
-#####
-# Generate the initramfs cpio archive
+ramfs-input := $(strip $(shell echo $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE)))
+cpio-data :=
+
+# If CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE is empty, generate a small initramfs with the
+# default contents.
+ifeq ($(ramfs-input),)
+ramfs-input := $(srctree)/$(src)/default_cpio_list
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(words $(ramfs-input)),1)
+
+# If CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE specifies a single file, and it is suffixed with
+# .cpio, use it directly as an initramfs.
+ifneq ($(filter %.cpio,$(ramfs-input)),)
+cpio-data := $(ramfs-input)
+endif
+
+# If CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE specifies a single file, and it is suffixed with
+# .cpio.*, use it directly as an initramfs, and avoid double compression.
+ifeq ($(words $(subst .cpio.,$(space),$(ramfs-input))),2)
+cpio-data := $(ramfs-input)
+compress-y := shipped
+endif
+
+endif
+
+# For other cases, generate the initramfs cpio archive based on the contents
+# specified by CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE.
+ifeq ($(cpio-data),)
+
+cpio-data := $(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio
 
 hostprogs-y := gen_init_cpio
-initramfs   := $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/gen_initramfs_list.sh
-ramfs-input := $(if $(filter-out "",$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE)), \
-			$(shell echo $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE)),-d)
-ramfs-args  := \
-        $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID), -u $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID)) \
-        $(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID), -g $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID))
 
-# $(datafile_d_y) is used to identify all files included
+# .initramfs_data.cpio.d is used to identify all files included
 # in initramfs and to detect if any files are added/removed.
 # Removed files are identified by directory timestamp being updated
 # The dependency list is generated by gen_initramfs.sh -l
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)),)
-	include $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)
-endif
-
-quiet_cmd_initfs = GEN     $@
-      cmd_initfs = $(initramfs) -o $@ $(ramfs-args) $(ramfs-input)
-
-targets := $(datafile_y)
+-include $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d
 
 # do not try to update files included in initramfs
 $(deps_initramfs): ;
 
-$(deps_initramfs): klibcdirs
+quiet_cmd_initfs = GEN     $@
+      cmd_initfs = \
+	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $< -o $@ -l $(obj)/.initramfs_data.cpio.d \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID), -u $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID)) \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID), -g $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID)) \
+	$(ramfs-input)
+
 # We rebuild initramfs_data.cpio if:
 # 1) Any included file is newer than initramfs_data.cpio
 # 2) There are changes in which files are included (added or deleted)
 # 3) If gen_init_cpio are newer than initramfs_data.cpio
 # 4) Arguments to gen_initramfs.sh changes
-$(obj)/$(datafile_y): $(obj)/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) klibcdirs
-	$(Q)$(initramfs) -l $(ramfs-input) > $(obj)/$(datafile_d_y)
+$(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio: $(src)/gen_initramfs.sh $(obj)/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,initfs)
 
+endif
+
+$(obj)/initramfs_inc_data: $(cpio-data) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,$(compress-y))
+
+targets += initramfs_data.cpio initramfs_inc_data
+
 subdir-$(CONFIG_UAPI_HEADER_TEST) += include
diff --git a/usr/default_cpio_list b/usr/default_cpio_list
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37b3864066e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/default_cpio_list
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# This is a very simple, default initramfs
+
+dir /dev 0755 0 0
+nod /dev/console 0600 0 0 c 5 1
+dir /root 0700 0 0
diff --git a/usr/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/usr/gen_initramfs.sh
similarity index 53%
rename from usr/gen_initramfs_list.sh
rename to usr/gen_initramfs.sh
index 2bbac73e6477..8ae831657e5d 100755
--- a/usr/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+++ b/usr/gen_initramfs.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 # Released under the terms of the GNU GPL
 #
 # Generate a cpio packed initramfs. It uses gen_init_cpio to generate
-# the cpio archive, and then compresses it.
-# The script may also be used to generate the inputfile used for gen_init_cpio
+# the cpio archive.
 # This script assumes that gen_init_cpio is located in usr/ directory
 
 # error out on errors
@@ -15,9 +14,9 @@ set -e
 usage() {
 cat << EOF
 Usage:
-$0 [-o <file>] [-u <uid>] [-g <gid>] {-d | <cpio_source>} ...
-	-o <file>      Create compressed initramfs file named <file> using
-		       gen_init_cpio and compressor depending on the extension
+$0 [-o <file>] [-l <dep_list>] [-u <uid>] [-g <gid>] {-d | <cpio_source>} ...
+	-o <file>      Create initramfs file named <file> by using gen_init_cpio
+	-l <dep_list>  Create dependency list named <dep_list>
 	-u <uid>       User ID to map to user ID 0 (root).
 		       <uid> is only meaningful if <cpio_source> is a
 		       directory.  "squash" forces all files to uid 0.
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ $0 [-o <file>] [-u <uid>] [-g <gid>] {-d | <cpio_source>} ...
 	<cpio_source>  File list or directory for cpio archive.
 		       If <cpio_source> is a .cpio file it will be used
 		       as direct input to initramfs.
-	-d             Output the default cpio list.
 
 All options except -o and -l may be repeated and are interpreted
 sequentially and immediately.  -u and -g states are preserved across
@@ -42,23 +40,6 @@ field() {
 	shift $1 ; echo $1
 }
 
-list_default_initramfs() {
-	# echo usr/kinit/kinit
-	:
-}
-
-default_initramfs() {
-	cat <<-EOF >> ${output}
-		# This is a very simple, default initramfs
-
-		dir /dev 0755 0 0
-		nod /dev/console 0600 0 0 c 5 1
-		dir /root 0700 0 0
-		# file /kinit usr/kinit/kinit 0755 0 0
-		# slink /init kinit 0755 0 0
-	EOF
-}
-
 filetype() {
 	local argv1="$1"
 
@@ -81,10 +62,6 @@ filetype() {
 	return 0
 }
 
-list_print_mtime() {
-	:
-}
-
 print_mtime() {
 	local my_mtime="0"
 
@@ -92,15 +69,15 @@ print_mtime() {
 		my_mtime=$(find "$1" -printf "%T@\n" | sort -r | head -n 1)
 	fi
 
-	echo "# Last modified: ${my_mtime}" >> ${output}
-	echo "" >> ${output}
+	echo "# Last modified: ${my_mtime}" >> $cpio_list
+	echo "" >> $cpio_list
 }
 
 list_parse() {
-	if [ -L "$1" ]; then
+	if [ -z "$dep_list" -o -L "$1" ]; then
 		return
 	fi
-	echo "$1" | sed 's/:/\\:/g; s/$/ \\/'
+	echo "$1" | sed 's/:/\\:/g; s/$/ \\/' >> $dep_list
 }
 
 # for each file print a line in following format
@@ -146,7 +123,7 @@ parse() {
 			;;
 	esac
 
-	echo "${str}" >> ${output}
+	echo "${str}" >> $cpio_list
 
 	return 0
 }
@@ -161,58 +138,47 @@ unknown_option() {
 	exit 1
 }
 
-list_header() {
-	:
-}
-
 header() {
-	printf "\n#####################\n# $1\n" >> ${output}
+	printf "\n#####################\n# $1\n" >> $cpio_list
 }
 
 # process one directory (incl sub-directories)
 dir_filelist() {
-	${dep_list}header "$1"
+	header "$1"
 
 	srcdir=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's://*:/:g')
 	dirlist=$(find "${srcdir}" -printf "%p %m %U %G\n" | LANG=C sort)
 
 	# If $dirlist is only one line, then the directory is empty
 	if [  "$(echo "${dirlist}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
-		${dep_list}print_mtime "$1"
+		print_mtime "$1"
 
 		echo "${dirlist}" | \
 		while read x; do
-			${dep_list}parse ${x}
+			list_parse $x
+			parse $x
 		done
 	fi
 }
 
-# if only one file is specified and it is .cpio file then use it direct as fs
-# if a directory is specified then add all files in given direcotry to fs
-# if a regular file is specified assume it is in gen_initramfs format
 input_file() {
 	source="$1"
 	if [ -f "$1" ]; then
-		${dep_list}header "$1"
-		is_cpio="$(echo "$1" | sed 's/^.*\.cpio\(\..*\)\{0,1\}/cpio/')"
-		if [ $2 -eq 0 -a ${is_cpio} = "cpio" ]; then
-			cpio_file=$1
-			echo "$1" | grep -q '^.*\.cpio\..*' && is_cpio_compressed="compressed"
-			[ ! -z ${dep_list} ] && echo "$1"
-			return 0
-		fi
-		if [ -z ${dep_list} ]; then
-			print_mtime "$1" >> ${output}
-			cat "$1"         >> ${output}
-		else
-		        echo "$1 \\"
+		# If a regular file is specified, assume it is in
+		# gen_init_cpio format
+		header "$1"
+		print_mtime "$1" >> $cpio_list
+		cat "$1"         >> $cpio_list
+		if [ -n "$dep_list" ]; then
+		        echo "$1 \\"  >> $dep_list
 			cat "$1" | while read type dir file perm ; do
 				if [ "$type" = "file" ]; then
-					echo "$file \\";
+					echo "$file \\" >> $dep_list
 				fi
 			done
 		fi
 	elif [ -d "$1" ]; then
+		# If a directory is specified then add all files in it to fs
 		dir_filelist "$1"
 	else
 		echo "  ${prog}: Cannot open '$1'" >&2
@@ -224,51 +190,24 @@ prog=$0
 root_uid=0
 root_gid=0
 dep_list=
-cpio_file=
-cpio_list=
+cpio_list=$(mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/cpiolist.XXXXXX)
 output="/dev/stdout"
-output_file=""
-is_cpio_compressed=
-compr="gzip -n -9 -f"
 
-arg="$1"
-case "$arg" in
-	"-l")	# files included in initramfs - used by kbuild
-		dep_list="list_"
-		echo "deps_initramfs := $0 \\"
-		shift
-		;;
-	"-o")	# generate compressed cpio image named $1
-		shift
-		output_file="$1"
-		cpio_list="$(mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/cpiolist.XXXXXX)"
-		output=${cpio_list}
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.gz$" \
-                && [ -x "`which gzip 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="gzip -n -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.bz2$" \
-                && [ -x "`which bzip2 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="bzip2 -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lzma$" \
-                && [ -x "`which lzma 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="lzma -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.xz$" \
-                && [ -x "`which xz 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="xz --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=1MiB"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lzo$" \
-                && [ -x "`which lzop 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="lzop -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lz4$" \
-                && [ -x "`which lz4 2> /dev/null`" ] \
-                && compr="lz4 -l -9 -f"
-		echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.cpio$" && compr="cat"
-		shift
-		;;
-esac
+trap "rm -f $cpio_list" EXIT
+
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 	arg="$1"
 	shift
 	case "$arg" in
+		"-l")	# files included in initramfs - used by kbuild
+			dep_list="$1"
+			echo "deps_initramfs := \\" > $dep_list
+			shift
+			;;
+		"-o")	# generate cpio image named $1
+			output="$1"
+			shift
+			;;
 		"-u")	# map $1 to uid=0 (root)
 			root_uid="$1"
 			[ "$root_uid" = "-1" ] && root_uid=$(id -u || echo 0)
@@ -279,10 +218,6 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 			[ "$root_gid" = "-1" ] && root_gid=$(id -g || echo 0)
 			shift
 			;;
-		"-d")	# display default initramfs list
-			default_list="$arg"
-			${dep_list}default_initramfs
-			;;
 		"-h")
 			usage
 			exit 0
@@ -293,36 +228,20 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 					unknown_option
 					;;
 				*)	# input file/dir - process it
-					input_file "$arg" "$#"
+					input_file "$arg"
 					;;
 			esac
 			;;
 	esac
 done
 
-# If output_file is set we will generate cpio archive and compress it
+# If output_file is set we will generate cpio archive
 # we are careful to delete tmp files
-if [ ! -z ${output_file} ]; then
-	if [ -z ${cpio_file} ]; then
-		timestamp=
-		if test -n "$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"; then
-			timestamp="$(date -d"$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP" +%s || :)"
-			if test -n "$timestamp"; then
-				timestamp="-t $timestamp"
-			fi
-		fi
-		cpio_tfile="$(mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/cpiofile.XXXXXX)"
-		usr/gen_init_cpio $timestamp ${cpio_list} > ${cpio_tfile}
-	else
-		cpio_tfile=${cpio_file}
+timestamp=
+if test -n "$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"; then
+	timestamp="$(date -d"$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP" +%s || :)"
+	if test -n "$timestamp"; then
+		timestamp="-t $timestamp"
 	fi
-	rm ${cpio_list}
-	if [ "${is_cpio_compressed}" = "compressed" ]; then
-		cat ${cpio_tfile} > ${output_file}
-	else
-		(cat ${cpio_tfile} | ${compr}  - > ${output_file}) \
-		|| (rm -f ${output_file} ; false)
-	fi
-	[ -z ${cpio_file} ] && rm ${cpio_tfile}
 fi
-exit 0
+usr/gen_init_cpio $timestamp $cpio_list > $output
diff --git a/usr/include/Makefile b/usr/include/Makefile
index 84598469e6ff..a339ef325aa5 100644
--- a/usr/include/Makefile
+++ b/usr/include/Makefile
@@ -16,87 +16,88 @@ override c_flags = $(UAPI_CFLAGS) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -I$(objtree)/usr/include
 # Please consider to fix the header first.
 #
 # Sorted alphabetically.
-header-test- += asm/shmbuf.h
-header-test- += asm/signal.h
-header-test- += asm/ucontext.h
-header-test- += drm/vmwgfx_drm.h
-header-test- += linux/am437x-vpfe.h
-header-test- += linux/android/binder.h
-header-test- += linux/android/binderfs.h
-header-test- += linux/coda.h
-header-test- += linux/elfcore.h
-header-test- += linux/errqueue.h
-header-test- += linux/fsmap.h
-header-test- += linux/hdlc/ioctl.h
-header-test- += linux/ivtv.h
-header-test- += linux/kexec.h
-header-test- += linux/matroxfb.h
-header-test- += linux/nfc.h
-header-test- += linux/omap3isp.h
-header-test- += linux/omapfb.h
-header-test- += linux/patchkey.h
-header-test- += linux/phonet.h
-header-test- += linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
-header-test- += linux/sctp.h
-header-test- += linux/signal.h
-header-test- += linux/sysctl.h
-header-test- += linux/usb/audio.h
-header-test- += linux/v4l2-mediabus.h
-header-test- += linux/v4l2-subdev.h
-header-test- += linux/videodev2.h
-header-test- += linux/vm_sockets.h
-header-test- += sound/asequencer.h
-header-test- += sound/asoc.h
-header-test- += sound/asound.h
-header-test- += sound/compress_offload.h
-header-test- += sound/emu10k1.h
-header-test- += sound/sfnt_info.h
-header-test- += xen/evtchn.h
-header-test- += xen/gntdev.h
-header-test- += xen/privcmd.h
+no-header-test += asm/shmbuf.h
+no-header-test += asm/signal.h
+no-header-test += asm/ucontext.h
+no-header-test += drm/vmwgfx_drm.h
+no-header-test += linux/am437x-vpfe.h
+no-header-test += linux/android/binder.h
+no-header-test += linux/android/binderfs.h
+no-header-test += linux/coda.h
+no-header-test += linux/elfcore.h
+no-header-test += linux/errqueue.h
+no-header-test += linux/fsmap.h
+no-header-test += linux/hdlc/ioctl.h
+no-header-test += linux/ivtv.h
+no-header-test += linux/kexec.h
+no-header-test += linux/matroxfb.h
+no-header-test += linux/nfc.h
+no-header-test += linux/omap3isp.h
+no-header-test += linux/omapfb.h
+no-header-test += linux/patchkey.h
+no-header-test += linux/phonet.h
+no-header-test += linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+no-header-test += linux/sctp.h
+no-header-test += linux/signal.h
+no-header-test += linux/sysctl.h
+no-header-test += linux/usb/audio.h
+no-header-test += linux/v4l2-mediabus.h
+no-header-test += linux/v4l2-subdev.h
+no-header-test += linux/videodev2.h
+no-header-test += linux/vm_sockets.h
+no-header-test += sound/asequencer.h
+no-header-test += sound/asoc.h
+no-header-test += sound/asound.h
+no-header-test += sound/compress_offload.h
+no-header-test += sound/emu10k1.h
+no-header-test += sound/sfnt_info.h
+no-header-test += xen/evtchn.h
+no-header-test += xen/gntdev.h
+no-header-test += xen/privcmd.h
 
 # More headers are broken in some architectures
 
 ifeq ($(SRCARCH),arc)
-header-test- += linux/bpf_perf_event.h
+no-header-test += linux/bpf_perf_event.h
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(SRCARCH),ia64)
-header-test- += asm/setup.h
-header-test- += asm/sigcontext.h
-header-test- += asm/perfmon.h
-header-test- += asm/perfmon_default_smpl.h
-header-test- += linux/if_bonding.h
+no-header-test += asm/setup.h
+no-header-test += asm/sigcontext.h
+no-header-test += asm/perfmon.h
+no-header-test += asm/perfmon_default_smpl.h
+no-header-test += linux/if_bonding.h
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(SRCARCH),mips)
-header-test- += asm/stat.h
+no-header-test += asm/stat.h
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(SRCARCH),powerpc)
-header-test- += asm/stat.h
-header-test- += linux/bpf_perf_event.h
+no-header-test += asm/stat.h
+no-header-test += linux/bpf_perf_event.h
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(SRCARCH),riscv)
-header-test- += linux/bpf_perf_event.h
+no-header-test += linux/bpf_perf_event.h
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(SRCARCH),sparc)
-header-test- += asm/stat.h
-header-test- += asm/uctx.h
-header-test- += asm/fbio.h
+no-header-test += asm/stat.h
+no-header-test += asm/uctx.h
+no-header-test += asm/fbio.h
 endif
 
 # asm-generic/*.h is used by asm/*.h, and should not be included directly
-header-test- += asm-generic/%
+no-header-test += asm-generic/%
 
 extra-y := $(patsubst $(obj)/%.h,%.hdrtest, $(shell find $(obj) -name '*.h' 2>/dev/null))
 
+# Include the header to detect missing include guard.
 quiet_cmd_hdrtest = HDRTEST $<
       cmd_hdrtest = \
 		$(CC) $(c_flags) -S -o /dev/null -x c /dev/null \
-			$(if $(filter-out $(header-test-), $*.h), -include $<); \
+			$(if $(filter-out $(no-header-test), $*.h), -include $< -include $<); \
 		$(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/headers_check.pl $(obj) $(SRCARCH) $<; \
 		touch $@
 
diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.S b/usr/initramfs_data.S
index d07648f05bbf..cd67edc38797 100644
--- a/usr/initramfs_data.S
+++ b/usr/initramfs_data.S
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@
   in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures.
 */
 
-#include <linux/stringify.h>
-#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
-
 .section .init.ramfs,"a"
 __irf_start:
-.incbin __stringify(INITRAMFS_IMAGE)
+.incbin "usr/initramfs_inc_data"
 __irf_end:
 .section .init.ramfs.info,"a"
 .globl __initramfs_size