diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 4da6f952d18b..5192213c5005 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Output selection (mutually exclusive):
 
 Output selection modifiers:
   -no-doc-sections	Do not output DOC: sections.
+  -enable-lineno        Enable output of #define LINENO lines. Only works with
+                        reStructuredText format.
 
 Other parameters:
   -v			Verbose output, more warnings and other information.
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@ my $verbose = 0;
 my $output_mode = "man";
 my $output_preformatted = 0;
 my $no_doc_sections = 0;
+my $enable_lineno = 0;
 my @highlights = @highlights_man;
 my $blankline = $blankline_man;
 my $modulename = "Kernel API";
@@ -351,6 +354,7 @@ my $man_date = ('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June',
 # CAVEAT EMPTOR!  Some of the others I localised may not want to be, which
 # could cause "use of undefined value" or other bugs.
 my ($function, %function_table, %parametertypes, $declaration_purpose);
+my $declaration_start_line;
 my ($type, $declaration_name, $return_type);
 my ($newsection, $newcontents, $prototype, $brcount, %source_map);
 
@@ -411,13 +415,16 @@ my $doc_inline_end = '^\s*\*/\s*$';
 my $export_symbol = '^\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL(_GPL)?\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*;';
 
 my %parameterdescs;
+my %parameterdesc_start_lines;
 my @parameterlist;
 my %sections;
 my @sectionlist;
+my %section_start_lines;
 my $sectcheck;
 my $struct_actual;
 
 my $contents = "";
+my $new_start_line = 0;
 
 # the canonical section names. see also $doc_sect above.
 my $section_default = "Description";	# default section
@@ -486,6 +493,8 @@ while ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^-(.*)/) {
 	usage();
     } elsif ($cmd eq '-no-doc-sections') {
 	    $no_doc_sections = 1;
+    } elsif ($cmd eq '-enable-lineno') {
+	    $enable_lineno = 1;
     } elsif ($cmd eq '-show-not-found') {
 	$show_not_found = 1;
     }
@@ -503,6 +512,13 @@ sub get_kernel_version() {
     return $version;
 }
 
+#
+sub print_lineno {
+    my $lineno = shift;
+    if ($enable_lineno && defined($lineno)) {
+        print "#define LINENO " . $lineno . "\n";
+    }
+}
 ##
 # dumps section contents to arrays/hashes intended for that purpose.
 #
@@ -516,11 +532,15 @@ sub dump_section {
 	$name = $1;
 	$parameterdescs{$name} = $contents;
 	$sectcheck = $sectcheck . $name . " ";
+        $parameterdesc_start_lines{$name} = $new_start_line;
+        $new_start_line = 0;
     } elsif ($name eq "@\.\.\.") {
 #	print STDERR "parameter def '...' = '$contents'\n";
 	$name = "...";
 	$parameterdescs{$name} = $contents;
 	$sectcheck = $sectcheck . $name . " ";
+        $parameterdesc_start_lines{$name} = $new_start_line;
+        $new_start_line = 0;
     } else {
 #	print STDERR "other section '$name' = '$contents'\n";
 	if (defined($sections{$name}) && ($sections{$name} ne "")) {
@@ -530,6 +550,8 @@ sub dump_section {
 	} else {
 	    $sections{$name} = $contents;
 	    push @sectionlist, $name;
+            $section_start_lines{$name} = $new_start_line;
+            $new_start_line = 0;
 	}
     }
 }
@@ -1775,6 +1797,7 @@ sub output_blockhead_rst(%) {
 	if ($output_selection != OUTPUT_INCLUDE) {
 	    print "**$section**\n\n";
 	}
+        print_lineno($section_start_lines{$section});
 	output_highlight_rst($args{'sections'}{$section});
 	print "\n";
     }
@@ -1824,6 +1847,7 @@ sub output_function_rst(%) {
 	}
     }
     print ")\n\n";
+    print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
     $lineprefix = "   ";
     output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});
     print "\n";
@@ -1840,6 +1864,9 @@ sub output_function_rst(%) {
 	} else {
 	    print "``$parameter``\n";
 	}
+
+        print_lineno($parameterdesc_start_lines{$parameter_name});
+
 	if (defined($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name}) &&
 	    $args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name} ne $undescribed) {
 	    output_highlight_rst($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name});
@@ -1861,6 +1888,7 @@ sub output_section_rst(%) {
 
     foreach $section (@{$args{'sectionlist'}}) {
 	print "**$section**\n\n";
+        print_lineno($section_start_lines{$section});
 	output_highlight_rst($args{'sections'}{$section});
 	print "\n";
     }
@@ -1876,6 +1904,7 @@ sub output_enum_rst(%) {
     my $name = "enum " . $args{'enum'};
 
     print "\n\n.. c:type:: " . $name . "\n\n";
+    print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
     $lineprefix = "   ";
     output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});
     print "\n";
@@ -1903,6 +1932,7 @@ sub output_typedef_rst(%) {
     my $name = "typedef " . $args{'typedef'};
 
     print "\n\n.. c:type:: " . $name . "\n\n";
+    print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
     $lineprefix = "   ";
     output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});
     print "\n";
@@ -1918,6 +1948,7 @@ sub output_struct_rst(%) {
     my $name = $args{'type'} . " " . $args{'struct'};
 
     print "\n\n.. c:type:: " . $name . "\n\n";
+    print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
     $lineprefix = "   ";
     output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});
     print "\n";
@@ -1958,6 +1989,7 @@ sub output_struct_rst(%) {
 
 	($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name} ne $undescribed) || next;
 	$type = $args{'parametertypes'}{$parameter};
+        print_lineno($parameterdesc_start_lines{$parameter_name});
 	print "``$type $parameter``\n";
 	output_highlight_rst($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name});
 	print "\n";
@@ -2745,11 +2777,14 @@ sub process_file($) {
 	    if (/$doc_start/o) {
 		$state = STATE_NAME;	# next line is always the function name
 		$in_doc_sect = 0;
+		$declaration_start_line = $. + 1;
 	    }
 	} elsif ($state == STATE_NAME) {# this line is the function name (always)
 	    if (/$doc_block/o) {
 		$state = STATE_DOCBLOCK;
 		$contents = "";
+                $new_start_line = $. + 1;
+
 		if ( $1 eq "" ) {
 			$section = $section_intro;
 		} else {
@@ -2763,8 +2798,11 @@ sub process_file($) {
 		}
 
 		$state = STATE_FIELD;
+		# if there's no @param blocks need to set up default section
+		# here
 		$contents = "";
 		$section = $section_default;
+		$new_start_line = $. + 1;
 		if (/-(.*)/) {
 		    # strip leading/trailing/multiple spaces
 		    $descr= $1;
@@ -2833,6 +2871,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
 		$in_doc_sect = 1;
 		$in_purpose = 0;
 		$contents = $newcontents;
+                $new_start_line = $.;
 		while ((substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") ||
 		       substr($contents, 0, 1) eq "\t") {
 		    $contents = substr($contents, 1);
@@ -2866,6 +2905,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
 			dump_section($file, $section, xml_escape($contents));
 			$section = $section_default;
 			$contents = "";
+                        $new_start_line = $.;
 		    } else {
 			$contents .= "\n";
 		    }
@@ -2900,6 +2940,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
 	    if ($inline_doc_state == STATE_INLINE_NAME && /$doc_inline_sect/o) {
 		$section = $1;
 		$contents = $2;
+                $new_start_line = $.;
 		if ($contents ne "") {
 		    while ((substr($contents, 0, 1) eq " ") ||
 		           substr($contents, 0, 1) eq "\t") {