5 files changed, 15 insertions, 93 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
index 9d0727d18ae..367d53d031f 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 const char * prog_name;
 
 
-void
+static void
 usage (void)
 {
     fprintf(stderr,
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
index e42823e954a..25da0017ec8 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 #define F_GETOWN	6	/*  for sockets. */
 #define F_SETSIG	10	/*  for sockets. */
 #define F_GETSIG	11	/*  for sockets. */
-#define F_SETOWN_EX	12
-#define F_GETOWN_EX	13
 
 /* for posix fcntl() and lockf() */
 #define F_RDLCK		1
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 5076a8860b1..815680b585e 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ struct thread_info {
 register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$8");
 #define current_thread_info()  __current_thread_info
 
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
 /* Thread information allocation.  */
 #define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER 1
 #define THREAD_SIZE (2*PAGE_SIZE)
 
-#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
-
 #define PREEMPT_ACTIVE		0x40000000
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/init_task.c
index 19b86328ffd..6f80ca4f976 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@ static struct sighand_struct init_sighand = INIT_SIGHAND(init_sighand);
 struct task_struct init_task = INIT_TASK(init_task);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
 
-union thread_union init_thread_union
-	__attribute__((section(".data.init_thread")))
-	= { INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
+union thread_union init_thread_union __init_task_data =
+	{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6dc03c35caa..003ef4c0258 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
+#include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-alpha")
@@ -31,88 +32,21 @@ SECTIONS
 	} :kernel
 
 	RODATA
-
-	/* Exception table */
-	. = ALIGN(16);
-	__ex_table : {
-		__start___ex_table = .;
-		*(__ex_table)
-		__stop___ex_table = .;
-	}
+	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
 	/* Will be freed after init */
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	/* Init code and data */
-	__init_begin = .;
-	.init.text : {
-		_sinittext = .;
-		INIT_TEXT
-		_einittext = .;
-	}
-	.init.data : {
-		INIT_DATA
-	}
-
-	. = ALIGN(16);
-	.init.setup : {
-		__setup_start = .;
-		*(.init.setup)
-		__setup_end = .;
-	}
-
-	. = ALIGN(8);
-	.initcall.init : {
-		__initcall_start = .;
-		INITCALLS
-		__initcall_end = .;
-	}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.init.ramfs : {
-		__initramfs_start = .;
-		*(.init.ramfs)
-		__initramfs_end = .;
-	}
-#endif
-
-	. = ALIGN(8);
-	.con_initcall.init : {
-		__con_initcall_start = .;
-		*(.con_initcall.init)
-		__con_initcall_end = .;
-	}
-
-	. = ALIGN(8);
-	SECURITY_INIT
-
+	__init_begin = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
 	PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
-
-	. = ALIGN(2 * PAGE_SIZE);
+	/* Align to THREAD_SIZE rather than PAGE_SIZE here so any padding page
+	   needed for the THREAD_SIZE aligned init_task gets freed after init */
+	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
 	__init_end = .;
 	/* Freed after init ends here */
 
-	/* Note 2 page alignment above.  */
-	.data.init_thread : {
-		*(.data.init_thread)
-	}
-
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.data.page_aligned : {
-		*(.data.page_aligned)
-	}
-
-	. = ALIGN(64);
-	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
-		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
-	}
-
 	_data = .;
-	/* Data */
-	.data : {
-		DATA_DATA
-		CONSTRUCTORS
-	}
+	RW_DATA_SECTION(64, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 
 	.got : {
 		*(.got)
@@ -122,16 +56,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 	_edata = .;	/* End of data section */
 
-	__bss_start = .;
-	.sbss : {
-		*(.sbss)
-		*(.scommon)
-	}
-	.bss : {
-		*(.bss)
-		*(COMMON)
-	}
-	__bss_stop = .;
+	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
 	_end = .;
 
 	.mdebug 0 : {