Consolidate read-only sections in arch/*/vmlinux.lds.S

It's annoying having to touch 20+ arch vmlinux.lds.S file for every new section introduced, just because they all duplicate the same statements. Since we preprocess vmlinux.lds.S anyway, let's #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h> and share the common statements. This is a first step in consolidating most of the read-only sections.

Consolidate read-only sections in arch/*/vmlinux.lds.S
It's annoying having to touch 20+ arch vmlinux.lds.S file for every new section introduced, just because they all duplicate the same statements. Since we preprocess vmlinux.lds.S anyway, let's #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h> and share the common statements. This is a first step in consolidating most of the read-only sections.
d6699e96 · Kai Germaschewski · bb9fc49f · d6699e96 · d6699e96 · d6699e96
Commit d6699e96 authored Jan 14, 2003 by Kai Germaschewski
22 changed files
--- a/arch/alpha/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/vmlinux.lds.S
 #include <linux/config.h>
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-alpha")
 ENTRY(__start)
@@ -25,30 +26,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	__stop___ex_table = .;
  }
-  /* Kernel symbol table */
+  RODATA
-  __ksymtab ALIGN(8) : {
-	__start___ksymtab = .;
-	*(__ksymtab)
-	__stop___ksymtab = .;
-  }
-  /* Kernel symbol table: GPL only */
-  __gpl_ksymtab ALIGN(8) : {
-	__start___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-	*(__gpl_ksymtab)
-	__stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  }
-  /* All kernel symbols */
-  __kallsyms ALIGN(8) : {
-	__start___kallsyms = .;
-	*(__kallsyms)
-	__stop___kallsyms = .;
-  }
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
-  .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
  /* Startup code */
  .init.text ALIGN(8192) : {

--- a/arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 * taken from the i386 version by Russell King
 * Written by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
 */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_ARCH(arm)
 ENTRY(stext)
 jiffies = jiffies_64;
@@ -63,9 +66,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = .;		/* End of text section		*/
 	}
-	.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-	__vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
 	. = ALIGN(16);
 	__ex_table : {			/* Exception table		*/
 		__start___ex_table = .;
@@ -73,17 +73,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		__stop___ex_table = .;
 	}
-	__ksymtab : {			/* Kernel symbol table		*/
+	RODATA
-		__start___ksymtab = .;
-			*(__ksymtab)
-		__stop___ksymtab = .;
-	}
-	__gpl_ksymtab : {		/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only */
-		__start___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-			*(__gpl_ksymtab)
-		__stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-	}
 	.data : {
 		/*

--- a/arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 * taken from the i386 version by Russell King
 * Written by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
 */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_ARCH(arm)
 ENTRY(stext)
 jiffies = jiffies_64;
@@ -66,9 +69,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = .;		/* End of text section		*/
 	}
-	.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-	__vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
 	. = ALIGN(16);
 	__ex_table : {			/* Exception table		*/
 		__start___ex_table = .;
@@ -76,23 +76,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		__stop___ex_table = .;
 	}
-	__gpl_ksymtab : {		/* GPL Kernel symbol table	*/
+	RODATA
-		__start___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-			*(__gpl_ksymtab)
-		__stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-	}
-	__ksymtab : {			/* Kernel symbol table		*/
-		__start___ksymtab = .;
-			*(__ksymtab)
-		__stop___ksymtab = .;
-	}
-	__kallsyms : {			/* All kernel symbols		*/
-		__start___kallsyms = .;
-			*(__kallsyms)
-		__stop___kallsyms = .;
-	}
 	. = ALIGN(8192);

--- a/arch/cris/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/cris/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 */	
 #include <linux/config.h>
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 jiffies = jiffies_64;
 SECTIONS
 {
@@ -31,22 +32,12 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = . ;                  /* End of text section */ 
 	__etext = .;
-	.rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.__*) }
-	.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-	__vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
 	. = ALIGN(4);                /* Exception table */
  	__start___ex_table = .;
  	__ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  	__stop___ex_table = .;
-  	__start___ksymtab = .;        /* Kernel symbol table */
+	RODATA
-  	__ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  	__stop___ksymtab = .;
-	__start___gpl_ksymtab = .;    /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only */
-	__gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-	__stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
 	. = ALIGN (4);
 	___data_start = . ;

--- a/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S
 /* ld script to make i386 Linux kernel
 * Written by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>;
 */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-i386", "elf32-i386", "elf32-i386")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)
 ENTRY(_start)
@@ -18,27 +21,12 @@ SECTIONS
  _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
-  .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  __start___ex_table = .;
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  . = ALIGN(64);
+  RODATA
-  __start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table:	GPL-only symbols */
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  __start___kallsyms = .;       /* All kernel symbols */
-  __kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) }
-  __stop___kallsyms = .;
  /* writeable */
  .data : {			/* Data */

--- a/arch/m68k/vmlinux-std.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/vmlinux-std.lds
 /* ld script to make m68k Linux kernel */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-m68k", "elf32-m68k", "elf32-m68k")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
 ENTRY(_start)
@@ -12,22 +15,13 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.fixup)
 	*(.gnu.warning)
 	} = 0x4e75
-  .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  __start___ex_table = .;
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  __start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
+  RODATA
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL only */
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
  _etext = .;			/* End of text section */

--- a/arch/m68k/vmlinux-sun3.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/vmlinux-sun3.lds
 /* ld script to make m68k Linux kernel */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-m68k", "elf32-m68k", "elf32-m68k")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
 ENTRY(_start)
@@ -13,26 +16,16 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.fixup)
 	*(.gnu.warning)
 	} = 0x4e75
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
  .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.rodata)
+	RODATA
-	*(.rodata.*)
-	*(.data)
 	CONSTRUCTORS
  	. = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  	__start___ex_table = .;
  	*(__ex_table) 
  	__stop___ex_table = .;
-  	__start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
-  	*(__ksymtab) 
-  	__stop___ksymtab = .;
-	__start___gpl_ksymtab = .;  /* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only */
-	__gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-	__stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
 	}
  /* End of data goes *here* so that freeing init code works properly. */
  _edata = .;

--- a/arch/m68knommu/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 */
 #include <linux/config.h>
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 /*
 *	Original Palm pilot (same for Xcopilot).
@@ -219,21 +220,13 @@ SECTIONS {
 		_stext = . ;
        	*(.text)
        	*(.text.lock)
-		*(.rodata)
-		*(.rodata.*)
-		. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
-		*(.kstrtab)
-		*(__vermagic)
 		. = ALIGN(16);          /* Exception table              */
 		__start___ex_table = .;
 		*(__ex_table)
 		__stop___ex_table = .;
-		__start___ksymtab = .;  /* Kernel symbol table          */
+		RODATA
-		*(__ksymtab)
-		__stop___ksymtab = .;
 		. = ALIGN(4) ;
 		_etext = . ;

--- a/arch/mips/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/vmlinux.lds.S
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_ARCH(mips)
 ENTRY(kernel_entry)
 SECTIONS
@@ -9,13 +11,9 @@ SECTIONS
  {
    _ftext = . ;
    *(.text)
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata1)
    /* .gnu.warning sections are handled specially by elf32.em.  */
    *(.gnu.warning)
  } =0
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  __start___ex_table = .;
@@ -26,14 +24,8 @@ SECTIONS
  __dbe_table : { *(__dbe_table) }
  __stop___dbe_table = .;
-  __start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
+  RODATA
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table:	GPL-only symbols */
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
  _etext = .;
  . = ALIGN(8192);

--- a/arch/mips64/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips64/vmlinux.lds.S
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_ARCH(mips)
 ENTRY(kernel_entry)
 SECTIONS
@@ -7,14 +9,9 @@ SECTIONS
  .text      :
  {
    *(.text)
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata.*)
-    *(.rodata1)
    /* .gnu.warning sections are handled specially by elf32.em.  */
    *(.gnu.warning)
  } =0
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  __start___ex_table = .;
@@ -25,6 +22,8 @@ SECTIONS
  __dbe_table : { *(__dbe_table) }
  __stop___dbe_table = .;
+  RODATA
  _etext = .;
  . = ALIGN(16384);

--- a/arch/parisc/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/vmlinux.lds.S
 #include <linux/config.h>
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 /* ld script to make hppa Linux kernel */
 #ifndef CONFIG_PARISC64
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-hppa-linux")
@@ -31,32 +32,17 @@ SECTIONS
  _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
-  . = ALIGN(16);
-  .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
-  .data BLOCK(8192) : {			/* Data without special */
-	data_start = .;
-	*(.data)
-	}
  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  __start___ex_table = .;
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  __start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
+  RODATA
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table:	GPL-only symbols */
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  __start___kallsyms = .;       /* All kernel symbols */
+  .data BLOCK(8192) : {			/* Data without special */
-  __kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) }
+	data_start = .;
-  __stop___kallsyms = .;
+	*(.data)
+	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARISC64
  . = ALIGN(16);               /* Linkage tables */

--- a/arch/ppc/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/vmlinux.lds.S
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
 SEARCH_DIR(/lib); SEARCH_DIR(/usr/lib); SEARCH_DIR(/usr/local/lib); SEARCH_DIR(/usr/local/powerpc-any-elf/lib);
 /* Do we need any of these for elf?
@@ -40,14 +42,8 @@ SECTIONS
  }
  _etext = .;
  PROVIDE (etext = .);
-  .rodata    :
-  {
+  RODATA
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata.*)
-    *(.rodata1)
-  }
-  .kstrtab   : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
@@ -58,18 +54,6 @@ SECTIONS
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  __start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table:	GPL-only symbols */
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  __start___kallsyms = .;     /* All kernel symbols */
-  __kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) }
-  __stop___kallsyms = .;
  /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
  . = ALIGN(4096);
  .data    :

--- a/arch/ppc64/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ppc64/vmlinux.lds.S
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc:common64)
 /* Do we need any of these for elf?
   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
@@ -37,11 +39,9 @@ SECTIONS
  . = ALIGN(4096);
  _etext = .;
  PROVIDE (etext = .);
-  .rodata    :
-  {
+  RODATA
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata1)
-  }
  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
@@ -65,18 +65,6 @@ SECTIONS
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  __start___ksymtab = .;        /* Kernel symbol table */
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table:	GPL-only symbols */
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  __start___kallsyms = .;	/* All kernel symbols */
-  __kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) }
-  __stop___kallsyms = .;
  . = ALIGN(16384);		/* init_task */
  .data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }

--- a/arch/s390/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/vmlinux.lds.S
 /* ld script to make s390 Linux kernel
 * Written by Martin Schwidefsky (schwidefsky@de.ibm.com)
 */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-s390", "elf32-s390", "elf32-s390")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(s390)
 ENTRY(_start)
@@ -17,23 +20,12 @@ SECTIONS
  _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
-  .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  __start___ex_table = .;
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  . = ALIGN(64);
+  RODATA
-  __start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table:	GPL-only symbols */
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SHARED_KERNEL
  . = ALIGN(1048576);		/* VM shared segments are 1MB aligned */

--- a/arch/s390x/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390x/vmlinux.lds.S
 /*	
 * Written by Martin Schwidefsky (schwidefsky@de.ibm.com)
 */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-s390", "elf64-s390", "elf64-s390")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(s390:64-bit)
 ENTRY(_start)
@@ -17,23 +20,12 @@ SECTIONS
  _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
-  .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  __start___ex_table = .;
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  . = ALIGN(64);
+  RODATA
-  __start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table:	GPL-only symbols */
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SHARED_KERNEL
  . = ALIGN(1048576);		/* VM shared segments are 1MB aligned */

--- a/arch/sh/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 * Written by Niibe Yutaka
 */
 #include <linux/config.h>
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-sh-linux", "elf32-sh-linux", "elf32-sh-linux")
 jiffies = jiffies_64;        
@@ -25,26 +27,13 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.fixup)
 	*(.gnu.warning)
 	} = 0x0009
-  .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  __start___ex_table = .;
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  __start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
+  RODATA
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table:	GPL-only symbols */
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  __start___kallsyms = .;	/* All kernel symbols */
-  __kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) }
-  __stop___kallsyms = .;
  _etext = .;			/* End of text section */

--- a/arch/sparc/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/vmlinux.lds.S
 /* ld script to make SparcLinux kernel */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-sparc", "elf32-sparc", "elf32-sparc")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(sparc)
 ENTRY(_start)
@@ -13,8 +16,7 @@ SECTIONS
  } =0
  _etext = .;
  PROVIDE (etext = .);
-  .rodata    : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
+  RODATA
-  .rodata1   : { *(.rodata1) }
  .data    :
  {
    *(.data)
@@ -30,19 +32,6 @@ SECTIONS
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  . = ALIGN(64);
-  __start___ksymtab = .;
-  __ksymtab  : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  __start___kallsyms = .;	/* All kernel symbols */
-  __kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) }
-  __stop___kallsyms = .;
  . = ALIGN(4096);
  __init_begin = .;
  .init.text : { *(.init.text) }

--- a/arch/sparc64/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc64/vmlinux.lds.S
 /* ld script to make UltraLinux kernel */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-sparc", "elf64-sparc", "elf64-sparc")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(sparc:v9a)
 ENTRY(_start)
@@ -16,8 +19,9 @@ SECTIONS
  } =0
  _etext = .;
  PROVIDE (etext = .);
-  .rodata    : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
-  .rodata1   : { *(.rodata1) }
+  RODATA
  .data    :
  {
    *(.data)
@@ -35,18 +39,6 @@ SECTIONS
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  . = ALIGN(64);
-  __start___ksymtab = .;
-  __ksymtab  : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  __kstrtab  : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
-  __start___kallsyms = .;	/* All kernel symbols */
-  __kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) }
-  __stop___kallsyms = .;
  . = ALIGN(8192);
  __init_begin = .;
  .init.text : { *(.init.text) }

--- a/arch/um/uml.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/uml.lds.S
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(ELF_FORMAT)
 OUTPUT_ARCH(ELF_ARCH)
 ENTRY(_start)
@@ -31,21 +33,15 @@ SECTIONS
    *(.gnu.warning)
    *(.gnu.linkonce.t*)
  }
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  __start___ex_table = .;
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  . = ALIGN(64);
+  RODATA
-  __start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0x9090
-  .rodata    : { *(.rodata) *(.gnu.linkonce.r*) }
-  .rodata1   : { *(.rodata1) }
  _etext = .;
  PROVIDE (etext = .);

--- a/arch/v850/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/v850/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 */
 #include <linux/config.h>
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 /* The following macros contain the usual definitions for various data areas.
@@ -38,10 +39,7 @@
 			*(.text.lock)					      \
 			*(.exitcall.exit)				      \
 		__real_etext = . ;	/* There may be data after here.  */  \
-			*(.rodata)					      \
+		RODATA                                                        \
-		. = ALIGN (0x4) ;					      \
-			*(.kstrtab)					      \
-			*(__vermagic)					      \
 		. = ALIGN (4) ;						      \
 		    	*(.call_table_data)				      \
 			*(.call_table_text)				      \
@@ -49,12 +47,6 @@
 		___start___ex_table = . ;				      \
 			*(__ex_table)					      \
 		___stop___ex_table = . ;				      \
-		___start___ksymtab = . ;/* Kernel symbol table.  */	      \
-			*(__ksymtab)					      \
-		___stop___ksymtab = . ;					      \
-		___start___gpl_ksymtab = . ; /* Same for GPL symbols.  */     \
-			*(__gpl_ksymtab)				      \
-		___stop___gpl_ksymtab = . ;				      \
 		. = ALIGN (4) ;						      \
 		__etext = . ;

--- a/arch/x86_64/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vmlinux.lds.S
 /* ld script to make x86-64 Linux kernel
 * Written by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>;
 */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-x86-64", "elf64-x86-64", "elf64-x86-64")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(i386:x86-64)
 ENTRY(_start)
@@ -18,26 +21,12 @@ SECTIONS
  _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
-  .rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
-  .kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }
-  __vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }
  . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
  __start___ex_table = .;
  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
  __stop___ex_table = .;
-  . = ALIGN(64); 
+  RODATA
-  __start___ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table */
-  __ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }
-  __stop___ksymtab = .;
-  __start___gpl_ksymtab = .;	/* Kernel symbol table:	GPL-only symbols */
-  __gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }
-  __stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;
-  __start___kallsyms = .;	/* All kernel symbols */
-  __kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) }
-  __stop___kallsyms = .;
  .data : {			/* Data */
 	*(.data)

--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+#define RODATA                                                                \
+	.rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) *(.rodata1) }                     \
+	.rodata1 : { *(.rodata1) }                                            \
+                                                                              \
+	.kstrtab : { *(.kstrtab) }                                            \
+                                                                              \
+	/* Kernel version magic */                                            \
+	__vermagic : { *(__vermagic) }                                        \
+                                                                              \
+	/* Kernel symbol table */                                             \
+	. = ALIGN(64);                                                        \
+	__start___ksymtab = .;                                                \
+	__ksymtab : { *(__ksymtab) }                                          \
+	__stop___ksymtab = .;                                                 \
+                                                                              \
+	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */                           \
+	__start___gpl_ksymtab = .;                                            \
+	__gpl_ksymtab : { *(__gpl_ksymtab) }                                  \
+	__stop___gpl_ksymtab = .;                                             \
+                                                                              \
+	/* All kernel symbols */                                              \
+	__start___kallsyms = .;                                               \
+	__kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) }                                        \
+	__stop___kallsyms = .;                                                \