Merge branch 'x86/build' into x86/asm, to pick up completed topic branch

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

38 files changed, 163 insertions, 179 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c4b5ceceab52..bc6f727278fd 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	16
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
@@ -8,7 +12,7 @@
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-alpha")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(alpha)
 ENTRY(__start)
-PHDRS { kernel PT_LOAD; note PT_NOTE; }
+PHDRS { text PT_LOAD; note PT_NOTE; }
 jiffies = jiffies_64;
 SECTIONS
 {
@@ -27,17 +31,11 @@ SECTIONS
 		LOCK_TEXT
 		*(.fixup)
 		*(.gnu.warning)
-	} :kernel
+	} :text
 	swapper_pg_dir = SWAPPER_PGD;
 	_etext = .;	/* End of text section */
 
-	NOTES :kernel :note
-	.dummy : {
-		*(.dummy)
-	} :kernel
-
-	RODATA
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 
 	/* Will be freed after init */
 	__init_begin = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_sdata = .;	/* Start of rw data section */
 	_data = .;
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 
 	.got : {
 		*(.got)
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6c693a9d29b6..54139a6f469b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	/*
 	 * 1. this is .data essentially
 	 * 2. THREAD_SIZE for init.task, must be kernel-stk sz aligned
 	 */
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 
 	_edata = .;
 
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	/DISCARD/ : {	*(.eh_frame) }
 #endif
 
-	NOTES
-
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	_end = . ;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index 8c74037ade22..21b8b271c80d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	ARM_UNWIND_SECTIONS
 #endif
 
-	NOTES
-
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
 
 	ARM_VECTORS
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
 	_sdata = .;
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	.data.ro_after_init : AT(ADDR(.data.ro_after_init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		*(.data..ro_after_init)
 	}
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 23150c0f0f4d..319ccb10846a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	ARM_UNWIND_SECTIONS
 #endif
 
-	NOTES
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
 #else
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	__init_end = .;
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
 	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index aa76f7259668..9128a26eb45b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * Written by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
  */
 
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	8
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/kernel-pgtable.h>
@@ -135,11 +137,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(SEGMENT_ALIGN);
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
-	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)		/* everything from this point to     */
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)		/* __init_begin will be marked RO NX */
-	NOTES
+	/* everything from this point to __init_begin will be marked RO NX */
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	idmap_pg_dir = .;
 	. += IDMAP_DIR_SIZE;
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_data = .;
 	_sdata = .;
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_ALIGN)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_ALIGN)
 
 	/*
 	 * Data written with the MMU off but read with the MMU on requires
diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 584bab2bace6..ac99ba0864bf 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
  *  Copyright (C) 2010, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated
  *  Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com>
  */
+
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	16
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -80,10 +83,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.gnu.warning)
 	}
 
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-	NOTES
-
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	.const :
 	{
 		*(.const .const.* .gnu.linkonce.r.*)
diff --git a/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index ae7961b973f2..2ff37beaf2bf 100644
--- a/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -49,11 +49,10 @@ SECTIONS
 
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
-	NOTES
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 	BSS_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 	VBR_BASE
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 49f716c0a1df..6b1afc2f9b68 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	16
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
@@ -37,9 +40,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 	_etext = . ;
 	}
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-	NOTES
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(4)
+	RO_DATA(4)
 	ROMEND = .;
 #if defined(CONFIG_ROMKERNEL)
 	. = RAMTOP;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 	_sdata = . ;
 	__data_start = . ;
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(0, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(0, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 #if defined(CONFIG_ROMKERNEL)
 #undef ADDR
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 78f2418e97c8..0ca2471ddb9f 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -49,12 +49,11 @@ SECTIONS
 	INIT_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	_sdata = .;
-		RW_DATA_SECTION(32,PAGE_SIZE,_THREAD_SIZE)
-		RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+		RW_DATA(32,PAGE_SIZE,_THREAD_SIZE)
+		RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-	NOTES
 
 	BSS_SECTION(_PAGE_SIZE, _PAGE_SIZE, _PAGE_SIZE)
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d9d4e21107cd..1ec6b703c5b4 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 
+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	16
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-ia64-little")
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ ENTRY(phys_start)
 jiffies = jiffies_64;
 
 PHDRS {
-	code   PT_LOAD;
+	text   PT_LOAD;
 	percpu PT_LOAD;
 	data   PT_LOAD;
 	note   PT_NOTE;
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	phys_start = _start - LOAD_OFFSET;
 
 	code : {
-	} :code
+	} :text
 	. = KERNEL_START;
 
 	_text = .;
@@ -68,11 +71,6 @@ SECTIONS {
 	/*
 	 * Read-only data
 	 */
-	NOTES :code :note       /* put .notes in text and mark in PT_NOTE  */
-	code_continues : {
-	} : code               /* switch back to regular program...  */
-
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
 	/* MCA table */
 	. = ALIGN(16);
@@ -102,11 +100,11 @@ SECTIONS {
 		__start_unwind = .;
 		*(.IA_64.unwind*)
 		__end_unwind = .;
-	} :code :unwind
+	} :text :unwind
 	code_continues2 : {
-	} : code
+	} :text
 
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 
 	.opd : AT(ADDR(.opd) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start_opd = .;
@@ -214,7 +212,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	_end = .;
 
 	code : {
-	} :code
+	} :text
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds
index cf6edda38971..7b975420c3d9 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ SECTIONS {
 #endif
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
index 625a5785804f..4d33da4e7106 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ SECTIONS
 
   _sdata = .;			/* Start of data section */
 
-  RODATA
+  RO_DATA(4096)
 
-  RW_DATA_SECTION(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+  RW_DATA(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 
   BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
index 9868270b0984..87d9f4d08f65 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.fixup)
 	*(.gnu.warning)
 	} :text = 0x4e75
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 
   _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
   EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) :data
   _sdata = .;			/* Start of rw data section */
-  RW_DATA_SECTION(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE) :data
+  RW_DATA(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE) :data
   /* End of data goes *here* so that freeing init code works properly. */
   _edata = .;
   NOTES
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e1f3e8741292..760cac41cbfe 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 OUTPUT_ARCH(microblaze)
 ENTRY(microblaze_start)
 
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	16
+
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
@@ -51,9 +53,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(16);
-	RODATA
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-	NOTES
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 
 	/*
 	 * sdata2 section can go anywhere, but must be word aligned
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	}
 
 	_sdata = . ;
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(32, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(32, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = . ;
 
 	/* Under the microblaze ABI, .sdata and .sbss must be contiguous */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 33ee0d18fb0a..a5f00ec73ea6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
  */
 #define BSS_FIRST_SECTIONS *(.bss..swapper_pg_dir)
 
+/* Cavium Octeon should not have a separate PT_NOTE Program Header. */
+#ifndef CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC
+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#endif
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 
 #undef mips
@@ -76,16 +81,8 @@ SECTIONS
 		__stop___dbe_table = .;
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC
-#define NOTES_HEADER
-#else /* CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC */
-#define NOTES_HEADER :note
-#endif /* CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC */
-	NOTES :text NOTES_HEADER
-	.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :text
-
 	_sdata = .;			/* Start of data section */
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 
 	/* writeable */
 	.data : {	/* Data */
diff --git a/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 9e90f30a181d..f679d3397436 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -53,12 +53,11 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata  =  .;
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-	NOTES
 	BSS_SECTION(4, 4, 4)
 	_end = .;
 
diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6ad64f14617d..c55a7cfa1075 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	__init_end = .;
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
 	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
-	NOTES
 
 	DISCARDS
 }
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 2e2c72c157f3..60449fd7f16f 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -67,19 +67,18 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_sdata = .;
 
-	/* Page alignment required for RO_DATA_SECTION */
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	/* Page alignment required for RO_DATA */
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	_e_kernel_ro = .;
 
 	/* Whatever comes after _e_kernel_ro had better be page-aligend, too */
 
 	/* 32 here is cacheline size... recheck this */
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(32, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(32, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE)
 
         _edata  =  .;
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(4)
-	NOTES
 
 	/* Init code and data */
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 99cd24f2ea01..53e29d88f99c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 				*(.data..vm0.pte)
 
 #define CC_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	8
 
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	_sdata = .;
 
 	/* Architecturally we need to keep __gp below 0x1000000 and thus
-	 * in front of RO_DATA_SECTION() which stores lots of tracepoint
+	 * in front of RO_DATA() which stores lots of tracepoint
 	 * and ftrace symbols. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 	. = ALIGN(16);
@@ -127,11 +128,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 #endif
 
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(8)
-
-	/* RO because of BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT */
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)
-	NOTES
+	RO_DATA(8)
 
 	/* unwind info */
 	.PARISC.unwind : {
@@ -149,7 +146,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	data_start = .;
 
 	/* Data */
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	/* PA-RISC locks requires 16-byte alignment */
 	. = ALIGN(16);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 060a1acd7c6d..8834220036a5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #define BSS_FIRST_SECTIONS *(.bss.prominit)
+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	0
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
@@ -18,22 +20,8 @@
 ENTRY(_stext)
 
 PHDRS {
-	kernel PT_LOAD FLAGS(7); /* RWX */
-	notes PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);
-	dummy PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);
-
-	/* binutils < 2.18 has a bug that makes it misbehave when taking an
-	   ELF file with all segments at load address 0 as input.  This
-	   happens when running "strip" on vmlinux, because of the AT() magic
-	   in this linker script.  People using GCC >= 4.2 won't run into
-	   this problem, because the "build-id" support will put some data
-	   into the "notes" segment (at a non-zero load address).
-
-	   To work around this, we force some data into both the "dummy"
-	   segment and the kernel segment, so the dummy segment will get a
-	   non-zero load address.  It's not enough to always create the
-	   "notes" segment, since if nothing gets assigned to it, its load
-	   address will be zero.  */
+	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(7); /* RWX */
+	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
@@ -77,7 +65,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #else /* !CONFIG_PPC64 */
 		HEAD_TEXT
 #endif
-	} :kernel
+	} :text
 
 	__head_end = .;
 
@@ -126,7 +114,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		__got2_end = .;
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC32 */
 
-	} :kernel
+	} :text
 
 	. = ALIGN(ETEXT_ALIGN_SIZE);
 	_etext = .;
@@ -175,17 +163,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		__stop__btb_flush_fixup = .;
 	}
 #endif
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)
-
-	NOTES :kernel :notes
-
-	/* The dummy segment contents for the bug workaround mentioned above
-	   near PHDRS.  */
-	.dummy : AT(ADDR(.dummy) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		LONG(0)
-		LONG(0)
-		LONG(0)
-	} :kernel :dummy
 
 /*
  * Init sections discarded at runtime
@@ -200,7 +177,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 		*(.tramp.ftrace.init);
 #endif
-	} :kernel
+	} :text
 
 	/* .exit.text is discarded at runtime, not link time,
 	 * to deal with references from __bug_table
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 23cd1a9e52a1..12f42f96d46e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	/* Start of data section */
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
+	RO_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 	.srodata : {
 		*(.srodata*)
 	}
 
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	.sdata : {
 		__global_pointer$ = . + 0x800;
 		*(.sdata*)
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	BSS_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE, 0)
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(0x10)
-	NOTES
 
 	.rel.dyn : {
 		*(.rel.dyn*)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7e0eb4020917..37695499717d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 /* Handle ro_after_init data on our own. */
 #define RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA
 
+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/vmlinux.lds.h>
 
@@ -50,11 +52,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = .;		/* End of text section */
 	} :text = 0x0700
 
-	NOTES :text :note
-
-	.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :data
-
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	_sdata = .;		/* Start of data section */
@@ -64,12 +62,12 @@ SECTIONS
 	.data..ro_after_init : {
 		 *(.data..ro_after_init)
 		JUMP_TABLE_DATA
-	}
+	} :data
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__end_ro_after_init = .;
 
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(0x100, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(0x100, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	BOOT_DATA_PRESERVED
 
 	_edata = .;		/* End of data section */
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 77a59d8c6b4d..c60b19958c35 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	} = 0x0009
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-	NOTES
 
 	_sdata = .;
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
 	DWARF_EH_FRAME
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 61afd787bd0c..7ec79918b566 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	.data1 : {
 		*(.data1)
 	}
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(SMP_CACHE_BYTES, 0, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(SMP_CACHE_BYTES, 0, THREAD_SIZE)
 
 	/* End of data section */
 	_edata = .;
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		__stop___fixup = .;
 	}
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-	NOTES
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__init_begin = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
index d7086b985f27..7145ce699982 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@
   _sdata = .;
   PROVIDE (sdata = .);
 
-  RODATA
+  RO_DATA(4096)
 
   .unprotected : { *(.unprotected) }
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   PROVIDE (_unprotected_end = .);
 
   . = ALIGN(4096);
-  NOTES
   EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)
 
   BUG_TABLE
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7abf90537cd5..6fb320b337ef 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
-	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
-	NOTES
 
 	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
 	_end = .;
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index e2839b5c246c..3e9f5544820a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ clean-files += cpustr.h
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(REALMODE_CFLAGS) -D_SETUP
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	:= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
 UBSAN_SANITIZE := n
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 6b84afdd7538..b246f18c5857 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-protector)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, address-of-packed-member)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, gnu)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)
 
 KBUILD_AFLAGS  := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
index 0f2154106d01..2b75e80f6b41 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
@@ -87,11 +87,9 @@ $(vobjs): KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(filter-out $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS) $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS
 #
 # vDSO code runs in userspace and -pg doesn't help with profiling anyway.
 #
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_vdso-note.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vclock_gettime.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vdso32/vclock_gettime.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgetcpu.o = -pg
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_vvar.o = -pg
 
 #
 # X32 processes use x32 vDSO to access 64bit kernel data.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 6e0a3b43d027..790f250d39a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static inline uint32_t hypervisor_cpuid_base(const char *sig, uint32_t leaves)
 
 extern unsigned long arch_align_stack(unsigned long sp);
 void free_init_pages(const char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end);
-extern void free_kernel_image_pages(void *begin, void *end);
+extern void free_kernel_image_pages(const char *what, void *begin, void *end);
 
 void default_idle(void);
 #ifdef	CONFIG_XEN
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h
index 71b32f2570ab..036c360910c5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <asm/extable.h>
 
 extern char __brk_base[], __brk_limit[];
-extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___ex_table[];
 extern char __end_rodata_aligned[];
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 77ea96b794bd..591e885a852e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ struct boot_params boot_params;
 /*
  * Machine setup..
  */
+static struct resource rodata_resource = {
+	.name	= "Kernel rodata",
+	.start	= 0,
+	.end	= 0,
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
+};
+
 static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel data",
 	.start	= 0,
@@ -951,7 +958,9 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	code_resource.start = __pa_symbol(_text);
 	code_resource.end = __pa_symbol(_etext)-1;
-	data_resource.start = __pa_symbol(_etext);
+	rodata_resource.start = __pa_symbol(__start_rodata);
+	rodata_resource.end = __pa_symbol(__end_rodata)-1;
+	data_resource.start = __pa_symbol(_sdata);
 	data_resource.end = __pa_symbol(_edata)-1;
 	bss_resource.start = __pa_symbol(__bss_start);
 	bss_resource.end = __pa_symbol(__bss_stop)-1;
@@ -1040,6 +1049,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	/* after parse_early_param, so could debug it */
 	insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &code_resource);
+	insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &rodata_resource);
 	insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &data_resource);
 	insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &bss_resource);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e2feacf921a0..3a1a819da137 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #define LOAD_OFFSET __START_KERNEL_map
 #endif
 
+#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	16
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
@@ -141,17 +144,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.text.__x86.indirect_thunk)
 		__indirect_thunk_end = .;
 #endif
+	} :text =0xcccc
 
-		/* End of text section */
-		_etext = .;
-	} :text = 0x9090
-
-	NOTES :text :note
-
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) :text = 0x9090
-
-	/* .text should occupy whole number of pages */
+	/* End of text section, which should occupy whole number of pages */
+	_etext = .;
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+
 	X86_ALIGN_RODATA_BEGIN
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	X86_ALIGN_RODATA_END
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index fd10d91a6115..e7bb483557c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -829,14 +829,13 @@ void free_init_pages(const char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)
  * used for the kernel image only.  free_init_pages() will do the
  * right thing for either kind of address.
  */
-void free_kernel_image_pages(void *begin, void *end)
+void free_kernel_image_pages(const char *what, void *begin, void *end)
 {
 	unsigned long begin_ul = (unsigned long)begin;
 	unsigned long end_ul = (unsigned long)end;
 	unsigned long len_pages = (end_ul - begin_ul) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-
-	free_init_pages("unused kernel image", begin_ul, end_ul);
+	free_init_pages(what, begin_ul, end_ul);
 
 	/*
 	 * PTI maps some of the kernel into userspace.  For performance,
@@ -865,7 +864,8 @@ void __ref free_initmem(void)
 
 	mem_encrypt_free_decrypted_mem();
 
-	free_kernel_image_pages(&__init_begin, &__init_end);
+	free_kernel_image_pages("unused kernel image (initmem)",
+				&__init_begin, &__init_end);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index a6b5c653727b..dcb9bc961b39 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ int kernel_set_to_readonly;
 void set_kernel_text_rw(void)
 {
 	unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
-	unsigned long end = PFN_ALIGN(__stop___ex_table);
+	unsigned long end = PFN_ALIGN(_etext);
 
 	if (!kernel_set_to_readonly)
 		return;
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ void set_kernel_text_rw(void)
 void set_kernel_text_ro(void)
 {
 	unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
-	unsigned long end = PFN_ALIGN(__stop___ex_table);
+	unsigned long end = PFN_ALIGN(_etext);
 
 	if (!kernel_set_to_readonly)
 		return;
@@ -1300,9 +1300,9 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 {
 	unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
 	unsigned long rodata_start = PFN_ALIGN(__start_rodata);
-	unsigned long end = (unsigned long) &__end_rodata_hpage_align;
-	unsigned long text_end = PFN_ALIGN(&__stop___ex_table);
-	unsigned long rodata_end = PFN_ALIGN(&__end_rodata);
+	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)__end_rodata_hpage_align;
+	unsigned long text_end = PFN_ALIGN(_etext);
+	unsigned long rodata_end = PFN_ALIGN(__end_rodata);
 	unsigned long all_end;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %luk\n",
@@ -1334,8 +1334,10 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 	set_memory_ro(start, (end-start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 #endif
 
-	free_kernel_image_pages((void *)text_end, (void *)rodata_start);
-	free_kernel_image_pages((void *)rodata_end, (void *)_sdata);
+	free_kernel_image_pages("unused kernel image (text/rodata gap)",
+				(void *)text_end, (void *)rodata_start);
+	free_kernel_image_pages("unused kernel image (rodata/data gap)",
+				(void *)rodata_end, (void *)_sdata);
 
 	debug_checkwx();
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
index 7f2140414440..44a9f068eee0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static void pti_clone_kernel_text(void)
 	 */
 	unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
 	unsigned long end_clone  = (unsigned long)__end_rodata_aligned;
-	unsigned long end_global = PFN_ALIGN((unsigned long)__stop___ex_table);
+	unsigned long end_global = PFN_ALIGN((unsigned long)_etext);
 
 	if (!pti_kernel_image_global_ok())
 		return;
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 943f10639a93..0043d5858f14 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * Joe Taylor <joe@tensilica.com, joetylr@yahoo.com>
  */
 
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	16
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
@@ -124,18 +126,16 @@ SECTIONS
 
   . = ALIGN(16);
 
-  RODATA
+  RO_DATA(4096)
 
   /*  Relocation table */
 
   .fixup   : { *(.fixup) }
 
-  EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-  NOTES
   /* Data section */
 
   _sdata = .;
-  RW_DATA_SECTION(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+  RW_DATA(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
   _edata = .;
 
   /* Initialization code and data: */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index dae64600ccbf..9867d8e41eed 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
  *	_etext = .;
  *
  *      _sdata = .;
- *	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
- *	RW_DATA_SECTION(...)
+ *	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+ *	RW_DATA(...)
  *	_edata = .;
  *
  *	EXCEPTION_TABLE(...)
- *	NOTES
  *
  *	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
  *	_end = .;
@@ -54,6 +53,33 @@
 #define LOAD_OFFSET 0
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Only some architectures want to have the .notes segment visible in
+ * a separate PT_NOTE ELF Program Header. When this happens, it needs
+ * to be visible in both the kernel text's PT_LOAD and the PT_NOTE
+ * Program Headers. In this case, though, the PT_LOAD needs to be made
+ * the default again so that all the following sections don't also end
+ * up in the PT_NOTE Program Header.
+ */
+#ifdef EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#define NOTES_HEADERS		:text :note
+#define NOTES_HEADERS_RESTORE	__restore_ph : { *(.__restore_ph) } :text
+#else
+#define NOTES_HEADERS
+#define NOTES_HEADERS_RESTORE
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Some architectures have non-executable read-only exception tables.
+ * They can be added to the RO_DATA segment by specifying their desired
+ * alignment.
+ */
+#ifdef RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE	EXCEPTION_TABLE(RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN)
+#else
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE
+#endif
+
 /* Align . to a 8 byte boundary equals to maximum function alignment. */
 #define ALIGN_FUNCTION()  . = ALIGN(8)
 
@@ -348,7 +374,7 @@
 /*
  * Read only Data
  */
-#define RO_DATA_SECTION(align)						\
+#define RO_DATA(align)							\
 	. = ALIGN((align));						\
 	.rodata           : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		__start_rodata = .;					\
@@ -496,15 +522,13 @@
 		__start___modver = .;					\
 		KEEP(*(__modver))					\
 		__stop___modver = .;					\
-		. = ALIGN((align));					\
-		__end_rodata = .;					\
 	}								\
-	. = ALIGN((align));
-
-/* RODATA & RO_DATA provided for backward compatibility.
- * All archs are supposed to use RO_DATA() */
-#define RODATA          RO_DATA_SECTION(4096)
-#define RO_DATA(align)  RO_DATA_SECTION(align)
+									\
+	RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE						\
+	NOTES								\
+									\
+	. = ALIGN((align));						\
+	__end_rodata = .;
 
 /*
  * .text section. Map to function alignment to avoid address changes
@@ -790,7 +814,8 @@
 		__start_notes = .;					\
 		KEEP(*(.note.*))					\
 		__stop_notes = .;					\
-	}
+	} NOTES_HEADERS							\
+	NOTES_HEADERS_RESTORE
 
 #define INIT_SETUP(initsetup_align)					\
 		. = ALIGN(initsetup_align);				\
@@ -962,7 +987,7 @@
  * matches the requirement of PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA.
  *
  * use 0 as page_align if page_aligned data is not used */
-#define RW_DATA_SECTION(cacheline, pagealigned, inittask)		\
+#define RW_DATA(cacheline, pagealigned, inittask)			\
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);						\
 	.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {				\
 		INIT_TASK_DATA(inittask)				\