4 files changed, 17 insertions, 72 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index b766e8c7252d..0ad4302ba975 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ RESERVE_BRK(pagetables, INIT_MAP_SIZE)
  * any particular GDT layout, because we load our own as soon as we
  * can.
  */
-.section .text.head,"ax",@progbits
+__HEAD
 ENTRY(startup_32)
 	/* test KEEP_SEGMENTS flag to see if the bootloader is asking
 		us to not reload segments */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index fa54f78e2a05..26406601031c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ L4_START_KERNEL = pgd_index(__START_KERNEL_map)
 L3_START_KERNEL = pud_index(__START_KERNEL_map)
 
 	.text
-	.section .text.head
+	__HEAD
 	.code64
 	.globl startup_64
 startup_64:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 9346e102338d..8351175172e1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ char ignore_fpu_irq;
 
 /*
  * The IDT has to be page-aligned to simplify the Pentium
- * F0 0F bug workaround.. We have a special link segment
- * for this.
+ * F0 0F bug workaround.
  */
-gate_desc idt_table[NR_VECTORS]
-	__attribute__((__section__(".data.idt"))) = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
+gate_desc idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_data = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
 #endif
 
 DECLARE_BITMAP(used_vectors, NR_VECTORS);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a46acccec38a..92929fb3f9fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -65,17 +65,11 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 
 	/* Text and read-only data */
-
-	/* bootstrapping code */
-	.text.head : AT(ADDR(.text.head) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		_text = .;
-		*(.text.head)
-	} :text = 0x9090
-
-	/* The rest of the text */
 	.text :  AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+		_text = .;
+		/* bootstrapping code */
+		HEAD_TEXT
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-		/* not really needed, already page aligned */
 		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 		*(.text.page_aligned)
 #endif
@@ -94,13 +88,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	NOTES :text :note
 
-	/* Exception table */
-	. = ALIGN(16);
-	__ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		__start___ex_table = .;
-		*(__ex_table)
-		__stop___ex_table = .;
-	} :text = 0x9090
+	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) :text = 0x9090
 
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
@@ -118,7 +106,6 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 
 		PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
-		*(.data.idt)
 
 		CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 
@@ -135,24 +122,21 @@ SECTIONS
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 
 #define VSYSCALL_ADDR (-10*1024*1024)
-#define VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR ((LOADADDR(.data) + SIZEOF(.data) + \
-                            PAGE_SIZE - 1) & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1))
-#define VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR ((ADDR(.data) + SIZEOF(.data) + \
-                            PAGE_SIZE - 1) & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1))
 
-#define VLOAD_OFFSET (VSYSCALL_ADDR - VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR)
+#define VLOAD_OFFSET (VSYSCALL_ADDR - __vsyscall_0 + LOAD_OFFSET)
 #define VLOAD(x) (ADDR(x) - VLOAD_OFFSET)
 
-#define VVIRT_OFFSET (VSYSCALL_ADDR - VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR)
+#define VVIRT_OFFSET (VSYSCALL_ADDR - __vsyscall_0)
 #define VVIRT(x) (ADDR(x) - VVIRT_OFFSET)
 
+	. = ALIGN(4096);
+	__vsyscall_0 = .;
+
 	. = VSYSCALL_ADDR;
-	.vsyscall_0 : AT(VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR) {
+	.vsyscall_0 : AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_0)) {
 		*(.vsyscall_0)
 	} :user
 
-	__vsyscall_0 = VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR;
-
 	. = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
 	.vsyscall_fn : AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_fn)) {
 		*(.vsyscall_fn)
@@ -192,11 +176,9 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.vsyscall_3)
 	}
 
-	. = VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR + PAGE_SIZE;
+	. = __vsyscall_0 + PAGE_SIZE;
 
 #undef VSYSCALL_ADDR
-#undef VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR
-#undef VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR
 #undef VLOAD_OFFSET
 #undef VLOAD
 #undef VVIRT_OFFSET
@@ -219,36 +201,12 @@ SECTIONS
 	PERCPU_VADDR(0, :percpu)
 #endif
 
-	.init.text : AT(ADDR(.init.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		_sinittext = .;
-		INIT_TEXT
-		_einittext = .;
-	}
+	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	:init
 #endif
 
-	.init.data : AT(ADDR(.init.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		INIT_DATA
-	}
-
-	. = ALIGN(16);
-	.init.setup : AT(ADDR(.init.setup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		__setup_start = .;
-		*(.init.setup)
-		__setup_end = .;
-	}
-	.initcall.init : AT(ADDR(.initcall.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		__initcall_start = .;
-		INITCALLS
-		__initcall_end = .;
-	}
-
-	.con_initcall.init : AT(ADDR(.con_initcall.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		__con_initcall_start = .;
-		*(.con_initcall.init)
-		__con_initcall_end = .;
-	}
+	INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
 
 	.x86_cpu_dev.init : AT(ADDR(.x86_cpu_dev.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__x86_cpu_dev_start = .;
@@ -256,8 +214,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		__x86_cpu_dev_end = .;
 	}
 
-	SECURITY_INIT
-
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	.parainstructions : AT(ADDR(.parainstructions) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__parainstructions = .;
@@ -288,15 +244,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		EXIT_DATA
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.init.ramfs : AT(ADDR(.init.ramfs) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		__initramfs_start = .;
-		*(.init.ramfs)
-		__initramfs_end = .;
-	}
-#endif
-
 #if !defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || !defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 	PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
 #endif