diff --git a/scripts/basic/docproc.c b/scripts/basic/docproc.c
index 4c9523ef9c00..99ca7a698687 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/docproc.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/docproc.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!srctree)
 		srctree = getcwd(NULL, 0);
 	kernsrctree = getenv("KBUILD_SRC");
-	if (!kernsrctree)
+	if (!kernsrctree || !*kernsrctree)
 		kernsrctree = srctree;
 	if (argc != 3) {
 		usage();
diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 3cb57895c9ea..64343cc084b4 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ static int symbol_valid_tr(struct sym_entry *s)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(text_ranges); ++i) {
 		tr = &text_ranges[i];
 
-		if (s->addr >= tr->start && s->addr < tr->end)
-			return 0;
+		if (s->addr >= tr->start && s->addr <= tr->end)
+			return 1;
 	}
 
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index a193fa3f5272..ed591e9b7d1d 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1468,6 +1468,8 @@ sub dump_enum($$) {
 	    }
 
 	}
+	# strip kmemcheck_bitfield_{begin,end}.*;
+	$members =~ s/kmemcheck_bitfield_.*?;//gos;
 
 	output_declaration($declaration_name,
 			   'enum',
@@ -1651,6 +1653,15 @@ sub push_parameter($$$) {
 	}
 	}
 
+	# strip spaces from $param so that it is one continous string
+	# on @parameterlist;
+	# this fixes a problem where check_sections() cannot find
+	# a parameter like "addr[6 + 2]" because it actually appears
+	# as "addr[6", "+", "2]" on the parameter list;
+	# but it's better to maintain the param string unchanged for output,
+	# so just weaken the string compare in check_sections() to ignore
+	# "[blah" in a parameter string;
+	###$param =~ s/\s*//g;
 	push @parameterlist, $param;
 	$parametertypes{$param} = $type;
 }
@@ -1669,6 +1680,14 @@ sub check_sections($$$$$$) {
 			$prm_clean = $prms[$px];
 			$prm_clean =~ s/\[.*\]//;
 			$prm_clean =~ s/__attribute__\s*\(\([a-z,_\*\s\(\)]*\)\)//;
+			# ignore array size in a parameter string;
+			# however, the original param string may contain
+			# spaces, e.g.:  addr[6 + 2]
+			# and this appears in @prms as "addr[6" since the
+			# parameter list is split at spaces;
+			# hence just ignore "[..." for the sections check;
+			$prm_clean =~ s/\[.*//;
+
 			##$prm_clean =~ s/^\**//;
 			if ($prm_clean eq $sects[$sx]) {
 				$err = 0;