Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-generic/sections.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-generic/sections.h	2008-05-26 19:10:40.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-generic/sections.h	2008-05-26 19:10:56.000000000 -0700
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define __per_cpu_size ((unsigned long)&____per_cpu_size)
 #define __per_cpu_start ((char *)0)
 #define __per_cpu_end ((char *)__per_cpu_size)
+extern char __per_cpu_area0;
 #else
 extern char __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
 #define __per_cpu_load __per_cpu_start
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h	2008-05-26 19:10:40.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h	2008-05-26 19:10:56.000000000 -0700
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@
 		____per_cpu_size = .;					\
 	}								\
 	. = __per_cpu_load + ____per_cpu_size;				\
+	. = ALIGN(align);						\
+	__per_cpu_area0 = .;						\
+	. = __per_cpu_area0 + ____per_cpu_size;				\
 	data : { } :data
 #else
 #define PERCPU(align)							\