diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86eb6acb397..5d8e7f25838 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -664,22 +664,9 @@ ifeq ($(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC)), y)
 endif
 
 # Add user supplied CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS as the last assignments
-# But warn user when we do so
-warn-assign = \
-$(warning "WARNING: Appending $$K$(1) ($(K$(1))) from $(origin K$(1)) to kernel $$$(1)")
-
-ifneq ($(KCPPFLAGS),)
-        $(call warn-assign,CPPFLAGS)
-        KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(KCPPFLAGS)
-endif
-ifneq ($(KAFLAGS),)
-        $(call warn-assign,AFLAGS)
-        KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(KAFLAGS)
-endif
-ifneq ($(KCFLAGS),)
-        $(call warn-assign,CFLAGS)
-        KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(KCFLAGS)
-endif
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(KCPPFLAGS)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(KAFLAGS)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(KCFLAGS)
 
 # Use --build-id when available.
 LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID = $(patsubst -Wl$(comma)%,%,\
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
index 934bc34d5f9..412bc6c2b02 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #if __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0
 #define __compiletime_object_size(obj) __builtin_object_size(obj, 0)
 #endif
-#if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4 && !defined(__CHECKER__)
+#if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3 && !defined(__CHECKER__)
 #define __compiletime_warning(message) __attribute__((warning(message)))
 #define __compiletime_error(message) __attribute__((error(message)))
 #endif
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index efa5d940e63..3d13d3a3edf 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 #
 
-__modules := $(sort $(shell grep -h '\.ko' /dev/null $(wildcard $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod)))
+__modules := $(sort $(shell grep -h '\.ko$$' /dev/null $(wildcard $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod)))
 modules := $(patsubst %.o,%.ko,$(wildcard $(__modules:.ko=.o)))
 
 PHONY += $(modules)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 08dce14f2dc..a1cb0222ebe 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ kernelsymfile := $(objtree)/Module.symvers
 modulesymfile := $(firstword $(KBUILD_EXTMOD))/Module.symvers
 
 # Step 1), find all modules listed in $(MODVERDIR)/
-__modules := $(sort $(shell grep -h '\.ko' /dev/null $(wildcard $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod)))
+__modules := $(sort $(shell grep -h '\.ko$$' /dev/null $(wildcard $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod)))
 modules   := $(patsubst %.o,%.ko, $(wildcard $(__modules:.ko=.o)))
 
 # Stop after building .o files if NOFINAL is set. Makes compile tests quicker
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 00f7512a217..0d93856a03f 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ static const char *section_white_list[] =
 	".debug*",
 	".zdebug*",		/* Compressed debug sections. */
 	".GCC-command-line",	/* mn10300 */
+	".GCC.command.line",	/* record-gcc-switches, non mn10300 */
 	".mdebug*",        /* alpha, score, mips etc. */
 	".pdr",            /* alpha, score, mips etc. */
 	".stab*",
diff --git a/scripts/package/buildtar b/scripts/package/buildtar
index d0d748e7291..62d8234f878 100644
--- a/scripts/package/buildtar
+++ b/scripts/package/buildtar
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ case "${1}" in
 		file_ext=""
 		;;
 	targz-pkg)
-		compress="gzip -c9"
+		compress="gzip"
 		file_ext=".gz"
 		;;
 	tarbz2-pkg)
-		compress="bzip2 -c9"
+		compress="bzip2"
 		file_ext=".bz2"
 		;;
 	tarxz-pkg)
-		compress="xz -c9"
+		compress="xz"
 		file_ext=".xz"
 		;;
 	*)