diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ec73ead6757e28cdc61de24e0d556809155a64e..20dce5c3b9e0f2c124db43c2620c8c1dc0404569 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 *.o.*
 *.patch
 *.rmeta
+*.rpm
 *.rsi
 *.s
 *.so
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d4b6af8c09e9c1a9d85470c2b021dd57649b7e26..a5133e422f69b0aa69d50a5b944db944da68ae06 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ no-compiler-targets := $(no-dot-config-targets) install dtbs_install \
 			headers_install modules_install kernelrelease image_name
 no-sync-config-targets := $(no-dot-config-targets) %install kernelrelease \
 			  image_name
-single-targets := %.a %.i %.rsi %.ko %.lds %.ll %.lst %.mod %.o %.s %.symtypes %/
+single-targets := %.a %.i %.ko %.lds %.ll %.lst %.mod %.o %.rsi %.s %.symtypes %/
 
 config-build	:=
 mixed-build	:=
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index a94219e9916f185acef402efca6538503a1c7680..659bf3b31c9111053494da883253dff5ac9021a7 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -891,7 +891,12 @@
 #define PRINTK_INDEX
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Discard .note.GNU-stack, which is emitted as PROGBITS by the compiler.
+ * Otherwise, the type of .notes section would become PROGBITS instead of NOTES.
+ */
 #define NOTES								\
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.note.GNU-stack) }				\
 	.notes : AT(ADDR(.notes) - LOAD_OFFSET) {			\
 		BOUNDED_SECTION_BY(.note.*, _notes)			\
 	} NOTES_HEADERS							\
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 5eb5e8280379ad9140f0b57bf4c51cae35367279..0ee296cf520c23866a1f1750bc16df64792fd814 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ ifneq ($(findstring i,$(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))),)
 modpost-args += -n
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN)$(missing-input),)
+modpost-args += -w
+endif
+
+# Read out modules.order to pass in modpost.
+# Otherwise, allmodconfig would fail with "Argument list too long".
+ifdef KBUILD_MODULES
+modpost-args += -T $(MODORDER)
+modpost-deps += $(MODORDER)
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 
 # Generate the list of in-tree objects in vmlinux
@@ -113,17 +124,6 @@ modpost-args += -e $(addprefix -i , $(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS))
 
 endif # ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 
-ifneq ($(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN)$(missing-input),)
-modpost-args += -w
-endif
-
-ifdef KBUILD_MODULES
-modpost-args += -T $(MODORDER)
-modpost-deps += $(MODORDER)
-endif
-
-# Read out modules.order to pass in modpost.
-# Otherwise, allmodconfig would fail with "Argument list too long".
 quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST $@
       cmd_modpost = \
 	$(if $(missing-input), \
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.package b/scripts/Makefile.package
index 539e9f765d64db8c924187afb208d8a016cba024..525a2820976fd06c9fd278c9495978bcfce22160 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.package
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.package
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ $(perf-tar-pkgs):
 PHONY += help
 help:
 	@echo '  rpm-pkg             - Build both source and binary RPM kernel packages'
+	@echo '  srcrpm-pkg          - Build only the source kernel RPM package'
 	@echo '  binrpm-pkg          - Build only the binary kernel RPM package'
 	@echo '  deb-pkg             - Build both source and binary deb kernel packages'
 	@echo '  bindeb-pkg          - Build only the binary kernel deb package'
diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
index 2328f9a641dadf53490cccfe26830517e3426bf0..f932aeaba71a2e7696c9083896ac441d06ca08fa 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
index 9c549683c62751959201c36954cbbb6eaddd706f..e67e0db50b2e2510b88f1507f0462ec1812813f4 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ static const char mconf_readme[] =
 "(especially with a larger number of unrolled categories) than the\n"
 "default mode.\n"
 "\n"
+
+"Search\n"
+"-------\n"
+"Pressing the forward-slash (/) anywhere brings up a search dialog box.\n"
+"\n"
+
 "Different color themes available\n"
 "--------------------------------\n"
 "It is possible to select different color themes using the variable\n"
diff --git a/scripts/package/mkspec b/scripts/package/mkspec
index dda00a948a01df3da7a32288a6767727a41b1c57..adab28fa7f892f1704e498530f01ae3a69d5a05a 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkspec
+++ b/scripts/package/mkspec
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ sed -e '/^DEL/d' -e 's/^\t*//' <<EOF
 	URL: https://www.kernel.org
 $S	Source: kernel-$__KERNELRELEASE.tar.gz
 	Provides: $PROVIDES
-$S	BuildRequires: bc binutils bison dwarves elfutils-libelf-devel flex
+$S	BuildRequires: bc binutils bison dwarves
+$S	BuildRequires: (elfutils-libelf-devel or libelf-devel) flex
 $S	BuildRequires: gcc make openssl openssl-devel perl python3 rsync
 
 	# $UTS_MACHINE as a fallback of _arch in case