4 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S
index a7810be07da1..4a3982812a40 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ENDPROC(__vet_atags)
  * The following fragment of code is executed with the MMU on in MMU mode,
  * and uses absolute addresses; this is not position independent.
  *
- *  r0  = cp#15 control register
+ *  r0  = cp#15 control register (exc_ret for M-class)
  *  r1  = machine ID
  *  r2  = atags/dtb pointer
  *  r9  = processor ID
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ __mmap_switched_data:
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_CP15
 	.long	cr_alignment			@ r3
 #else
-	.long	0				@ r3
+M_CLASS(.long	exc_ret)			@ r3
+AR_CLASS(.long	0)				@ r3
 #endif
 	.size	__mmap_switched_data, . - __mmap_switched_data
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
index afa350f44dea..0fc814bbc34b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ M_CLASS(streq	r3, [r12, #PMSAv8_MAIR1])
 	bic	r0, r0, #V7M_SCB_CCR_IC
 #endif
 	str	r0, [r12, V7M_SCB_CCR]
+	/* Pass exc_ret to __mmap_switched */
+	mov	r0, r10
 #endif /* CONFIG_CPU_CP15 elif CONFIG_CPU_V7M */
 	ret	lr
 ENDPROC(__after_proc_init)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index 8c74037ade22..21b8b271c80d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	ARM_UNWIND_SECTIONS
 #endif
 
-	NOTES
-
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
 
 	ARM_VECTORS
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
 	_sdata = .;
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	.data.ro_after_init : AT(ADDR(.data.ro_after_init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		*(.data..ro_after_init)
 	}
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 23150c0f0f4d..319ccb10846a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	ARM_UNWIND_SECTIONS
 #endif
 
-	NOTES
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
 #else
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	__init_end = .;
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
 	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)