--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 ccflags-y += -nostdlib -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso.so.1 \
 		$(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv)
 
+# Disable gcov profiling for VDSO code
+GCOV_PROFILE := n
+
 # Workaround for bare-metal (ELF) toolchains that neglect to pass -shared
 # down to collect2, resulting in silent corruption of the vDSO image.
 ccflags-y += -Wl,-shared
@@ -47,13 +50,13 @@
 	$(call if_changed,vdsosym)
 
 # Assembly rules for the .S files
-$(obj-vdso): %.o: %.S
+$(obj-vdso): %.o: %.S FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,vdsoas)
 
 # Actual build commands
-quiet_cmd_vdsold = VDSOL $@
+quiet_cmd_vdsold = VDSOL   $@
       cmd_vdsold = $(CC) $(c_flags) -Wl,-n -Wl,-T $^ -o $@
-quiet_cmd_vdsoas = VDSOA $@
+quiet_cmd_vdsoas = VDSOA   $@
       cmd_vdsoas = $(CC) $(a_flags) -c -o $@ $<
 
 # Install commands for the unstripped file