Only use asm/sections.h to declare section symbols Adding __initdata_* to asm-generic/sections.h Instead of lots of custom externs. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Index: linux/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #ifndef Dprintk #define Dprintk(x...) @@ -45,8 +46,6 @@ extern int swiotlb; #endif -extern char _stext[]; - static unsigned long dma_reserve __initdata; DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mmu_gather, mmu_gathers); @@ -88,9 +87,6 @@ void show_mem(void) /* References to section boundaries */ -extern char _text, _etext, _edata, __bss_start, _end[]; -extern char __init_begin, __init_end; - int after_bootmem; static void *spp_getpage(void) @@ -491,8 +485,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void) #endif } -extern char __initdata_begin[], __initdata_end[]; - void free_initmem(void) { unsigned long addr; @@ -506,7 +498,7 @@ void free_initmem(void) totalram_pages++; } memset(__initdata_begin, 0xba, __initdata_end - __initdata_begin); - printk ("Freeing unused kernel memory: %luk freed\n", (&__init_end - &__init_begin) >> 10); + printk ("Freeing unused kernel memory: %luk freed\n", (__init_end - __init_begin) >> 10); } #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD Index: linux/include/asm-generic/sections.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/include/asm-generic/sections.h +++ linux/include/asm-generic/sections.h @@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ extern char _eextratext[] __attribute__( extern char _end[]; extern char __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[]; extern char __kprobes_text_start[], __kprobes_text_end[]; +extern char __initdata_begin[], __initdata_end[]; #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_ */ Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c @@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ #include #include #include - -extern char _end[]; +#include /* * PFN of last memory page. Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c @@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ #include #include #include +#include /* Don't add a printk in there. printk relies on the PDA which is not initialized yet. */ static void __init clear_bss(void) { - extern char __bss_start[], __bss_end[]; memset(__bss_start, 0, - (unsigned long) __bss_end - (unsigned long) __bss_start); + (unsigned long) __bss_stop - (unsigned long) __bss_start); } #define NEW_CL_POINTER 0x228 /* Relative to real mode data */ @@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ static void __init setup_boot_cpu_data(v boot_cpu_data.x86_mask = eax & 0xf; } -extern char _end[]; - void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data) { char *s; Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include /* * Machine setup.. @@ -103,7 +104,6 @@ struct edid_info edid_info; struct e820map e820; extern int root_mountflags; -extern char _text, _etext, _edata, _end; char command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE]; Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SECTIONS *(.bss.page_aligned) *(.bss) } - __bss_end = .; + __bss_stop = .; . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);