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Message-ID: <4880748A.4030507@snapgear.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:46:34 +1000
From:	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...pgear.com>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	x86@...nel.org,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@...tstofly.org>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Dave Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] (updated, rolled up) make section names compatible with
 -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections


Hi Denys,

Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> Here is the update against current Linus tree,
> rolled up into one patch.
> 
> James Bottomley suggested a different naming scheme:
> instead of swapping parts (.text.head -> .head.text),
> prepend .kernel to our special section names.
> This patch implements his idea.
> 
> ppc and v850 are dropped per comments from arch people.
> parisc and x86 had minor fixes. x86 fix added proper
> executable bits to a section:
> 
> -.section ".text.head"
> +.section ".kernel.text.head","ax",@progbits
> 
> Does arch/m68k/kernel/sun3-head.S need the same fix?
> 
> The patch is run-tested on x86_64.
> 
> I would like to ask arch maintainers to ACK/NAK this patch,
> and Andrew to act accordingly.

I don't see any problems with the m68knommu bits, so for those

Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>

Regards
Greg



> Changelog follows:
> 
> 
> 
> The purpose of these patches is to make kernel buildable
> with "gcc -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections".
> 
> The problem is that with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections gcc
> creates sections like .text.head and .data.nosave
> whenever someone has innocuous code like this:
> 
> static void head(...) {...}
> 
> or this:
> 
> int f(...) { static int nosave; ... }
> 
> somewhere in the kernel.
> 
> Kernel linker script is confused by such names and puts these sections
> in wrong places.
> 
> This patch renames all "magic" section names used by kernel
> to not have this format, eliminating the possibility of such collisions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
> --
> vda
> 
> 
> --- gc.0/Documentation/mutex-design.txt	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/Documentation/mutex-design.txt	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -66,14 +66,14 @@
>  
>      c0377ccb <mutex_lock>:
>      c0377ccb:       f0 ff 08                lock decl (%eax)
> -    c0377cce:       78 0e                   js     c0377cde <.text.lock.mutex>
> +    c0377cce:       78 0e                   js     c0377cde <.kernel.text.lock.mutex>
>      c0377cd0:       c3                      ret
>  
>     the unlocking fastpath is equally tight:
>  
>      c0377cd1 <mutex_unlock>:
>      c0377cd1:       f0 ff 00                lock incl (%eax)
> -    c0377cd4:       7e 0f                   jle    c0377ce5 <.text.lock.mutex+0x7>
> +    c0377cd4:       7e 0f                   jle    c0377ce5 <.kernel.text.lock.mutex+0x7>
>      c0377cd6:       c3                      ret
>  
>   - 'struct mutex' semantics are well-defined and are enforced if
> --- gc.0/arch/alpha/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/alpha/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
>  #include <asm/system.h>
>  #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
>  
> -.section .text.head, "ax"
> +.section .kernel.text.head, "ax"
>  .globl swapper_pg_dir
>  .globl _stext
>  swapper_pg_dir=SWAPPER_PGD
> --- gc.0/arch/alpha/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/alpha/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
>  
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((section(".data.init_thread")))
> +	__attribute__((section(".kernel.data.init_thread")))
>  	= { INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
> --- gc.0/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
>  
>  	_text = .;	/* Text and read-only data */
>  	.text : {
> -	*(.text.head)
> +	*(.kernel.text.head)
>  		TEXT_TEXT
>  		SCHED_TEXT
>  		LOCK_TEXT
> @@ -93,18 +93,18 @@
>  	/* Freed after init ends here */
>  
>  	/* Note 2 page alignment above.  */
> -	.data.init_thread : {
> -		*(.data.init_thread)
> +	.kernel.data.init_thread : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_thread)
>  	}
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -	.data.page_aligned : {
> -		*(.data.page_aligned)
> +	.kernel.data.page_aligned : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.page_aligned)
>  	}
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(64);
> -	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +	.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  	}
>  
>  	_data = .;
> --- gc.0/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
>   * numbers for r1.
>   *
>   */
> -	.section ".text.head", "ax"
> +	.section ".kernel.text.head", "ax"
>  	.type	stext, %function
>  ENTRY(stext)
>  	msr	cpsr_c, #PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE @ ensure svc mode
> --- gc.0/arch/arm/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/arm/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
>   * crap here - that's what the boot loader (or in extreme, well justified
>   * circumstances, zImage) is for.
>   */
> -	.section ".text.head", "ax"
> +	.section ".kernel.text.head", "ax"
>  	.type	stext, %function
>  ENTRY(stext)
>  	msr	cpsr_c, #PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE @ ensure svc mode
> --- gc.0/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
>   * The things we do for performance..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /*
> --- gc.0/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
>  #else
>  	. = PAGE_OFFSET + TEXT_OFFSET;
>  #endif
> -	.text.head : {
> +	.kernel.text.head : {
>  		_stext = .;
>  		_sinittext = .;
> -		*(.text.head)
> +		*(.kernel.text.head)
>  	}
>  
>  	.init : {			/* Init code and data		*/
> @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
>  #endif
>  		. = ALIGN(4096);
>  		__per_cpu_start = .;
> -			*(.data.percpu)
> -			*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
> +			*(.kernel.data.percpu)
> +			*(.kernel.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
>  		__per_cpu_end = .;
>  #ifndef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
>  		__init_begin = _stext;
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
>  		 * first, the init task union, aligned
>  		 * to an 8192 byte boundary.
>  		 */
> -		*(.data.init_task)
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
>  		. = ALIGN(4096);
> @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
>  
>  		. = ALIGN(4096);
>  		__nosave_begin = .;
> -		*(.data.nosave)
> +		*(.kernel.data.nosave)
>  		. = ALIGN(4096);
>  		__nosave_end = .;
>  
> @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
>  		 * then the cacheline aligned data
>  		 */
>  		. = ALIGN(32);
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  
>  		/*
>  		 * The exception fixup table (might need resorting at runtime)
> --- gc.0/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
>  	.asciz	"ARMv6-compatible processor"
>  	.align
>  
> -	.section ".text.init", #alloc, #execinstr
> +	.section ".kernel.text.init", #alloc, #execinstr
>  
>  /*
>   *	__v6_setup
> --- gc.0/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
>  	.ascii	"ARMv7 Processor"
>  	.align
>  
> -	.section ".text.init", #alloc, #execinstr
> +	.section ".kernel.text.init", #alloc, #execinstr
>  
>  /*
>   *	__v7_setup
> --- gc.0/arch/arm/mm/tlb-v6.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/arm/mm/tlb-v6.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
>  	mcr	p15, 0, r2, c7, c5, 4		@ prefetch flush
>  	mov	pc, lr
>  
> -	.section ".text.init", #alloc, #execinstr
> +	.section ".kernel.text.init", #alloc, #execinstr
>  
>  	.type	v6wbi_tlb_fns, #object
>  ENTRY(v6wbi_tlb_fns)
> --- gc.0/arch/arm/mm/tlb-v7.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/arm/mm/tlb-v7.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
>  	isb
>  	mov	pc, lr
>  
> -	.section ".text.init", #alloc, #execinstr
> +	.section ".kernel.text.init", #alloc, #execinstr
>  
>  	.type	v7wbi_tlb_fns, #object
>  ENTRY(v7wbi_tlb_fns)
> --- gc.0/arch/avr32/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/avr32/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
>   * Initial thread structure. Must be aligned on an 8192-byte boundary.
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /*
> --- gc.0/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -95,15 +95,15 @@
>  		/*
>  		 * First, the init task union, aligned to an 8K boundary.
>  		 */
> -		*(.data.init_task)
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>  
>  		/* Then, the page-aligned data */
>  		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -		*(.data.page_aligned)
> +		*(.kernel.data.page_aligned)
>  
>  		/* Then, the cacheline aligned data */
>  		. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  
>  		/* And the rest... */
>  		*(.data.rel*)
> --- gc.0/arch/avr32/mm/init.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/avr32/mm/init.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
>  #include <asm/setup.h>
>  #include <asm/sections.h>
>  
> -#define __page_aligned	__attribute__((section(".data.page_aligned")))
> +#define __page_aligned	__attribute__((section(".kernel.data.page_aligned")))
>  
>  DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mmu_gather, mmu_gathers);
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
>  		__sdata = .;
>  		/* This gets done first, so the glob doesn't suck it in */
>  		. = ALIGN(32);
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  
>  #if !L1_DATA_A_LENGTH
>  		. = ALIGN(32);
> --- gc.0/arch/cris/arch-v10/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/cris/arch-v10/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
>  	_edata = . ;
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);	/* init_task and stack, must be aligned */
> -  	.data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }
> +  	.kernel.data.init_task : { *(.kernel.data.init_task) }
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);	/* Init code and data */
>    	__init_begin = .;
> --- gc.0/arch/cris/arch-v32/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/cris/arch-v32/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
>  	_edata = . ;
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);	/* init_task and stack, must be aligned. */
> -	.data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }
> +	.kernel.data.init_task : { *(.kernel.data.init_task) }
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);	/* Init code and data. */
>  	__init_begin = .;
> --- gc.0/arch/cris/kernel/process.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/cris/kernel/process.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union 
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /*
> --- gc.0/arch/frv/kernel/break.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/frv/kernel/break.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
>  #
>  # the break handler has its own stack
>  #
> -	.section	.bss.stack
> +	.section	.bss.kernel.stack
>  	.globl		__break_user_context
>  	.balign		THREAD_SIZE
>  __break_stack:
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
>  # entry point for Break Exceptions/Interrupts
>  #
>  ###############################################################################
> -	.section	.text.break
> +	.section	.kernel.text.break
>  	.balign		4
>  	.globl		__entry_break
>  __entry_break:
> --- gc.0/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
>  
>  #define nr_syscalls ((syscall_table_size)/4)
>  
> -	.section	.text.entry
> +	.section	.kernel.text.entry
>  	.balign		4
>  
>  .macro LEDS val
> --- gc.0/arch/frv/kernel/head-mmu-fr451.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/frv/kernel/head-mmu-fr451.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
>  #define __400_LCR	0xfe000100
>  #define __400_LSBR	0xfe000c00
>  
> -	.section	.text.init,"ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.init,"ax"
>  	.balign		4
>  
>  ###############################################################################
> --- gc.0/arch/frv/kernel/head-uc-fr401.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/frv/kernel/head-uc-fr401.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
>  #define __400_LCR	0xfe000100
>  #define __400_LSBR	0xfe000c00
>  
> -	.section	.text.init,"ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.init,"ax"
>  	.balign		4
>  
>  ###############################################################################
> --- gc.0/arch/frv/kernel/head-uc-fr451.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/frv/kernel/head-uc-fr451.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
>  #define __400_LCR	0xfe000100
>  #define __400_LSBR	0xfe000c00
>  
> -	.section	.text.init,"ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.init,"ax"
>  	.balign		4
>  
>  ###############################################################################
> --- gc.0/arch/frv/kernel/head-uc-fr555.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/frv/kernel/head-uc-fr555.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
>  #define __551_LCR	0xfeff1100
>  #define __551_LSBR	0xfeff1c00
>  
> -	.section	.text.init,"ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.init,"ax"
>  	.balign		4
>  
>  ###############################################################################
> --- gc.0/arch/frv/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/frv/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
>  #   command line string
>  #
>  ###############################################################################
> -	.section	.text.head,"ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.head,"ax"
>  	.balign		4
>  
>  	.globl		_boot, __head_reference
> @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
>  	.size		_boot, .-_boot
>  
>  	# provide a point for GDB to place a break
> -	.section	.text.start,"ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.start,"ax"
>  	.globl		_start
>  	.balign		4
>  _start:
> --- gc.0/arch/frv/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/frv/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /*
> --- gc.0/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
>  
>    _sinittext = .;
>    .init.text : {
> -	*(.text.head)
> +	*(.kernel.text.head)
>  #ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
>  	INIT_TEXT
>  	EXIT_TEXT
> @@ -71,13 +71,13 @@
>  
>    /* put sections together that have massive alignment issues */
>    . = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
> -  .data.init_task : {
> +  .kernel.data.init_task : {
>  	  /* init task record & stack */
> -	  *(.data.init_task)
> +	  *(.kernel.data.init_task)
>    }
>  
>    . = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> -  .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
> +  .kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned) }
>  
>    .trap : {
>  	/* trap table management - read entry-table.S before modifying */
> @@ -94,10 +94,10 @@
>    _text = .;
>    _stext = .;
>    .text : {
> -	*(.text.start)
> -	*(.text.entry)
> -	*(.text.break)
> -	*(.text.tlbmiss)
> +	*(.kernel.text.start)
> +	*(.kernel.text.entry)
> +	*(.kernel.text.break)
> +	*(.kernel.text.tlbmiss)
>  	TEXT_TEXT
>  	SCHED_TEXT
>  	LOCK_TEXT
> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
>  
>    .sbss		: { *(.sbss .sbss.*) }
>    .bss		: { *(.bss .bss.*) }
> -  .bss.stack	: { *(.bss) }
> +  .bss.kernel.stack	: { *(.bss) }
>  
>    __bss_stop = .;
>    _end = . ;
> --- gc.0/arch/frv/mm/tlb-miss.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/frv/mm/tlb-miss.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
>  #include <asm/highmem.h>
>  #include <asm/spr-regs.h>
>  
> -	.section	.text.tlbmiss
> +	.section	.kernel.text.tlbmiss
>  	.balign		4
>  
>  	.globl		__entry_insn_mmu_miss
> --- gc.0/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
>  
>  #define SRAM_START 0xff4000
>  
> -	.section	.text.startup
> +	.section	.kernel.text.startup
>  	.global	startup
>  startup:
>  	mov.l	#SRAM_START+0x8000, sp
> --- gc.0/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>          {
>          __stext = . ;
>  	__text = .;
> -	       *(.text.startup)
> +	       *(.kernel.text.startup)
>  	       *(.text)
>          __etext = . ;
>          }
> --- gc.0/arch/h8300/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/h8300/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -37,6 +37,6 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
>  	___data_start = . ;
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(0x2000) ;
> -		*(.data.init_task)
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>  	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
>  		DATA_DATA
>  	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
> --- gc.0/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
>  $(obj)/gate-syms.o: $(obj)/gate.lds $(obj)/gate.o FORCE
>  	$(call if_changed,gate)
>  
> -# gate-data.o contains the gate DSO image as data in section .data.gate.
> +# gate-data.o contains the gate DSO image as data in section .kernel.data.gate.
>  # We must build gate.so before we can assemble it.
>  # Note: kbuild does not track this dependency due to usage of .incbin
>  $(obj)/gate-data.o: $(obj)/gate.so
> --- gc.0/arch/ia64/kernel/gate-data.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/ia64/kernel/gate-data.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
> -	.section .data.gate, "aw"
> +	.section .kernel.data.gate, "aw"
>  
>  	.incbin "arch/ia64/kernel/gate.so"
> --- gc.0/arch/ia64/kernel/gate.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/ia64/kernel/gate.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -20,18 +20,18 @@
>   * to targets outside the shared object) and to avoid multi-phase kernel builds, we
>   * simply create minimalistic "patch lists" in special ELF sections.
>   */
> -	.section ".data.patch.fsyscall_table", "a"
> +	.section ".kernel.data.patch.fsyscall_table", "a"
>  	.previous
>  #define LOAD_FSYSCALL_TABLE(reg)			\
>  [1:]	movl reg=0;					\
> -	.xdata4 ".data.patch.fsyscall_table", 1b-.
> +	.xdata4 ".kernel.data.patch.fsyscall_table", 1b-.
>  
> -	.section ".data.patch.brl_fsys_bubble_down", "a"
> +	.section ".kernel.data.patch.brl_fsys_bubble_down", "a"
>  	.previous
>  #define BRL_COND_FSYS_BUBBLE_DOWN(pr)			\
>  [1:](pr)brl.cond.sptk 0;				\
>  	;;						\
> -	.xdata4 ".data.patch.brl_fsys_bubble_down", 1b-.
> +	.xdata4 ".kernel.data.patch.brl_fsys_bubble_down", 1b-.
>  
>  GLOBAL_ENTRY(__kernel_syscall_via_break)
>  	.prologue
> --- gc.0/arch/ia64/kernel/gate.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/ia64/kernel/gate.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -32,21 +32,21 @@
>  	 */
>  	. = GATE_ADDR + 0x600;
>  
> -	.data.patch		: {
> +	.kernel.data.patch		: {
>  		__start_gate_mckinley_e9_patchlist = .;
> -		*(.data.patch.mckinley_e9)
> +		*(.kernel.data.patch.mckinley_e9)
>  		__end_gate_mckinley_e9_patchlist = .;
>  
>  		__start_gate_vtop_patchlist = .;
> -		*(.data.patch.vtop)
> +		*(.kernel.data.patch.vtop)
>  		__end_gate_vtop_patchlist = .;
>  
>  		__start_gate_fsyscall_patchlist = .;
> -		*(.data.patch.fsyscall_table)
> +		*(.kernel.data.patch.fsyscall_table)
>  		__end_gate_fsyscall_patchlist = .;
>  
>  		__start_gate_brl_fsys_bubble_down_patchlist = .;
> -		*(.data.patch.brl_fsys_bubble_down)
> +		*(.kernel.data.patch.brl_fsys_bubble_down)
>  		__end_gate_brl_fsys_bubble_down_patchlist = .;
>  	}						:readable
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
>  halt_msg:
>  	stringz "Halting kernel\n"
>  
> -	.section .text.head,"ax"
> +	.section .kernel.text.head,"ax"
>  
>  	.global start_ap
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/ia64/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/ia64/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>   * Initial task structure.
>   *
>   * We need to make sure that this is properly aligned due to the way process stacks are
> - * handled. This is done by having a special ".data.init_task" section...
> + * handled. This is done by having a special ".kernel.data.init_task" section...
>   */
>  #define init_thread_info	init_task_mem.s.thread_info
>  
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
>  		struct thread_info thread_info;
>  	} s;
>  	unsigned long stack[KERNEL_STACK_SIZE/sizeof (unsigned long)];
> -} init_task_mem asm ("init_task") __attribute__((section(".data.init_task"))) = {{
> +} init_task_mem asm ("init_task") __attribute__((section(".kernel.data.init_task"))) = {{
>  	.task =		INIT_TASK(init_task_mem.s.task),
>  	.thread_info =	INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task_mem.s.task)
>  }};
> --- gc.0/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
>  	mov r19=n;;			/* prepare to save predicates */		\
>  	br.sptk.many dispatch_to_fault_handler
>  
> -	.section .text.ivt,"ax"
> +	.section .kernel.text.ivt,"ax"
>  
>  	.align 32768	// align on 32KB boundary
>  	.global ia64_ivt
> --- gc.0/arch/ia64/kernel/minstate.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/ia64/kernel/minstate.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
>  #define ACCOUNT_SYS_ENTER
>  #endif
>  
> -.section ".data.patch.rse", "a"
> +.section ".kernel.data.patch.rse", "a"
>  .previous
>  
>  /*
> @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
>  (pUStk) extr.u r17=r18,3,6;			\
>  (pUStk)	sub r16=r18,r22;			\
>  [1:](pKStk)	br.cond.sptk.many 1f;		\
> -	.xdata4 ".data.patch.rse",1b-.		\
> +	.xdata4 ".kernel.data.patch.rse",1b-.		\
>  	;;					\
>  	cmp.ge p6,p7 = 33,r17;			\
>  	;;					\
> --- gc.0/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
>  
>  #define IVT_TEXT							\
>  		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ivt_text) = .;			\
> -		*(.text.ivt)						\
> +		*(.kernel.text.ivt)						\
>  		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_ivt_text) = .;
>  
>  OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-ia64-little")
> @@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
>  	KPROBES_TEXT
>  	*(.gnu.linkonce.t*)
>      }
> -  .text.head : AT(ADDR(.text.head) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> -	{ *(.text.head) }
> +  .kernel.text.head : AT(ADDR(.kernel.text.head) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +	{ *(.kernel.text.head) }
>    .text2 : AT(ADDR(.text2) - LOAD_OFFSET)
>  	{ *(.text2) }
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> -  .text.lock : AT(ADDR(.text.lock) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> -	{ *(.text.lock) }
> +  .kernel.text.lock : AT(ADDR(.kernel.text.lock) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +	{ *(.kernel.text.lock) }
>  #endif
>    _etext = .;
>  
> @@ -85,10 +85,10 @@
>  	  __stop___mca_table = .;
>  	}
>  
> -  .data.patch.phys_stack_reg : AT(ADDR(.data.patch.phys_stack_reg) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +  .kernel.data.patch.phys_stack_reg : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.patch.phys_stack_reg) - LOAD_OFFSET)
>  	{
>  	  __start___phys_stack_reg_patchlist = .;
> -	  *(.data.patch.phys_stack_reg)
> +	  *(.kernel.data.patch.phys_stack_reg)
>  	  __end___phys_stack_reg_patchlist = .;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -149,24 +149,24 @@
>  	  __initcall_end = .;
>  	}
>  
> -  .data.patch.vtop : AT(ADDR(.data.patch.vtop) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +  .kernel.data.patch.vtop : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.patch.vtop) - LOAD_OFFSET)
>  	{
>  	  __start___vtop_patchlist = .;
> -	  *(.data.patch.vtop)
> +	  *(.kernel.data.patch.vtop)
>  	  __end___vtop_patchlist = .;
>  	}
>  
> -  .data.patch.rse : AT(ADDR(.data.patch.rse) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +  .kernel.data.patch.rse : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.patch.rse) - LOAD_OFFSET)
>  	{
>  	  __start___rse_patchlist = .;
> -	  *(.data.patch.rse)
> +	  *(.kernel.data.patch.rse)
>  	  __end___rse_patchlist = .;
>  	}
>  
> -  .data.patch.mckinley_e9 : AT(ADDR(.data.patch.mckinley_e9) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +  .kernel.data.patch.mckinley_e9 : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.patch.mckinley_e9) - LOAD_OFFSET)
>  	{
>  	  __start___mckinley_e9_bundles = .;
> -	  *(.data.patch.mckinley_e9)
> +	  *(.kernel.data.patch.mckinley_e9)
>  	  __end___mckinley_e9_bundles = .;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -194,34 +194,34 @@
>    __init_end = .;
>  
>    /* The initial task and kernel stack */
> -  .data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> -	{ *(.data.init_task) }
> +  .kernel.data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +	{ *(.kernel.data.init_task) }
>  
> -  .data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +  .kernel.data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET)
>          { *(__special_page_section)
>  	  __start_gate_section = .;
> -	  *(.data.gate)
> +	  *(.kernel.data.gate)
>  	  __stop_gate_section = .;
>  	}
>    . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);		/* make sure the gate page doesn't expose
>    				 * kernel data
>  				 */
>  
> -  .data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> -        { *(.data.read_mostly) }
> +  .kernel.data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +        { *(.kernel.data.read_mostly) }
>  
> -  .data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> -        { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
> +  .kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +        { *(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned) }
>  
>    /* Per-cpu data: */
>    percpu : { } :percpu
>    . = ALIGN(PERCPU_PAGE_SIZE);
>    __phys_per_cpu_start = .;
> -  .data.percpu PERCPU_ADDR : AT(__phys_per_cpu_start - LOAD_OFFSET)
> +  .kernel.data.percpu PERCPU_ADDR : AT(__phys_per_cpu_start - LOAD_OFFSET)
>  	{
>  		__per_cpu_start = .;
> -		*(.data.percpu)
> -		*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
> +		*(.kernel.data.percpu)
> +		*(.kernel.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
>  		__per_cpu_end = .;
>  	}
>    . = __phys_per_cpu_start + PERCPU_PAGE_SIZE;	/* ensure percpu data fits
> --- gc.0/arch/ia64/kvm/vmm_ivt.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/ia64/kvm/vmm_ivt.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
>  
>  
>  
> -    .section .text.ivt,"ax"
> +    .section .kernel.text.ivt,"ax"
>  
>      .align 32768    // align on 32KB boundary
>      .global kvm_ia64_ivt
> --- gc.0/arch/m32r/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m32r/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /*
> --- gc.0/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -56,17 +56,17 @@
>  
>    . = ALIGN(4096);
>    __nosave_begin = .;
> -  .data_nosave : { *(.data.nosave) }
> +  .data_nosave : { *(.kernel.data.nosave) }
>    . = ALIGN(4096);
>    __nosave_end = .;
>  
>    . = ALIGN(32);
> -  .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
> +  .kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned) }
>  
>    _edata = .;			/* End of data section */
>  
>    . = ALIGN(8192);		/* init_task */
> -  .data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }
> +  .kernel.data.init_task : { *(.kernel.data.init_task) }
>  
>    /* will be freed after init */
>    . = ALIGN(4096);		/* Init code and data */
> --- gc.0/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
>  #endif
>  .endm
>  
> -.section ".text.head","ax"
> +.section ".kernel.text.head","ax"
>  ENTRY(_stext)
>  /*
>   * Version numbers of the bootinfo interface
> --- gc.0/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_mm);
>  
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -__attribute__((section(".data.init_task"), aligned(THREAD_SIZE)))
> +__attribute__((section(".kernel.data.init_task"), aligned(THREAD_SIZE)))
>         = { INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /* initial task structure */
> --- gc.0/arch/m68k/kernel/sun3-head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m68k/kernel/sun3-head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
>  .globl kernel_pg_dir
>  .equ    kernel_pg_dir,kernel_pmd_table
>  
> -	.section .text.head
> +	.section .kernel.text.head
>  ENTRY(_stext)
>  ENTRY(_start)
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
>    . = 0x1000;
>    _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
>    .text : {
> -	*(.text.head)
> +	*(.kernel.text.head)
>  	TEXT_TEXT
>  	SCHED_TEXT
>  	LOCK_TEXT
> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
>    .bss : { *(.bss) }		/* BSS */
>  
>    . = ALIGN(16);
> -  .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) } :data
> +  .kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned) } :data
>  
>    _edata = .;			/* End of data section */
>  
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
>    . = ALIGN(8192);
>    __init_end = .;
>  
> -  .data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }	/* The initial task and kernel stack */
> +  .kernel.data.init_task : { *(.kernel.data.init_task) }	/* The initial task and kernel stack */
>  
>    _end = . ;
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
>    . = 0xE002000;
>    _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
>    .text : {
> -	*(.text.head)
> +	*(.kernel.text.head)
>  	TEXT_TEXT
>  	SCHED_TEXT
>  	LOCK_TEXT
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
>  #endif
>  	. = ALIGN(8192);
>  	__init_end = .;
> -	.data.init.task : { *(.data.init_task) }
> +	.kernel.data.init.task : { *(.kernel.data.init_task) }
>  
>  
>    .bss : { *(.bss) }		/* BSS */
> --- gc.0/arch/m68knommu/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m68knommu/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -37,6 +37,6 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
>  	.romvec : {
>  		__rom_start = . ;
>  		_romvec = .;
> -		*(.data.initvect)
> +		*(.kernel.data.initvect)
>  	} > romvec
>  #endif
>  
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
>  		TEXT_TEXT
>  		SCHED_TEXT
>  		LOCK_TEXT
> -        	*(.text.lock)
> +        	*(.kernel.text.lock)
>  
>  		. = ALIGN(16);          /* Exception table              */
>  		__start___ex_table = .;
> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
>  		_sdata = . ;
>  		DATA_DATA
>  		. = ALIGN(8192) ;
> -		*(.data.init_task)
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>  		_edata = . ;
>  	} > DATA
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/m68knommu/platform/68360/head-ram.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m68knommu/platform/68360/head-ram.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
>       * and then overwritten as needed.
>       */
>   
> -.section ".data.initvect","awx"
> +.section ".kernel.data.initvect","awx"
>      .long   RAMEND	/* Reset: Initial Stack Pointer                 - 0.  */
>      .long   _start      /* Reset: Initial Program Counter               - 1.  */
>      .long   buserr      /* Bus Error                                    - 2.  */
> --- gc.0/arch/m68knommu/platform/68360/head-rom.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/m68knommu/platform/68360/head-rom.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
>       * and then overwritten as needed.
>       */
>   
> -.section ".data.initvect","awx"
> +.section ".kernel.data.initvect","awx"
>      .long   RAMEND	/* Reset: Initial Stack Pointer                 - 0.  */
>      .long   _start      /* Reset: Initial Program Counter               - 1.  */
>      .long   buserr      /* Bus Error                                    - 2.  */
> --- gc.0/arch/mips/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/mips/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
>   * The things we do for performance..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"),
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"),
>  	               __aligned__(THREAD_SIZE))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
>  		 * object file alignment.  Using 32768
>  		 */
>  		. = ALIGN(_PAGE_SIZE);
> -		*(.data.init_task)
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>  
>  		DATA_DATA
>  		CONSTRUCTORS
> @@ -98,14 +98,14 @@
>  	. = ALIGN(_PAGE_SIZE);
>  	.data_nosave : {
>  		__nosave_begin = .;
> -		*(.data.nosave)
> +		*(.kernel.data.nosave)
>  	}
>  	. = ALIGN(_PAGE_SIZE);
>  	__nosave_end = .;
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(32);
> -	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +	.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  	}
>  	_edata =  .;			/* End of data section */
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/mips/lasat/image/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/mips/lasat/image/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  #include <asm/lasat/head.h>
>  
>  	.text
> -	.section .text.start, "ax"
> +	.section .kernel.text.start, "ax"
>  	.set noreorder
>  	.set mips3
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/mips/lasat/image/romscript.normal	Thu Jul 17 16:42:29 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/mips/lasat/image/romscript.normal	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  {
>    .text :
>    {
> -    *(.text.start)
> +    *(.kernel.text.start)
>    }
>  
>    /* Data in ROM */
> --- gc.0/arch/mn10300/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/mn10300/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
>  #include <asm/param.h>
>  #include <asm/unit/serial.h>
>  
> -	.section .text.head,"ax"
> +	.section .kernel.text.head,"ax"
>  
>  ###############################################################################
>  #
> --- gc.0/arch/mn10300/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/mn10300/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /*
> --- gc.0/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
>    _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
>    .text : {
>  	*(
> -	.text.head
> +	.kernel.text.head
>  	.text
>  	)
>  	TEXT_TEXT
> @@ -57,25 +57,25 @@
>  
>    . = ALIGN(4096);
>    __nosave_begin = .;
> -  .data_nosave : { *(.data.nosave) }
> +  .data_nosave : { *(.kernel.data.nosave) }
>    . = ALIGN(4096);
>    __nosave_end = .;
>  
>    . = ALIGN(4096);
> -  .data.page_aligned : { *(.data.idt) }
> +  .kernel.data.page_aligned : { *(.kernel.data.idt) }
>  
>    . = ALIGN(32);
> -  .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
> +  .kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned) }
>  
>    /* rarely changed data like cpu maps */
>    . = ALIGN(32);
> -  .data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data.read_mostly)) {
> -	*(.data.read_mostly)
> +  .kernel.data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.read_mostly)) {
> +	*(.kernel.data.read_mostly)
>  	_edata = .;		/* End of data section */
>    }
>  
>    . = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);	/* init_task */
> -  .data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }
> +  .kernel.data.init_task : { *(.kernel.data.init_task) }
>  
>    /* might get freed after init */
>    . = ALIGN(4096);
> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
>  
>    . = ALIGN(32);
>    __per_cpu_start = .;
> -  .data.percpu  : { *(.data.percpu) }
> +  .kernel.data.percpu  : { *(.kernel.data.percpu) }
>    __per_cpu_end = .;
>    . = ALIGN(4096);
>    __init_end = .;
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
>  
>    __bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
>    .bss : {
> -	*(.bss.page_aligned)
> +	*(.bss.kernel.page_aligned)
>  	*(.bss)
>    }
>    . = ALIGN(4);
> --- gc.0/arch/parisc/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/parisc/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
>  ENDPROC(stext)
>  
>  #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
> -	.section .data.read_mostly
> +	.section .kernel.data.read_mostly
>  
>  	.align	4
>  	.export	$global$,data
> --- gc.0/arch/parisc/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/parisc/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((aligned(128))) __attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((aligned(128))) __attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  #if PT_NLEVELS == 3
> @@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
>   * guarantee that global objects will be laid out in memory in the same order 
>   * as the order of declaration, so put these in different sections and use
>   * the linker script to order them. */
> -pmd_t pmd0[PTRS_PER_PMD] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.vm0.pmd"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
> +pmd_t pmd0[PTRS_PER_PMD] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".kernel.data.vm0.pmd"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
>  #endif
>  
> -pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.vm0.pgd"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
> -pte_t pg0[PT_INITIAL * PTRS_PER_PTE] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.vm0.pte"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
> +pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".kernel.data.vm0.pgd"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
> +pte_t pg0[PT_INITIAL * PTRS_PER_PTE] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".kernel.data.vm0.pte"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
>  
>  /*
>   * Initial task structure.
> --- gc.0/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -94,8 +94,8 @@
>  
>  	/* rarely changed data like cpu maps */
>  	. = ALIGN(16);
> -	.data.read_mostly : {
> -		*(.data.read_mostly)
> +	.kernel.data.read_mostly : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.read_mostly)
>  	}
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> @@ -106,14 +106,14 @@
>  	}
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> -	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +	.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* PA-RISC locks requires 16-byte alignment */
>  	. = ALIGN(16);
> -	.data.lock_aligned : {
> -		*(.data.lock_aligned)
> +	.kernel.data.lock_aligned : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.lock_aligned)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* nosave data is really only used for software suspend...it's here
> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>  	__nosave_begin = .;
>  	.data_nosave : {
> -		*(.data.nosave)
> +		*(.kernel.data.nosave)
>  	}
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>  	__nosave_end = .;
> @@ -134,10 +134,10 @@
>  	__bss_start = .;
>  	/* page table entries need to be PAGE_SIZE aligned */
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -	.data.vmpages : {
> -		*(.data.vm0.pmd)
> -		*(.data.vm0.pgd)
> -		*(.data.vm0.pte)
> +	.kernel.data.vmpages : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.vm0.pmd)
> +		*(.kernel.data.vm0.pgd)
> +		*(.kernel.data.vm0.pte)
>  	}
>  	.bss : {
>  		*(.bss)
> @@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
>  	/* assembler code expects init_task to be 16k aligned */
>  	. = ALIGN(16384);
>  	/* init_task */
> -	.data.init_task : {
> -		*(.data.init_task)
> +	.kernel.data.init_task : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>  	}
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
>  	mtspr	SPRN_DBAT##n##L,RB;	\
>  1:
>  
> -	.section	.text.head, "ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.head, "ax"
>  	.stabs	"arch/powerpc/kernel/",N_SO,0,0,0f
>  	.stabs	"head_32.S",N_SO,0,0,0f
>  0:
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
>   *
>   * This is all going to change RSN when we add bi_recs.......  -- Dan
>   */
> -	.section	.text.head, "ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.head, "ax"
>  _ENTRY(_stext);
>  _ENTRY(_start);
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
>   *   r7 - End of kernel command line string
>   *
>   */
> -	.section	.text.head, "ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.head, "ax"
>  _ENTRY(_stext);
>  _ENTRY(_start);
>  	/*
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
>  #else
>  #define DO_8xx_CPU6(val, reg)
>  #endif
> -	.section	.text.head, "ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.head, "ax"
>  _ENTRY(_stext);
>  _ENTRY(_start);
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
>   *   r7 - End of kernel command line string
>   *
>   */
> -	.section	.text.head, "ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.head, "ax"
>  _ENTRY(_stext);
>  _ENTRY(_start);
>  	/*
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union 
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /*
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
>   * current, but that audit has not been performed.
>   */
>  static union thread_union kexec_stack
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) = { };
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) = { };
>  
>  /* Our assembly helper, in kexec_stub.S */
>  extern NORET_TYPE void kexec_sequence(void *newstack, unsigned long start,
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
>  static union {
>  	struct vdso_data	data;
>  	u8			page[PAGE_SIZE];
> -} vdso_data_store __attribute__((__section__(".data.page_aligned")));
> +} vdso_data_store __attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.page_aligned")));
>  struct vdso_data *vdso_data = &vdso_data_store.data;
>  
>  /* Format of the patch table */
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32_wrapper.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32_wrapper.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  #include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <asm/page.h>
>  
> -	.section ".data.page_aligned"
> +	.section ".kernel.data.page_aligned"
>  
>  	.globl vdso32_start, vdso32_end
>  	.balign PAGE_SIZE
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64_wrapper.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64_wrapper.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  #include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <asm/page.h>
>  
> -	.section ".data.page_aligned"
> +	.section ".kernel.data.page_aligned"
>  
>  	.globl vdso64_start, vdso64_end
>  	.balign PAGE_SIZE
> --- gc.0/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
>  	/* Text and gots */
>  	.text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>  		ALIGN_FUNCTION();
> -		*(.text.head)
> +		*(.kernel.text.head)
>  		_text = .;
> -		*(.text .fixup .text.init.refok .exit.text.refok __ftr_alt_*)
> +		*(.text .fixup .kernel.text.init.refok .kernel.exit.text.refok __ftr_alt_*)
>  		SCHED_TEXT
>  		LOCK_TEXT
>  		KPROBES_TEXT
> @@ -148,10 +148,10 @@
>  	}
>  #endif
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -	.data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +	.kernel.data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>  		__per_cpu_start = .;
> -		*(.data.percpu)
> -		*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
> +		*(.kernel.data.percpu)
> +		*(.kernel.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
>  		__per_cpu_end = .;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -208,28 +208,28 @@
>  #else
>  	. = ALIGN(16384);
>  #endif
> -	.data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -		*(.data.init_task)
> +	.kernel.data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>  	}
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -	.data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -		*(.data.page_aligned)
> +	.kernel.data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +		*(.kernel.data.page_aligned)
>  	}
>  
> -	.data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +	.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  	}
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> -	.data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -		*(.data.read_mostly)
> +	.kernel.data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +		*(.kernel.data.read_mostly)
>  	}
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>  	.data_nosave : AT(ADDR(.data_nosave) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>  		__nosave_begin = .;
> -		*(.data.nosave)
> +		*(.kernel.data.nosave)
>  		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>  		__nosave_end = .;
>  	}
> --- gc.0/arch/s390/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/s390/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
>  #define ARCH_OFFSET	0
>  #endif
>  
> -.section ".text.head","ax"
> +.section ".kernel.text.head","ax"
>  #ifndef CONFIG_IPL
>  	.org   0
>  	.long  0x00080000,0x80000000+startup	# Just a restart PSW
> --- gc.0/arch/s390/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/s390/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union 
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /*
> --- gc.0/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>  	. = 0x00000000;
>  	.text : {
>  	_text = .;		/* Text and read-only data */
> -		*(.text.head)
> +		*(.kernel.text.head)
>  	TEXT_TEXT
>  		SCHED_TEXT
>  		LOCK_TEXT
> @@ -65,30 +65,30 @@
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>  	.data_nosave : {
>  	__nosave_begin = .;
> -		*(.data.nosave)
> +		*(.kernel.data.nosave)
>  	}
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>  	__nosave_end = .;
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -	.data.page_aligned : {
> -		*(.data.idt)
> +	.kernel.data.page_aligned : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.idt)
>  	}
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(0x100);
> -	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +	.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  	}
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(0x100);
> -	.data.read_mostly : {
> -		*(.data.read_mostly)
> +	.kernel.data.read_mostly : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.read_mostly)
>  	}
>  	_edata = .;		/* End of data section */
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(2 * PAGE_SIZE);	/* init_task */
> -	.data.init_task : {
> -		*(.data.init_task)
> +	.kernel.data.init_task : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* will be freed after init */
> --- gc.0/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh5/entry.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh5/entry.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -2063,10 +2063,10 @@
>  
>  
>  /*
> - * --- .text.init Section
> + * --- .kernel.text.init Section
>   */
>  
> -	.section	.text.init, "ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.init, "ax"
>  
>  /*
>   * void trap_init (void)
> --- gc.0/arch/sh/kernel/head_32.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sh/kernel/head_32.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
>  1:
>  	.skip	PAGE_SIZE - empty_zero_page - 1b
>  
> -	.section	.text.head, "ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.head, "ax"
>  
>  /*
>   * Condition at the entry of _stext:
> --- gc.0/arch/sh/kernel/head_64.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sh/kernel/head_64.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
>  fpu_in_use:	.quad	0
>  
>  
> -	.section	.text.head, "ax"
> +	.section	.kernel.text.head, "ax"
>  	.balign L1_CACHE_BYTES
>  /*
>   * Condition at the entry of __stext:
> --- gc.0/arch/sh/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sh/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /*
> --- gc.0/arch/sh/kernel/irq.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sh/kernel/irq.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -158,10 +158,10 @@
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_IRQSTACKS
>  static char softirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE]
> -		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.page_aligned")));
> +		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.kernel.page_aligned")));
>  
>  static char hardirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE]
> -		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.page_aligned")));
> +		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.kernel.page_aligned")));
>  
>  /*
>   * allocate per-cpu stacks for hardirq and for softirq processing
> --- gc.0/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>  	} = 0
>  
>  	.text : {
> -		*(.text.head)
> +		*(.kernel.text.head)
>  		TEXT_TEXT
>  		SCHED_TEXT
>  		LOCK_TEXT
> @@ -58,19 +58,19 @@
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
>  	.data : {			/* Data */
> -		*(.data.init_task)
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>  
>  		. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  
>  		. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> -		*(.data.read_mostly)
> +		*(.kernel.data.read_mostly)
>  
>  		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -		*(.data.page_aligned)
> +		*(.kernel.data.page_aligned)
>  
>  		__nosave_begin = .;
> -		*(.data.nosave)
> +		*(.kernel.data.nosave)
>  		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>  		__nosave_end = .;
>  
> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
>  	.bss : {
>  		__init_end = .;
>  		__bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
> -		*(.bss.page_aligned)
> +		*(.bss.kernel.page_aligned)
>  		*(.bss)
>  		*(COMMON)
>  		. = ALIGN(4);
> --- gc.0/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
>  	} = 0
>  
>  	.text : C_PHYS(.text) {
> -		*(.text.head)
> +		*(.kernel.text.head)
>  		TEXT_TEXT
>  		*(.text64)
>  		*(.text..SHmedia32)
> @@ -70,19 +70,19 @@
>  
>  	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
>  	.data : C_PHYS(.data) {			/* Data */
> -		*(.data.init_task)
> +		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>  
>  		. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  
>  		. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> -		*(.data.read_mostly)
> +		*(.kernel.data.read_mostly)
>  
>  		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -		*(.data.page_aligned)
> +		*(.kernel.data.page_aligned)
>  
>  		__nosave_begin = .;
> -		*(.data.nosave)
> +		*(.kernel.data.nosave)
>  		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>  		__nosave_end = .;
>  
> @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
>  	.bss : C_PHYS(.bss) {
>  		__init_end = .;
>  		__bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
> -		*(.bss.page_aligned)
> +		*(.bss.kernel.page_aligned)
>  		*(.bss)
>  		*(COMMON)
>  		. = ALIGN(4);
> --- gc.0/arch/sparc/boot/btfixupprep.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sparc/boot/btfixupprep.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
>  			}
>  		} else if (buffer[nbase+4] != '_')
>  			continue;
> -		if (!strcmp (sect, ".text.exit"))
> +		if (!strcmp (sect, ".kernel.text.exit"))
>  			continue;
>  		if (strcmp (sect, ".text") &&
>  		    strcmp (sect, ".init.text") &&
> @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
>  		(*rr)->next = NULL;
>  	}
>  	printf("! Generated by btfixupprep. Do not edit.\n\n");
> -	printf("\t.section\t\".data.init\",#alloc,#write\n\t.align\t4\n\n");
> +	printf("\t.section\t\".kernel.data.init\",#alloc,#write\n\t.align\t4\n\n");
>  	printf("\t.global\t___btfixup_start\n___btfixup_start:\n\n");
>  	for (i = 0; i < last; i++) {
>  		f = array + i;
> --- gc.0/arch/sparc/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sparc/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -742,7 +742,7 @@
>  		 nop
>  
>  /* The code above should be at beginning and we have to take care about
> - * short jumps, as branching to .text.init section from .text is usually
> + * short jumps, as branching to .kernel.text.init section from .text is usually
>   * impossible */
>  		__INIT
>  /* Acquire boot time privileged register values, this will help debugging.
> --- gc.0/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -86,12 +86,12 @@
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>  	__init_end = .;
>  	. = ALIGN(32);
> -	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +	.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  	}
>  	. = ALIGN(32);
> -	.data.read_mostly : {
> -		*(.data.read_mostly)
> +	.kernel.data.read_mostly : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.read_mostly)
>  	}
>  
>  	__bss_start = .;
> --- gc.0/arch/sparc64/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sparc64/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
>  	jmpl    %g2 + %g0, %g0
>  	 nop
>  
> -	.section	.text.init.refok
> +	.section	.kernel.text.init.refok
>  sun4u_init:
>  	BRANCH_IF_SUN4V(g1, sun4v_init)
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
>  		*(.data1)
>  	}
>  	. = ALIGN(64);
> -	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +	.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>  	}
>  	. = ALIGN(64);
> -	.data.read_mostly : {
> -		*(.data.read_mostly)
> +	.kernel.data.read_mostly : {
> +		*(.kernel.data.read_mostly)
>  	}
>  	_edata = .;
>  	PROVIDE (edata = .);
> --- gc.0/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -97,9 +97,9 @@
>    .fini_array     : { *(.fini_array) }
>    .data           : {
>      . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);		/* init_task */
> -    *(.data.init_task)
> +    *(.kernel.data.init_task)
>      . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
> -    *(.data.init_irqstack)
> +    *(.kernel.data.init_irqstack)
>      DATA_DATA
>      *(.data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
>      SORT(CONSTRUCTORS)
> --- gc.0/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
>   */
>  
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  union thread_union cpu0_irqstack
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_irqstack"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_irqstack"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
> --- gc.0/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
>    .data    :
>    {
>      . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);		/* init_task */
> -    *(.data.init_task)
> +    *(.kernel.data.init_task)
>      . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
> -    *(.data.init_irqstack)
> +    *(.kernel.data.init_irqstack)
>      DATA_DATA
>      *(.gnu.linkonce.d*)
>      CONSTRUCTORS
> --- gc.0/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
>  		TEXT_TEXT						      \
>  		SCHED_TEXT						      \
>  			*(.exit.text)	/* 2.5 convention */		      \
> -			*(.text.exit)	/* 2.4 convention */		      \
> -			*(.text.lock)					      \
> +			*(.kernel.text.exit)	/* 2.4 convention */	      \
> +			*(.kernel.text.lock)				      \
>  			*(.exitcall.exit)				      \
>  		__real_etext = . ;	/* There may be data after here.  */  \
>  		RODATA_CONTENTS						      \
> @@ -115,11 +115,11 @@
>  		__sdata = . ;						      \
>  		DATA_DATA						      \
>  			EXIT_DATA	/* 2.5 convention */		      \
> -			*(.data.exit)	/* 2.4 convention */		      \
> +			*(.kernel.data.exit)	/* 2.4 convention */	      \
>  		. = ALIGN (16) ;					      \
> -		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)				      \
> +		*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)			      \
>  		. = ALIGN (0x2000) ;					      \
> -        	*(.data.init_task)					      \
> +        	*(.kernel.data.init_task)				      \
>  		. = ALIGN (0x2000) ;					      \
>  		__edata = . ;
>  
> @@ -160,8 +160,8 @@
>  			INIT_TEXT	/* 2.5 convention */		      \
>  			__einittext = .;				      \
>  			INIT_DATA					      \
> -			*(.text.init)	/* 2.4 convention */		      \
> -			*(.data.init)					      \
> +			*(.kernel.text.init)	/* 2.4 convention */	      \
> +			*(.kernel.data.init)				      \
>  		INITCALL_CONTENTS					      \
>  		INITRAMFS_CONTENTS
>  
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
>  		. = ALIGN (4096) ;					      \
>  		__init_start = . ;					      \
>  			INIT_DATA	/* 2.5 convention */		      \
> -			*(.data.init)	/* 2.4 convention */		      \
> +			*(.kernel.data.init)	/* 2.4 convention */	      \
>  		__init_end = . ;					      \
>  		. = ALIGN (4096) ;
>  
> @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
>  			_sinittext = .;					      \
>  			INIT_TEXT	/* 2.5 convention */		      \
>  			_einittext = .;					      \
> -			*(.text.init)	/* 2.4 convention */		      \
> +			*(.kernel.text.init)	/* 2.4 convention */	      \
>  		INITCALL_CONTENTS					      \
>  		INITRAMFS_CONTENTS
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
>  #include <asm/boot.h>
>  #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
>  
> -.section ".text.head","ax",@progbits
> +.section ".kernel.text.head","ax",@progbits
>  	.globl startup_32
>  
>  startup_32:
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
>  #include <asm/processor-flags.h>
>  #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
>  
> -.section ".text.head"
> +.section ".kernel.text.head","ax",@progbits
>  	.code32
>  	.globl startup_32
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  SECTIONS
>  {
> -  .rodata.compressed : {
> +  .kernel.rodata.compressed : {
>  	input_len = .;
>  	LONG(input_data_end - input_data) input_data = .;
>  	*(.data)
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_32.lds	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_32.lds	Thu Jul 17 21:08:52 2008
> @@ -7,23 +7,23 @@
>  	 * address 0.
>  	 */
>  	. = 0;
> -	.text.head : {
> +	.kernel.text.head : {
>  		_head = . ;
> -		*(.text.head)
> +		*(.kernel.text.head)
>  		_ehead = . ;
>  	}
> -	.rodata.compressed : {
> -		*(.rodata.compressed)
> +	.kernel.rodata.compressed : {
> +		*(.kernel.rodata.compressed)
>  	}
>  	.text :	{
> -		_text = .; 	/* Text */
> +		_text = .;
>  		*(.text)
>  		*(.text.*)
>  		_etext = . ;
>  	}
>  	.rodata : {
>  		_rodata = . ;
> -		*(.rodata)	 /* read-only data */
> +		*(.rodata)
>  		*(.rodata.*)
>  		_erodata = . ;
>  	}
> @@ -40,4 +40,6 @@
>  		*(COMMON)
>  		_end = . ;
>  	}
> +	/* Be bold, and discard everything not explicitly mentioned */
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(*) }
>  }
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_64.lds	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_64.lds	Thu Jul 17 21:08:35 2008
> @@ -7,23 +7,23 @@
>  	 * address 0.
>  	 */
>  	. = 0;
> -	.text.head : {
> +	.kernel.text.head : {
>  		_head = . ;
> -		*(.text.head)
> +		*(.kernel.text.head)
>  		_ehead = . ;
>  	}
> -	.rodata.compressed : {
> -		*(.rodata.compressed)
> +	.kernel.rodata.compressed : {
> +		*(.kernel.rodata.compressed)
>  	}
>  	.text :	{
> -		_text = .; 	/* Text */
> +		_text = .;
>  		*(.text)
>  		*(.text.*)
>  		_etext = . ;
>  	}
>  	.rodata : {
>  		_rodata = . ;
> -		*(.rodata)	 /* read-only data */
> +		*(.rodata)
>  		*(.rodata.*)
>  		_erodata = . ;
>  	}
> @@ -45,4 +45,6 @@
>  		. = . + 4096 * 6;
>  		_ebss = .;
>  	}
> +	/* Be bold, and discard everything not explicitly mentioned */
> +	/DISCARD/ : { *(*) }
>  }
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -	.section .text.page_aligned
> +	.section .kernel.text.page_aligned
>  #include <linux/linkage.h>
>  #include <asm/segment.h>
>  #include <asm/page.h>
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common_64.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common_64.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
>  
>  char boot_exception_stacks[(N_EXCEPTION_STACKS - 1) * EXCEPTION_STKSZ +
>  			   DEBUG_STKSZ]
> -__attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
> +__attribute__((section(".bss.kernel.page_aligned")));
>  
>  extern asmlinkage void ignore_sysret(void);
>  
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
>   * any particular GDT layout, because we load our own as soon as we
>   * can.
>   */
> -.section .text.head,"ax",@progbits
> +.section .kernel.text.head,"ax",@progbits
>  ENTRY(startup_32)
>  	/* test KEEP_SEGMENTS flag to see if the bootloader is asking
>  		us to not reload segments */
> @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
>  /*
>   * BSS section
>   */
> -.section ".bss.page_aligned","wa"
> +.section ".bss.kernel.page_aligned","wa"
>  	.align PAGE_SIZE_asm
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
>  swapper_pg_pmd:
> @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
>   * This starts the data section.
>   */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
> -.section ".data.page_aligned","wa"
> +.section ".kernel.data.page_aligned","wa"
>  	/* Page-aligned for the benefit of paravirt? */
>  	.align PAGE_SIZE_asm
>  ENTRY(swapper_pg_dir)
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
>  L3_START_KERNEL = pud_index(__START_KERNEL_map)
>  
>  	.text
> -	.section .text.head
> +	.section .kernel.text.head
>  	.code64
>  	.globl startup_64
>  startup_64:
> @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
>  ENTRY(idt_table)
>  	.skip 256 * 16
>  
> -	.section .bss.page_aligned, "aw", @nobits
> +	.section .bss.kernel.page_aligned, "aw", @nobits
>  	.align PAGE_SIZE
>  ENTRY(empty_zero_page)
>  	.skip PAGE_SIZE
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
>   * "init_task" linker map entry..
>   */
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  /*
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
>  /*
>   * per-CPU TSS segments. Threads are completely 'soft' on Linux,
>   * no more per-task TSS's. The TSS size is kept cacheline-aligned
> - * so they are allowed to end up in the .data.cacheline_aligned
> + * so they are allowed to end up in the .kernel.data.cacheline_aligned
>   * section. Since TSS's are completely CPU-local, we want them
>   * on exact cacheline boundaries, to eliminate cacheline ping-pong.
>   */
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -84,10 +84,10 @@
>  static union irq_ctx *softirq_ctx[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
>  
>  static char softirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE]
> -		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.page_aligned")));
> +		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.kernel.page_aligned")));
>  
>  static char hardirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE]
> -		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.page_aligned")));
> +		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.kernel.page_aligned")));
>  
>  static void call_on_stack(void *func, void *stack)
>  {
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
>   * for this.
>   */
>  gate_desc idt_table[256]
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.idt"))) = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.idt"))) = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
>  
>  asmlinkage void divide_error(void);
>  asmlinkage void debug(void);
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -31,15 +31,15 @@
>    . = LOAD_OFFSET + LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR;
>    phys_startup_32 = startup_32 - LOAD_OFFSET;
>  
> -  .text.head : AT(ADDR(.text.head) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +  .kernel.text.head : AT(ADDR(.kernel.text.head) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>    	_text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
> -	*(.text.head)
> +	*(.kernel.text.head)
>    } :text = 0x9090
>  
>    /* read-only */
>    .text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>  	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); /* not really needed, already page aligned */
> -	*(.text.page_aligned)
> +	*(.kernel.text.page_aligned)
>  	TEXT_TEXT
>  	SCHED_TEXT
>  	LOCK_TEXT
> @@ -70,32 +70,32 @@
>    . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>    .data_nosave : AT(ADDR(.data_nosave) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>    	__nosave_begin = .;
> -	*(.data.nosave)
> +	*(.kernel.data.nosave)
>    	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>    	__nosave_end = .;
>    }
>  
>    . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -  .data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -	*(.data.page_aligned)
> -	*(.data.idt)
> +  .kernel.data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +	*(.kernel.data.page_aligned)
> +	*(.kernel.data.idt)
>    }
>  
>    . = ALIGN(32);
> -  .data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -	*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +  .kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +	*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>    }
>  
>    /* rarely changed data like cpu maps */
>    . = ALIGN(32);
> -  .data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -	*(.data.read_mostly)
> +  .kernel.data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +	*(.kernel.data.read_mostly)
>  	_edata = .;		/* End of data section */
>    }
>  
>    . = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);	/* init_task */
> -  .data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -	*(.data.init_task)
> +  .kernel.data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +	*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>    }
>  
>    /* might get freed after init */
> @@ -178,10 +178,10 @@
>    }
>  #endif
>    . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -  .data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +  .kernel.data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>  	__per_cpu_start = .;
> -	*(.data.percpu)
> -	*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
> +	*(.kernel.data.percpu)
> +	*(.kernel.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
>  	__per_cpu_end = .;
>    }
>    . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
>    .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>  	__init_end = .;
>  	__bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
> -	*(.bss.page_aligned)
> +	*(.bss.kernel.page_aligned)
>  	*(.bss)
>  	. = ALIGN(4);
>  	__bss_stop = .;
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>    _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
>    .text :  AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>  	/* First the code that has to be first for bootstrapping */
> -	*(.text.head)
> +	*(.kernel.text.head)
>  	_stext = .;
>  	/* Then the rest */
>  	TEXT_TEXT
> @@ -62,17 +62,17 @@
>  
>    . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>    . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
> -  .data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -	*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +  .kernel.data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +	*(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>    }
>    . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES);
> -  .data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -  	*(.data.read_mostly)
> +  .kernel.data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +  	*(.kernel.data.read_mostly)
>    }
>  
>  #define VSYSCALL_ADDR (-10*1024*1024)
> -#define VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR ((LOADADDR(.data.read_mostly) + SIZEOF(.data.read_mostly) + 4095) & ~(4095))
> -#define VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR ((ADDR(.data.read_mostly) + SIZEOF(.data.read_mostly) + 4095) & ~(4095))
> +#define VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR ((LOADADDR(.kernel.data.read_mostly) + SIZEOF(.kernel.data.read_mostly) + 4095) & ~(4095))
> +#define VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR ((ADDR(.kernel.data.read_mostly) + SIZEOF(.kernel.data.read_mostly) + 4095) & ~(4095))
>  
>  #define VLOAD_OFFSET (VSYSCALL_ADDR - VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR)
>  #define VLOAD(x) (ADDR(x) - VLOAD_OFFSET)
> @@ -121,13 +121,13 @@
>  #undef VVIRT
>  
>    . = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);	/* init_task */
> -  .data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -	*(.data.init_task)
> +  .kernel.data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +	*(.kernel.data.init_task)
>    }:data.init
>  
>    . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> -  .data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -	*(.data.page_aligned)
> +  .kernel.data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> +	*(.kernel.data.page_aligned)
>    }
>  
>    /* might get freed after init */
> @@ -215,13 +215,13 @@
>  
>    . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>    __nosave_begin = .;
> -  .data_nosave : AT(ADDR(.data_nosave) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.data.nosave) }
> +  .data_nosave : AT(ADDR(.data_nosave) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.kernel.data.nosave) }
>    . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>    __nosave_end = .;
>  
>    __bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
>    .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
> -	*(.bss.page_aligned)
> +	*(.bss.kernel.page_aligned)
>  	*(.bss)
>  	}
>    __bss_stop = .;
> --- gc.0/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -61,21 +61,21 @@
>  
>  /* Placeholder for holes in the address space */
>  static unsigned long p2m_missing[P2M_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE]
> -	__attribute__((section(".data.page_aligned"))) =
> +	__attribute__((section(".kernel.data.page_aligned"))) =
>  		{ [ 0 ... P2M_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE-1 ] = ~0UL };
>  
>   /* Array of pointers to pages containing p2m entries */
>  static unsigned long *p2m_top[TOP_ENTRIES]
> -	__attribute__((section(".data.page_aligned"))) =
> +	__attribute__((section(".kernel.data.page_aligned"))) =
>  		{ [ 0 ... TOP_ENTRIES - 1] = &p2m_missing[0] };
>  
>  /* Arrays of p2m arrays expressed in mfns used for save/restore */
>  static unsigned long p2m_top_mfn[TOP_ENTRIES]
> -	__attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
> +	__attribute__((section(".bss.kernel.page_aligned")));
>  
>  static unsigned long p2m_top_mfn_list[
>  			PAGE_ALIGN(TOP_ENTRIES / P2M_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE)]
> -	__attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
> +	__attribute__((section(".bss.kernel.page_aligned")));
>  
>  static inline unsigned p2m_top_index(unsigned long pfn)
>  {
> --- gc.0/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
>   * BSS section
>   */
>  	
> -.section ".bss.page_aligned", "w"
> +.section ".bss.kernel.page_aligned", "w"
>  ENTRY(swapper_pg_dir)
>  	.fill	PAGE_SIZE, 1, 0
>  ENTRY(empty_zero_page)
> --- gc.0/arch/xtensa/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/xtensa/kernel/init_task.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_mm);
>  
>  union thread_union init_thread_union
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.init_task"))) =
>  { INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
>  
>  struct task_struct init_task = INIT_TASK(init_task);
> --- gc.0/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:30 2008
> +++ gc.1/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -121,14 +121,14 @@
>      DATA_DATA
>      CONSTRUCTORS
>      . = ALIGN(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE);
> -    *(.data.cacheline_aligned)
> +    *(.kernel.data.cacheline_aligned)
>    }
>  
>    _edata = .;
>  
>    /* The initial task */
>    . = ALIGN(8192);
> -  .data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }
> +  .kernel.data.init_task : { *(.kernel.data.init_task) }
>  
>    /* Initialization code and data: */
>  
> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
>  
>    /* BSS section */
>    _bss_start = .;
> -  .bss : { *(.bss.page_aligned) *(.bss) }
> +  .bss : { *(.bss.kernel.page_aligned) *(.bss) }
>    _bss_end = .;
>  
>    _end = .;
> --- gc.0/include/asm-frv/init.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:35 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-frv/init.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
>  #ifndef _ASM_INIT_H
>  #define _ASM_INIT_H
>  
> -#define __init __attribute__ ((__section__ (".text.init")))
> -#define __initdata __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.init")))
> +#define __init __attribute__ ((__section__ (".kernel.text.init")))
> +#define __initdata __attribute__ ((__section__ (".kernel.data.init")))
>  /* For assembly routines */
> -#define __INIT		.section	".text.init",#alloc,#execinstr
> +#define __INIT		.section	".kernel.text.init",#alloc,#execinstr
>  #define __FINIT		.previous
> -#define __INITDATA	.section	".data.init",#alloc,#write
> +#define __INITDATA	.section	".kernel.data.init",#alloc,#write
>  
>  #endif
>  
> --- gc.0/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:35 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
>  /* .data section */
>  #define DATA_DATA							\
>  	*(.data)							\
> -	*(.data.init.refok)						\
> +	*(.kernel.data.init.refok)					\
>  	*(.ref.data)							\
>  	DEV_KEEP(init.data)						\
>  	DEV_KEEP(exit.data)						\
> @@ -223,8 +223,8 @@
>  		ALIGN_FUNCTION();					\
>  		*(.text)						\
>  		*(.ref.text)						\
> -		*(.text.init.refok)					\
> -		*(.exit.text.refok)					\
> +		*(.kernel.text.init.refok)				\
> +		*(.kernel.exit.text.refok)				\
>  	DEV_KEEP(init.text)						\
>  	DEV_KEEP(exit.text)						\
>  	CPU_KEEP(init.text)						\
> @@ -380,8 +380,8 @@
>  #define PERCPU(align)							\
>  	. = ALIGN(align);						\
>  	__per_cpu_start = .;						\
> -	.data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
> -		*(.data.percpu)						\
> -		*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)				\
> +	.kernel.data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.kernel.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
> +		*(.kernel.data.percpu)					\
> +		*(.kernel.data.percpu.shared_aligned)			\
>  	}								\
>  	__per_cpu_end = .;
> --- gc.0/include/asm-ia64/asmmacro.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:35 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-ia64/asmmacro.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
>   * path (ivt.S - TLB miss processing) or in places where it might not be
>   * safe to use a "tpa" instruction (mca_asm.S - error recovery).
>   */
> -	.section ".data.patch.vtop", "a"	// declare section & section attributes
> +	.section ".kernel.data.patch.vtop", "a"	// declare section & section attributes
>  	.previous
>  
>  #define	LOAD_PHYSICAL(pr, reg, obj)		\
>  [1:](pr)movl reg = obj;				\
> -	.xdata4 ".data.patch.vtop", 1b-.
> +	.xdata4 ".kernel.data.patch.vtop", 1b-.
>  
>  /*
>   * For now, we always put in the McKinley E9 workaround.  On CPUs that don't need it,
> @@ -84,11 +84,11 @@
>  #define DO_MCKINLEY_E9_WORKAROUND
>  
>  #ifdef DO_MCKINLEY_E9_WORKAROUND
> -	.section ".data.patch.mckinley_e9", "a"
> +	.section ".kernel.data.patch.mckinley_e9", "a"
>  	.previous
>  /* workaround for Itanium 2 Errata 9: */
>  # define FSYS_RETURN					\
> -	.xdata4 ".data.patch.mckinley_e9", 1f-.;	\
> +	.xdata4 ".kernel.data.patch.mckinley_e9", 1f-.;	\
>  1:{ .mib;						\
>  	nop.m 0;					\
>  	mov r16=ar.pfs;					\
> @@ -107,11 +107,11 @@
>   * If physical stack register size is different from DEF_NUM_STACK_REG,
>   * dynamically patch the kernel for correct size.
>   */
> -	.section ".data.patch.phys_stack_reg", "a"
> +	.section ".kernel.data.patch.phys_stack_reg", "a"
>  	.previous
>  #define LOAD_PHYS_STACK_REG_SIZE(reg)			\
>  [1:]	adds reg=IA64_NUM_PHYS_STACK_REG*8+8,r0;	\
> -	.xdata4 ".data.patch.phys_stack_reg", 1b-.
> +	.xdata4 ".kernel.data.patch.phys_stack_reg", 1b-.
>  
>  /*
>   * Up until early 2004, use of .align within a function caused bad unwind info.
> --- gc.0/include/asm-ia64/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:35 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-ia64/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
>  # define SMP_CACHE_BYTES	(1 << 3)
>  #endif
>  
> -#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
> +#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.read_mostly")))
>  
>  #endif /* _ASM_IA64_CACHE_H */
> --- gc.0/include/asm-ia64/percpu.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:35 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-ia64/percpu.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
>  
>  #else /* ! SMP */
>  
> -#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES	__attribute__((__section__(".data.percpu")))
> +#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.percpu")))
>  
>  #define per_cpu_init()				(__phys_per_cpu_start)
>  
> --- gc.0/include/asm-parisc/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-parisc/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>  
>  #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES L1_CACHE_BYTES
>  
> -#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
> +#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.read_mostly")))
>  
>  void parisc_cache_init(void);	/* initializes cache-flushing */
>  void disable_sr_hashing_asm(int); /* low level support for above */
> --- gc.0/include/asm-parisc/system.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-parisc/system.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
>  })
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> -# define __lock_aligned __attribute__((__section__(".data.lock_aligned")))
> +# define __lock_aligned __attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.lock_aligned")))
>  #endif
>  
>  #define arch_align_stack(x) (x)
> --- gc.0/include/asm-powerpc/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-powerpc/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
>  #endif /* __powerpc64__ && ! __ASSEMBLY__ */
>  
>  #if !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
> -#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
> +#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.read_mostly")))
>  #endif
>  
>  #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
> --- gc.0/include/asm-powerpc/page_64.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-powerpc/page_64.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
>  #else
>  #define __page_aligned \
>  	__attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE), \
> -		__section__(".data.page_aligned")))
> +		__section__(".kernel.data.page_aligned")))
>  #endif
>  
>  #define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS \
> --- gc.0/include/asm-powerpc/ppc_asm.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-powerpc/ppc_asm.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
>  GLUE(.,name):
>  
>  #define _INIT_GLOBAL(name) \
> -	.section ".text.init.refok"; \
> +	.section ".kernel.text.init.refok"; \
>  	.align 2 ; \
>  	.globl name; \
>  	.globl GLUE(.,name); \
> @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
>  GLUE(.,name):
>  
>  #define _INIT_STATIC(name) \
> -	.section ".text.init.refok"; \
> +	.section ".kernel.text.init.refok"; \
>  	.align 2 ; \
>  	.section ".opd","aw"; \
>  name: \
> --- gc.0/include/asm-s390/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-s390/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
>  #define L1_CACHE_BYTES     256
>  #define L1_CACHE_SHIFT     8
>  
> -#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
> +#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.read_mostly")))
>  
>  #endif
> --- gc.0/include/asm-sh/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-sh/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
>  
>  #define L1_CACHE_BYTES		(1 << L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
>  
> -#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
> +#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.read_mostly")))
>  
>  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>  struct cache_info {
> --- gc.0/include/asm-sparc/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-sparc/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
>  
>  #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES (1 << SMP_CACHE_BYTES_SHIFT)
>  
> -#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
> +#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.read_mostly")))
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SPARC32
>  #include <asm/asi.h>
> --- gc.0/include/asm-um/common.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-um/common.lds.S	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
>    }
>  
>    . = ALIGN(32);
> -  .data.percpu : {
> +  .kernel.data.percpu : {
>  	__per_cpu_start = . ;
> -	*(.data.percpu)
> +	*(.kernel.data.percpu)
>  	__per_cpu_end = . ;
>    }
>  	
> --- gc.0/include/asm-x86/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/asm-x86/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
>  #define L1_CACHE_SHIFT	(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
>  #define L1_CACHE_BYTES	(1 << L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
>  
> -#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
> +#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.read_mostly")))
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_VSMP
>  /* vSMP Internode cacheline shift */
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  #define __cacheline_aligned_in_smp					\
>  	__attribute__((__aligned__(1 << (INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT))))	\
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.page_aligned")))
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.page_aligned")))
>  #endif
>  #endif
>  
> --- gc.0/include/linux/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/linux/cache.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
>  #ifndef __cacheline_aligned
>  #define __cacheline_aligned					\
>    __attribute__((__aligned__(SMP_CACHE_BYTES),			\
> -		 __section__(".data.cacheline_aligned")))
> +		 __section__(".kernel.data.cacheline_aligned")))
>  #endif /* __cacheline_aligned */
>  
>  #ifndef __cacheline_aligned_in_smp
> --- gc.0/include/linux/init.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/linux/init.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
>  
>  /* backward compatibility note
>   *  A few places hardcode the old section names:
> - *  .text.init.refok
> - *  .data.init.refok
> - *  .exit.text.refok
> + *  .kernel.text.init.refok
> + *  .kernel.data.init.refok
> + *  .kernel.exit.text.refok
>   *  They should be converted to use the defines from this file
>   */
>  
> @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
>  #endif
>  
>  /* Data marked not to be saved by software suspend */
> -#define __nosavedata __section(.data.nosave)
> +#define __nosavedata __section(.kernel.data.nosave)
>  
>  /* This means "can be init if no module support, otherwise module load
>     may call it." */
> --- gc.0/include/linux/linkage.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/linux/linkage.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
>  # define asmregparm
>  #endif
>  
> -#define __page_aligned_data	__section(.data.page_aligned) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
> -#define __page_aligned_bss	__section(.bss.page_aligned) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
> +#define __page_aligned_data	__section(.kernel.data.page_aligned) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
> +#define __page_aligned_bss	__section(.bss.kernel.page_aligned) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
>  
>  /*
>   * This is used by architectures to keep arguments on the stack
> --- gc.0/include/linux/percpu.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/linux/percpu.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  #define DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)					\
> -	__attribute__((__section__(".data.percpu")))			\
> +	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.percpu")))		\
>  	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
>  
>  #ifdef MODULE
> -#define SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ".data.percpu"
> +#define SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ".kernel.data.percpu"
>  #else
> -#define SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ".data.percpu.shared_aligned"
> +#define SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ".kernel.data.percpu.shared_aligned"
>  #endif
>  
>  #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)			\
> --- gc.0/include/linux/spinlock.h	Thu Jul 17 16:42:36 2008
> +++ gc.1/include/linux/spinlock.h	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
>  /*
>   * Must define these before including other files, inline functions need them
>   */
> -#define LOCK_SECTION_NAME ".text.lock."KBUILD_BASENAME
> +#define LOCK_SECTION_NAME ".kernel.text.lock."KBUILD_BASENAME
>  
>  #define LOCK_SECTION_START(extra)               \
>          ".subsection 1\n\t"                     \
> --- gc.0/kernel/module.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:37 2008
> +++ gc.1/kernel/module.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
>  				 Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
>  				 const char *secstrings)
>  {
> -	return find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, ".data.percpu");
> +	return find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, ".kernel.data.percpu");
>  }
>  
>  static void percpu_modcopy(void *pcpudest, const void *from, unsigned long size)
> --- gc.0/scripts/mod/modpost.c	Thu Jul 17 16:42:38 2008
> +++ gc.1/scripts/mod/modpost.c	Thu Jul 17 21:07:22 2008
> @@ -794,9 +794,9 @@
>  /* sections that may refer to an init/exit section with no warning */
>  static const char *initref_sections[] =
>  {
> -	".text.init.refok*",
> -	".exit.text.refok*",
> -	".data.init.refok*",
> +	".kernel.text.init.refok*",
> +	".kernel.exit.text.refok*",
> +	".kernel.data.init.refok*",
>  	NULL
>  };
>  
> @@ -915,7 +915,7 @@
>   * Pattern 0:
>   *   Do not warn if funtion/data are marked with __init_refok/__initdata_refok.
>   *   The pattern is identified by:
> - *   fromsec = .text.init.refok* | .data.init.refok*
> + *   fromsec = .kernel.text.init.refok* | .kernel.data.init.refok*
>   *
>   * Pattern 1:
>   *   If a module parameter is declared __initdata and permissions=0
> @@ -939,8 +939,8 @@
>   *           *probe_one, *_console, *_timer
>   *
>   * Pattern 3:
> - *   Whitelist all refereces from .text.head to .init.data
> - *   Whitelist all refereces from .text.head to .init.text
> + *   Whitelist all refereces from .kernel.text.head to .init.data
> + *   Whitelist all refereces from .kernel.text.head to .init.text
>   *
>   * Pattern 4:
>   *   Some symbols belong to init section but still it is ok to reference
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