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Message-Id: <200808250118.08406.vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:18:08 +0200
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	x86@...nel.org,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>
Cc:	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: [PATCH] 2.6.27-rc4-git3: make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections

Hi Andrew,

You asked me to maintain it and resubmit when
merge frenzy is over.

Here is the update against current Linus tree
(which is 2.6.27-rc4-git3), 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.

x86 and m68k have the following fix:

-.section ".text.head"
+.section ".kernel.text.head","ax",@progbits

In previous iteration I asked arch maintainers
to ACK/NAK this patch. There were a few ACKs, no NAKs.

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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:07 2008
+++ gc.2/Documentation/mutex-design.txt	Sun Aug 24 23:54:07 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:08 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/alpha/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:08 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/alpha/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:08 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 2008
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  * 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:08 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/arm/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:08 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:08 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:09 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:57 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:09 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:57 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:09 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/arm/mm/tlb-v6.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:57 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:09 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/arm/mm/tlb-v7.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:57 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:09 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/avr32/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:09 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:03 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/avr32/mm/init.c	Sun Aug 24 23:53:03 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:30 2008
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 		__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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:09 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/cris/arch-v10/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/cris/arch-v32/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/cris/kernel/process.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/frv/kernel/break.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:30 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:44 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/frv/kernel/head-mmu-fr451.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:57 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/frv/kernel/head-uc-fr401.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:58 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/frv/kernel/head-uc-fr451.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:58 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/frv/kernel/head-uc-fr555.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:58 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/frv/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:17 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/frv/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:30 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/frv/mm/tlb-miss.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:21 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:17 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds	Sun Aug 24 23:54:17 2008
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         {
         __stext = . ;
 	__text = .;
-	       *(.text.startup)
+	       *(.kernel.text.startup)
 	       *(.text)
         __etext = . ;
         }
--- gc.0/arch/h8300/kernel/init_task.c	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/h8300/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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/include/asm/asmmacro.h	Sun Aug 24 23:32:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/include/asm/asmmacro.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:07 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/arch/ia64/include/asm/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:32:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/include/asm/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 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/arch/ia64/include/asm/percpu.h	Sun Aug 24 23:32:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/include/asm/percpu.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:12 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/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile	Sun Aug 24 23:32:14 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile	Sun Aug 24 23:52:40 2008
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 $(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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kernel/gate-data.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:40 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kernel/gate.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:07 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kernel/gate.lds.S	Mon Aug 25 00:48:15 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:14 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 2008
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:14 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:02 2008
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 	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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:14 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kernel/minstate.h	Mon Aug 25 00:40:33 2008
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define ACCOUNT_SYS_ENTER
 #endif
 
-.section ".data.patch.rse", "a"
+.section ".kernel.data.patch.rse", "a"
 .previous
 
 /*
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 (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/paravirtentry.S	Sun Aug 24 23:32:14 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kernel/paravirtentry.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 2008
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "entry.h"
 
 #define DATA8(sym, init_value)			\
-	.pushsection .data.read_mostly ;	\
+	.pushsection .kernel.data.read_mostly ;	\
 	.align 8 ;				\
 	.global sym ;				\
 	sym: ;					\
--- gc.0/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:32:14 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Mon Aug 25 00:41:16 2008
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #define IVT_TEXT							\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ivt_text) = .;			\
-		*(.text.ivt)						\
+		*(.kernel.text.ivt)					\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_ivt_text) = .;
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-ia64-little")
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@
 	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 = .;
 
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@
 	  __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 = .;
 	}
 
@@ -148,24 +148,24 @@
 	  __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 = .;
 	}
 
@@ -193,24 +193,24 @@
   __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
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@
   . = . + PERCPU_PAGE_SIZE;	/* cpu0 per-cpu space */
 #endif
   __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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/ia64/kvm/vmm_ivt.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:02 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m32r/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:10 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:58 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:11 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:11 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m68k/kernel/process.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:11 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m68k/kernel/sun3-head.S	Mon Aug 25 00:25:44 2008
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .globl kernel_pg_dir
 .equ    kernel_pg_dir,kernel_pmd_table
 
-	.section .text.head
+	.section .kernel.text.head, "ax"
 ENTRY(_stext)
 ENTRY(_start)
 
--- gc.0/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds	Sun Aug 24 23:32:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 2008
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   . = 0x1000;
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .text : {
-	*(.text.head)
+	*(.kernel.text.head)
 	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   .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 */
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   . = 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 2008
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   . = 0xE002000;
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .text : {
-	*(.text.head)
+	*(.kernel.text.head)
 	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 #endif
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:11 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m68knommu/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:07 2008
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	.romvec : {
 		__rom_start = . ;
 		_romvec = .;
-		*(.data.initvect)
+		*(.kernel.data.initvect)
 	} > romvec
 #endif
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		LOCK_TEXT
-        	*(.text.lock)
+        	*(.kernel.text.lock)
 
 		. = ALIGN(16);          /* Exception table              */
 		__start___ex_table = .;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 		_sdata = . ;
 		DATA_DATA
 		. = ALIGN(8192) ;
-		*(.data.init_task)
+		*(.kernel.data.init_task)
 		_edata = . ;
 	} > DATA
 
--- gc.0/arch/m68knommu/platform/68360/head-ram.S	Wed Jul 16 23:11:11 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m68knommu/platform/68360/head-ram.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:11 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/m68knommu/platform/68360/head-rom.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:11 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/mips/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:12 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:58 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:12 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/mips/lasat/image/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:17 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:12 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/mips/lasat/image/romscript.normal	Sun Aug 24 23:54:17 2008
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {
   .text :
   {
-    *(.text.start)
+    *(.kernel.text.start)
   }
 
   /* Data in ROM */
--- gc.0/arch/mn10300/kernel/head.S	Wed Jul 16 23:11:12 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/mn10300/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:12 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/mn10300/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:12 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:26 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:12 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/parisc/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:12 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/parisc/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:53:22 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:12 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:26 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/include/asm/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:32:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 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/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h	Sun Aug 24 23:32:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:03 2008
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 #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/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h	Sun Aug 24 23:32:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:58 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/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S	Sun Aug 24 23:32:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c	Sun Aug 24 23:53:03 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32_wrapper.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:03 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:13 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64_wrapper.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:03 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:58 2008
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
 	/* 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
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@
 	}
 #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 = .;
 	}
 
@@ -233,28 +233,28 @@
 #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/include/asm/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:32:17 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/s390/include/asm/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 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/arch/s390/kernel/head.S	Wed Jul 16 23:11:14 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/s390/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:14 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/s390/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:14 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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/include/asm/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:32:18 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sh/include/asm/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 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/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh5/entry.S	Sun Aug 24 23:32:19 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh5/entry.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:57 2008
@@ -2064,10 +2064,10 @@
 
 
 /*
- * --- .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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sh/kernel/head_32.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:19 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sh/kernel/head_64.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sh/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:19 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sh/kernel/irq.c	Sun Aug 24 23:54:26 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:26 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:26 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sparc/boot/btfixupprep.c	Sun Aug 24 23:53:48 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/include/asm/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:32:19 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sparc/include/asm/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 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/arch/sparc/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:32:19 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sparc/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:58 2008
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@
 		 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sparc64/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:58 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:53 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S	Mon Aug 25 00:19:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr	Sun Aug 24 23:53:35 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_32.lds	Mon Aug 25 00:19:49 2008
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 	 * 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 */
@@ -40,4 +40,6 @@
 		*(COMMON)
 		_end = . ;
 	}
+	/* Be bold, and discard everything not explicitly mentioned */
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(*) }
 }
--- gc.0/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_64.lds	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_64.lds	Mon Aug 25 00:19:49 2008
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 	 * 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 */
@@ -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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:15 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:12 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/head_32.S	Sun Aug 24 23:32:19 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:26 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 */
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
 /*
  * BSS section
  */
-.section ".bss.page_aligned","wa"
+.section ".bss.kernel.page_aligned","wa"
 	.align PAGE_SIZE_asm
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
 swapper_pg_pmd:
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
  * 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:19 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S	Mon Aug 25 00:19:49 2008
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 L3_START_KERNEL = pud_index(__START_KERNEL_map)
 
 	.text
-	.section .text.head
+	.section .kernel.text.head,"ax",@progbits
 	.code64
 	.globl startup_64
 startup_64:
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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/traps_32.c	Sun Aug 24 23:32:20 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:45 2008
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
  * for this.
  */
 gate_desc idt_table[256]
-	__attribute__((__section__(".data.idt"))) = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
+	__attribute__((__section__(".kernel.data.idt"))) = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
 
 int panic_on_unrecovered_nmi;
 int kstack_depth_to_print = 24;
--- gc.0/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:32:20 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:26 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:26 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/xtensa/kernel/head.S	Wed Jul 16 23:11:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:26 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/xtensa/kernel/init_task.c	Sun Aug 24 23:52:49 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:16 2008
+++ gc.2/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:54:26 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:44 2008
+++ gc.2/include/asm-frv/init.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:58 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:36 2008
+++ gc.2/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h	Mon Aug 25 00:38:41 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)						\
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@
 		*(.text.hot)						\
 		*(.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)						\
@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@
 #define PERCPU(align)							\
 	. = ALIGN(align);						\
 	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__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)			\
 	}								\
 	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_end) = .;
--- gc.0/include/asm-parisc/cache.h	Wed Jul 16 23:11:44 2008
+++ gc.2/include/asm-parisc/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:45 2008
+++ gc.2/include/asm-parisc/system.h	Sun Aug 24 23:52:53 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-um/common.lds.S	Wed Jul 16 23:11:45 2008
+++ gc.2/include/asm-um/common.lds.S	Sun Aug 24 23:53:12 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:45 2008
+++ gc.2/include/asm-x86/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:17 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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:46 2008
+++ gc.2/include/linux/cache.h	Sun Aug 24 23:52:30 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:36 2008
+++ gc.2/include/linux/init.h	Sun Aug 24 23:53:58 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
  */
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 #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	Wed Jul 16 23:11:46 2008
+++ gc.2/include/linux/linkage.h	Sun Aug 24 23:54:26 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:36 2008
+++ gc.2/include/linux/percpu.h	Mon Aug 25 00:37:49 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)			\
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)					\
 	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
 
-#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)		      \
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)			\
 	DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)
 #endif
 
--- gc.0/include/linux/spinlock.h	Sun Aug 24 23:32:36 2008
+++ gc.2/include/linux/spinlock.h	Sun Aug 24 23:54:07 2008
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 /*
  * 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:37 2008
+++ gc.2/kernel/module.c	Sun Aug 24 23:53:12 2008
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
 				 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	Sun Aug 24 23:32:38 2008
+++ gc.2/scripts/mod/modpost.c	Sun Aug 24 23:53:58 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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