diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 26108ea785c2644d653c6f3e2228521b3f0d0f82..5f448201955bc53bc217c92fc717a3409480d92f 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ config ARC
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW if ARC_HAS_LLSC
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index ba75e3661a4159afa45ac15516db9e16d2fdae29..cb3493b4db8330ceb57789b628d1dd439b263b3c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT if MMU
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select BINFMT_FLAT_ARGVP_ENVP_ON_STACK
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT if MMU
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT if MMU
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select CPU_PM if SUSPEND || CPU_IDLE
 	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index b1b4476ddb834ba64a8ba93e55e88d3a7282fed1..6f360dd2b1ad7d8fb391539dc1ea403f25910e11 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select ARM_GIC_V3
 	select ARM_GIC_V3_ITS if PCI
 	select ARM_PSCI_FW
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select CPU_PM if (SUSPEND || CPU_IDLE)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
index 5f46ebe7bfe3c641512e560c18f1cf240799c894..a105f113fd67c690ffd387dd5c377af44c31b9ed 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config MICROBLAZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_UNCACHED_SEGMENT if !MMU
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select TIMER_OF
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS3
 	select COMMON_CLK
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index add388236f4ef2cdf2558b0d282605fadce6912a..5531942baf5db2930f4de0e4e36fa1183f8a3304 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ config MIPS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT if MMU
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS if (TARGET_ISA_REV < 1)
 	select CPU_PM if CPU_IDLE
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index b16237c95ea33bd1fb75f50b91fbd6ae053b1687..e1ef610a5a2bc2884fb7ee0b09407e81d8bbad77 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config PARISC
 	select RTC_DRV_GENERIC
 	select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
 	select BUG
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select HAVE_PCI
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 1ec34e16ed65d38c1e7a7d0c44e11c01a1fa7a71..18a21b4f371140f867cd801cc60da35628c8cba4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE
 	select BINFMT_ELF
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS		if PPC64 && CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 	select DYNAMIC_FTRACE			if FUNCTION_TRACER
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index d4051e88e6250ddbb621b18c0dc6f8356411ffd8..884194fab698a5d00969b895e61313c5835b2ca8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ config S390
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
 	select ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS2
 	select DYNAMIC_FTRACE if FUNCTION_TRACER
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 5e894995366064ca3a3d3b58143a61057f99095e..e71158af8dd5ffa653a3b8a5a18b158cb9459cba 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
 	select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE
 	select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP		if X86_64
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select CLKEVT_I8253
 	select CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE
 	select CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index 4a3fa295d8fed4a9427ea8c1eecf9832040d766a..fb9746db0a6d240d72a9393f2a657ff6883c1437 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config XTENSA
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
-	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select DMA_REMAP if MMU
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a34064a031a5ed785eb4c7bab830408f1fb2608a..ad9b6c5eaf1d8787852f3cc681c1e29aee388655 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ config CONSTRUCTORS
 config IRQ_WORK
 	bool
 
-config BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+config BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	bool
 
 config THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index 4aa1806c59c2a1cdcfcea105df3899d0e5109646..306054ef340f73466c17b945bc8bdb038bd2218b 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ conmakehash
 kallsyms
 unifdef
 recordmcount
-sortextable
+sorttable
 asn1_compiler
 extract-cert
 sign-file
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 00c47901cb0691802cee2d41519856e6d71d68d8..7491241e3a0d088bf16f361d67446164bf2de4a2 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C)  += bin2c
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS)     += kallsyms
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_VT)           += conmakehash
 hostprogs-$(BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT) += recordmcount
-hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT) += sortextable
+hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT) += sorttable
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_ASN1)	 += asn1_compiler
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORMAT) += sign-file
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING) += extract-cert
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE) += insert-sys-cert
 
-HOSTCFLAGS_sortextable.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include
+HOSTCFLAGS_sorttable.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include
 HOSTCFLAGS_asn1_compiler.o = -I$(srctree)/include
 HOSTLDLIBS_sign-file = -lcrypto
 HOSTLDLIBS_extract-cert = -lcrypto
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 436379940356130eb1cd4b2a20ded511e4a8b4c8..a81aa76bbe186b9cb96ac703339e94e66e178755 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ mksysmap()
 	${CONFIG_SHELL} "${srctree}/scripts/mksysmap" ${1} ${2}
 }
 
-sortextable()
+sorttable()
 {
-	${objtree}/scripts/sortextable ${1}
+	${objtree}/scripts/sorttable ${1}
 }
 
 # Delete output files in case of error
@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ fi
 
 vmlinux_link vmlinux "${kallsymso}" ${btf_vmlinux_bin_o}
 
-if [ -n "${CONFIG_BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT}" ]; then
-	info SORTEX vmlinux
-	sortextable vmlinux
+if [ -n "${CONFIG_BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT}" ]; then
+	info SORTTAB vmlinux
+	sorttable vmlinux
 fi
 
 info SYSMAP System.map
diff --git a/scripts/sortextable.c b/scripts/sorttable.c
similarity index 97%
rename from scripts/sortextable.c
rename to scripts/sorttable.c
index efa2839865cdb09b5f3deb9e105746efb12defa0..ff98b7db20c6793f6dca2d338959264f23692c54 100644
--- a/scripts/sortextable.c
+++ b/scripts/sorttable.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * sortextable.c: Sort the kernel's exception table
+ * sorttable.c: Sort the kernel's table
  *
  * Copyright 2011 - 2012 Cavium, Inc.
  *
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ static inline unsigned int get_secindex(unsigned int shndx,
 }
 
 /* 32 bit and 64 bit are very similar */
-#include "sortextable.h"
-#define SORTEXTABLE_64
-#include "sortextable.h"
+#include "sorttable.h"
+#define SORTTABLE_64
+#include "sorttable.h"
 
 static int compare_relative_table(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	void *addr = NULL;
 
 	if (argc < 2) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "usage: sortextable vmlinux...\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "usage: sorttable vmlinux...\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/scripts/sortextable.h b/scripts/sorttable.h
similarity index 99%
rename from scripts/sortextable.h
rename to scripts/sorttable.h
index 6485513f7caebe264c68046599f8ad86c4299e83..82589ff90e259feda49d4f83dff5afbfdc88234b 100644
--- a/scripts/sortextable.h
+++ b/scripts/sorttable.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
- * sortextable.h
+ * sorttable.h
  *
  * Copyright 2011 - 2012 Cavium, Inc.
  *
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #undef _r
 #undef _w
 
-#ifdef SORTEXTABLE_64
+#ifdef SORTTABLE_64
 # define extable_ent_size	16
 # define compare_extable	compare_extable_64
 # define do_sort		do_sort_64