Merge tag 'kbuild-v4.18-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull more Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - fix some bugs introduced by the recent Kconfig syntax extension

 - add some symbols about compiler information in Kconfig, such as
   CC_IS_GCC, CC_IS_CLANG, GCC_VERSION, etc.

 - test compiler capability for the stack protector in Kconfig, and
   clean-up Makefile

 - test compiler capability for GCC-plugins in Kconfig, and clean-up
   Makefile

 - allow to enable GCC-plugins for COMPILE_TEST

 - test compiler capability for KCOV in Kconfig and correct dependency

 - remove auto-detect mode of the GCOV format, which is now more nicely
   handled in Kconfig

 - test compiler capability for mprofile-kernel on PowerPC, and clean-up
   Makefile

 - misc cleanups

* tag 'kbuild-v4.18-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild:
  linux/linkage.h: replace VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() with __stringify()
  kconfig: fix localmodconfig
  sh: remove no-op macro VMLINUX_SYMBOL()
  powerpc/kbuild: move -mprofile-kernel check to Kconfig
  Documentation: kconfig: add recommended way to describe compiler support
  gcc-plugins: disable GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL for COMPILE_TEST
  gcc-plugins: allow to enable GCC_PLUGINS for COMPILE_TEST
  gcc-plugins: test plugin support in Kconfig and clean up Makefile
  gcc-plugins: move GCC version check for PowerPC to Kconfig
  kcov: test compiler capability in Kconfig and correct dependency
  gcov: remove CONFIG_GCOV_FORMAT_AUTODETECT
  arm64: move GCC version check for ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 to Kconfig
  kconfig: add CC_IS_CLANG and CLANG_VERSION
  kconfig: add CC_IS_GCC and GCC_VERSION
  stack-protector: test compiler capability in Kconfig and drop AUTO mode
  kbuild: fix endless syncconfig in case arch Makefile sets CROSS_COMPILE

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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
index 0e966e8f9ec7..a4eb01843c04 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@@ -473,6 +473,24 @@ config option to 'y' no matter the dependencies.
 The dependencies are moved to the symbol GENERIC_IOMAP and we avoid the
 situation where select forces a symbol equals to 'y'.
 
+Adding features that need compiler support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+There are several features that need compiler support. The recommended way
+to describe the dependency on the compiler feature is to use "depends on"
+followed by a test macro.
+
+config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
+	bool "Stack Protector buffer overflow detection"
+	depends on $(cc-option,-fstack-protector)
+	...
+
+If you need to expose a compiler capability to makefiles and/or C source files,
+CC_HAS_ is the recommended prefix for the config option.
+
+config CC_HAS_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE
+	def_bool $(cc-option,-fno-stack-protector)
+
 Build as module only
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 To restrict a component build to module-only, qualify its config symbol